In The Begining

Martin and I met through a mutual friend, Linda Hite, in the fall of 1969.   We were both attending Long Beach City College.   I  remember sitting on the grass in the Quad when we were introduced, but all the details are kind of fuzzy.   His hair was longer then and I remember red highlights in his blondish hair.  His eyes were blue like the ocean.  His smile made me smile.  He was a  person  that I would like to get to know better.  We discovered that we had the same instructor for a psychology class which we were taking that term, but at different times of the day. So we would get together and ‘study’ for that class during free times of the day on campus.  I always looked forward to seeing him.  There was something about him that I did not have with anyone else.  He always made me feel  happy,  excited, maybe even a little bit giddy.  I was hoping he would ask me out some time. He finally asked me out to a basketball game in January.  I don't recall why, but we ended up going to see the Premier showing of ‘Paint Your Wagon’ in Westwood instead of the game.  Our first date was also two days after my 20th birthday, so I remember January 22, 1970 very well! That night he did not hold my hand, but he did kiss me goodnight. Needless to say, I was in  seventh  heaven!  

Posted by Trudy Jones