Outreach no. 271

              OUTREACH olt OUT EAC the newsletter of 71w 7 abc a7c ecwcfo ao &o C d a70 w Z sa4w sahw 2fantwze zaeuwd&q uwtetcutcu wtenmoufmctc 474&wawedome MARCUS BACH founder no no271 271 THE LETTER dear friend of the fellowship again this year during the merciless probing of candidates for public office in all categories the inner private lives of the runnersup runners up have been part of the game called politics again this time around many a wouldbe would be candidate got himself or herself orherself off the hook with the quip with what ive done I 1 cant run I 1 felt almost the same way when reporters and book reviewers began wanting wantingto to know all about my past life since WHO STOLE MY UTOPIA made its appearance was the entire story true are the characters real how do you classify the book truly autobiographical an imaginative essay an historical novel when I 1 suggested it was fiction non fiction a reporter asked whats that I 1 said thats life who knows everything about anyone As in OUR TOWN LOST HORIZONS LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL FIDDLER ON THE ROOF huckleberry FINN or LEAVES OF GRASS could that all be the truth who wouldnt agree with the immortal shakespeare all the worlds a stage and all the men and women merely players and that is how this letter evolved it reminded lorena and me that when we came to palos verdes twentyseven twenty seven years ago we did not know just why we came or where our lives would be led at that time it happened by chance that we were discovered by a reporter for the PALOS VERDES REVIEW which carried the story of our research in which we were greatly involved here was background material for the establishment of FSU here were the true stories documented verified illustrated spurred by the review our plans for FSU materialized now more than twentyfive twenty five years later we asked the REVIEW people if they might have a copy of the writeup write up somewhere in their files they found the story in their archives and it returned into our lives and now out of our lives into yours you have made FSU possible and durable and loveable for all time the article is printed in reproduced form as THE LESSON for this OUTREACH 271 As for THE LEARNING lets devote that segment to WHEN OUR READERS WRITE unfortunately we could make only random selections from the hundred and more comments received up to now we seem always to be limited by time and space which is one reason for the tendency of writers to choose fictionnonfiction fiction non fiction and autobiographicalfictionalization autobiographical fictionalization for some of their most inspired works this may also be the reason why we hold on to dreams cherish our romances give thanks for our blessings look forward to our tomorrows with confidence hold our f friends in the deepest feelings of love and share our UTOPIAN hopes with all who understand yours for the fellowship