Surfwise

We went to see this documentary on the nomadic Paskowitz family. The movie shows what became of the surfing family, where they are now and how they are. Not many seemed happy at first but by the end they all seemed to have found creative employment in California and were managing to live a middle class lifestyle. If one chooses to drop out of society these days, with a family of that size and drive all over the country in a camper, I would expect it would be a lot more difficult. GAS. Dorian Paskowitz was a physician and was able to get job where he earned enough money for gas and wouldn't take more than he needed? That was not clear. They really didn't just say where the gas money came from but Doc Paskowitz would continue to work from time to time in remote locations where doctors were not seen for years at a time.

My only complaint was not enough was said about Juliette. I wanted to know more about her and what about her voice and opera and who was she before she met Dorian. I found this info online:
Biography: Juliette was born in Long Beach California in 1932. Her parents were originally from Durango, Mexico and she had four sisters and three brothers (which perhaps prepared her for the idea of having nine...( read more ) of her own?). Immersed in music from an early age, she learned to sing every part of the great operas such as Carmen, Rigoletto and La Traviata that her father would play for her on 78 records. After her voice deepened (and she became very tall) she continued her passion for music by attending Long Beach Community College where she took “every music course they had to offer,” with an emphasis on choral work and J.S. Bach (her “first love”). After studying music, Juliette auditioned for, and was accepted into the internationally-acclaimed Roger Wagner Chorale in Southern California. But after meeting Dorian Paskowitz in a bar on Catalina Island, things changed fast. They fell in love, and she was pregnant and married within a year, with the two of them living out of a modified Studebaker and establishing a style of beach-living that they would continue for most of their lives.

Made me wonder how many families may be forced to drop out of society due to foreclosures, job loss and the inflated cost of living. I keep hearing about car lots (maybe a car lot) in California that are locked at night so that the people living in them can sleep without much harassment.