With All Directions Home, Thats A Rolling Stone

When most people think of the homeless they think just that, homeless. I always considered myself to be a man with many homes. I lived where ever I was. In addition to that I had the worlds biggest back yard. I had the world for my back yard. Yeah there were times when it sucked, but there was also an ultimate freedom.

My favorite home was my weekend location out in Malibu, Zumirez on Point Dume. Every one has seen it, you just haven't realized it. I used to sleep in this little dip in a cliff about 75 feet above the rocks and slamming surf. The sound was great and the view even better. To the south was a secluded cove, and to the north Baby Zuma, where at the base of this rock wall many commercials, tv shows and movies are filmed. One nite after grabbing some dinner and enjoying an after dinner joint I was strolling back to my cliff, headphones on mind elsewhere. Suddenly there were lites everywhere. I looked up to find that I had ambled onto a movie set. I cut off to the side where I ran into a security guard. It was as this was a scene from a movie. He was leaning against a trash bin, doughnut in one hand coffee in the other. I asked him what was going on, and with a New York accent he responded "Their filming a beach movie, you know, Annette Funacello." It was awesome. Turns out it was "Back to the Beach". My friend Jason and I saw them film an episode of "Hunter", Todd may have been with us. I never saw it on tv but somehow I survived.

Anyway, this is where I slept, about six feet
from the edge of that cliff. The people of Malibu
were great. They would come by in the morning
walking their dogs. They were always friendly.
Another a.m. I was feeding left over pizza to
seagulls that took the food directly from my
hands. It turns out that a man from Australia
was down on the beach taking pictures off it.
I heard him as he came up taking pics from
behind me. He said the shots were spectacular.
I wish I would have given him an address to
get copies of those.

Things have changed since then. I have "settled down". I have even got with the times. Used to be I would travel around with out a map. Now I have this state of the art GPS device. I will admit that it is a little cumbersome. It is an illuminated compass made by the Lionel Corporation for the U.S. Navy back in 1943. Next thing you know I'll be getting a color tv, or one of those rotary telephones.