My Life Story

Here is where you’ll find out more about me than you ever thought imaginable. It’s my life story, year by year. I will likely be working on this project for a while longer, but it’s a lot of fun, and I have a lot to share. It’s my version of the “book” I always wanted to write, so to speak.

BUT FIRST, here are two posts that you should read first, about my maternal and paternal grandfather’s families:

La Familia de Antonio Diaz Palacios

La Familia de Donato Rascón Murrieta

1960s: Birth through the end of 6th grade

My Life Story: 1959-1965

My Life Story: 1965-1971–Elementary School.

Robison Elementary School Yearbook, 1965-1966

Our Family Vacation, Summer, 1966.

1970s: Junior High School

My life Story: Junior High School, 1971-1973

My 1972 Mansfeld Junior High School Yearbook, Tucson, Az.

My 1973 Mansfeld Junior High School Yearbook, Tucson, Az.

1970s: High School

My Life Story: High School–1973-1976

1977-1982: University of Arizona Undergraduate Years, Coming out

My Life Story: 1977

My Life Story: 1978

My Life Story: 1979

My Life Story: 1980

My Life Story: 1981

My Life Story: 1982

1983-1984: Unclassified graduate student, KXCI and Teatro Libertad

My Life Story: 1983

My Life Story: 1984

1985-1986: Graduate Library School and KXCI

My Life Story: 1985

My Life Story: 1986

1987: Nogales and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

My Life Story: 1987

1988-1992: The University of Michigan and Ann Arbor

My Life Story: 1988

My Life Story: 1989

My Life Story: 1990

My Life Story: 1991

1992-2000: Making the move back to Tucson and working as Assistant to the Dean at the University of Arizona Library

My Life Story: 1992

My Life Story: 1993

My Life Story: 1994

My Life Story: 1995

My Life Story: 1996

My Life Story: 1997

My Life Story: 1998

2000s

Bob Diaz: Movers and Shakers, 2002.

Bob Diaz’s Dream: Taking Note of Mexican Music, 2003.

The 2005 Border Book Festival October 24, 2022

2010s

Dallas Trip, 2012

Philadelphia Trip, 2014

San Francisco Trip, 2015

Desert Trip 2016: Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones

Our Fall, 2019 Vacation to Michigan

2020s

Our Boston Vacation, 2022 Part I

2022 AZLA Conference, Prescott, Az. November 7, 2022

Christmas, 2022. February 6, 2023

My 64th Birthday–January 15, 2023 January 17, 2023

An Update from Bob, September 2025 (covers January 1, 2025-Sept. 30, 2025)

October 1 to November 30, 2025 Update

December, 2025 Update from Bob . Covers the last month of 2025.