You know, do you remember those viewfinders from the 70s? I was really into that and I had viewfinders and I had a projector.

I was allowed to bring boys up to my room if I was going to show them these projections I had and so that was really exciting.

I did really like showing these projections in the dark and telling stories. There was a sort of stories that were supposed to go with them, but I would change the order and make up other stories.

That was a very sort of calm moment for me, these stories I would make up.

The Red Baron was a favorite one. And then mixed with you know, if you can imagine, this story about Bessie Smith

and her car accident and that she wasn't able to get to the hospital...or she was able to get to the hospital and they wouldn’t take care of her.

So, these slides would all get jumbled together and would end up being part of my slide show in my narration.

And, you know, it kept people really quiet. I mean usually I was really territorial and really fighting with the boys in my neighborhood a lot and and they were very,

at least momentarily, obedient and quiet and listening.