Are you somebody? I was asked again and again in the glamorous city of angels, Los Angeles.
Was I unseen as I was, and seen only for who I might be? Life had been filled with challenges and change, dangerous, glorious, absurd and terrifying.
Trained to conform, I navigated with well-practiced denial and a good dose of Aussie humor.
A photograph of my nose was taken beside Charlton Hesto.