Milton, MA
Right after graduation, my parents divorced. In the process, they now needed time to focus on putting their own lives back together.
For better or worse, that opened the door wide to virtually total freedom and a lack of accountability for me. My wanderlust took over, and began to make seeing Grateful Dead concerts a priority.
I had also become more proficient playing guitar, and increasingly interested in the “news” in general and politics and international relations in particular.
I was also on my way to becoming a news junkie, which would be my salvation later — after I screwed up.