Michael Mills 

A few photos from my mis-spent  youth,
and early career...
 

With next door neighbor, Hoot.

   
Sailboat racing at the Los Angeles Harbor, Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club.

Santa Monica bay.

The Vision rock band performing at a school dance.

King's River / Sailboat races at the LA Harbor.

Teaching cousin to play I Am The Walrus.

 
Neighborhood friends: Jocelyn, Keith, and Hoot.

Playa del Rey beach and lagoon (from a postcard -- original painting Summer Solstice by Mary Thompson).
(Interesting online book on the history of Playa del Rey:  Beach of the King. )

Westchester High School theatrical production of "The Odd Couple."  
Rivals with Kent Insay -- competitors for the lead roles in the school plays, as well
as suitors for the affection of the same girl. 
 

  
Playa del Rey beach.  

Westchester High School track team.

High school prom.
 

Halloween party.

 
UCLA undergraduate ID.

College flop house.  --  no job, mortgage, taxes, career, kids, girlfriend, or spouse. 
Primary interest?
Surfing, dude.

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose." 
                -- song lyrics, Bobby McGee

 

 

Huntington Beach Pier.  

UC Santa Cruz, with dorm mates at Kresge College.  

         
    Doctoral dissertation research at UCSB. 
 

El Encanto Hotel, over looking Santa Barbara, with fellow UCSB graduate students.

Loyola Marymount University. Office in Seaver Hall.

From LMU yearbook.

Faculty and spouses party, after serving as Chair of the LMU Psychology Department.

Second cousins at extended family reunion at the Miramar Hotel, Montecito.
(Note the family resemblance?)

 

Yet more cousins, at extended family reunion at the Santa Barbara Zoo.
(Note the  family resemblance?)

 

Wedding of former LMU Psychology Department colleague, Leland Swenson.
 

Tornado chasing in Texas.  

LMU Psychology Department Faculty.

And, a close personal friend:

San Simeon -- elephant seal mate competition and rookery beach.

High school reunion re-ignites smoldering mate competition rivalries...

My favorite spot on the planet -- Gunsite Butte, Lake Powell, Southern Utah. 
North 37 03.079 West 111 20.685. 

Moon, Venus, Mars... waiting for some retrograde motion.
 

      
Big Sir, Zaca Lake, and with friends at the Santa Barbara pier

Aunt Jean's 90th birthday. Morro Bay.
 

The Vision reunion tour.

Sunset at Ellwood Beach
 

  ...scroll to the right for panorama.  (See more panorama photos here.)

  ...is someone following me?

Santa Barbara Zoo.  A rare fleeting glimpse of a indigenous wild primate.
Caution: unpredictable and dangerous -- maintain a safe distance.

Nothing is forgotten,  only left behind.
                                     -- Unbound, song lyrics, Robbie Robertson.