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: 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
1983-1984: Unclassified graduate student, KXCI and Teatro Libertad
1985-1986: Graduate Library School and KXCI
1987: Nogales and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
1988-1992: The University of Michigan and Ann Arbor
1992-2000: Making the move back to Tucson and working as Assistant to the Dean at the University of Arizona Library
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
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.