Here's my work history from the beginning, with brief details. No wonder I'm tired.
Age 14-17: pea bum in the fields of NE Oregon, .85 per hour, 12 hour days, driving a truck in pea and wheat fields.
Age 17-21: Linfield College, BA in Modern Languages, primarily Spanish.
1964-65: public assistance worker, Klickitat/Skamania Counties, State of WA
1965-66: program worker, Denver Christian Center (aka Baptist missionary in the inner city, working with Preschool--Teenage kids)
1967-1968: attended Colorado Women's College to qualify for teaching credentials
1968-1976: Spanish teacher, Jefferson County Schools, CO, while working on a Counseling degree at the U of Colorado, Denver.
1976-1995: Guidance Counselor, Jefferson Co Schools, CO
1995-1999: Student, Iliff School of Theology, graduation and ordination in May 1999.
1999-2003: Minister, Wy'east Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Portland OR
2003-2007: part-time Minister, Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship while also serving UUCWI part-time. (They called me the ferry godminister.)
2003-2012: part-time Minister, UU Congregation of Whidbey Island, retiring in June 2012 to move to Oregon's North Coast
2013-present: part-time accidental Minister, Pacific UU Fellowship, retiring June 2019 after 20 years of ministry.
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