Hello all,

i've been reading (i guess it's called lurking these days) the site for a few months now and it is truly a different kind of forum.  Love the respect you all have for each other and for the "subject matter" of the site. What a difference from other forums!

So a little bit about me.

I am 61, grew up during that whole 60s thing.  Took my fair share (maybe a tad more) of LSD, mescaline and psylocybin back then as well as smoking cannabis.

As i got older it got more difficult to find entheogens so i drifted away from using them, except of course for Cannabis - which i was fortunate enough to be able to find over the years. Now i am a Medical Cannabis patient in the wonderful state of CA...

In the last year or so my interest in the psychedelic experience has become reignited.  I would like to re-experience some of the things i did as a young man, again - as an adult.

I also recently read DMT:The Spirit Molecule and i am fascinated by the idea of trying some someday.  I've been reading and re-reading the tecs - kind of daunting for a musician - all that chemistry... WOW.  But i think i am starting to get a grip on the concepts.

My wife and i recently tried smoking some Salvia.  I am still trying to integrate my experiences, which i found to be extraordinarily weird and to some degree unpleasant. (in one experience it felt like my head was being twisted off like a piece of Salt Water Taffy - WEIRD!)  She on the other hand seemed to get right into the experience - but i'll leave that for her to talk about in HER introductory essay.

You all can just call me Frank if you like.  I guess that's about it for now.  Glad to be here - thanks to everyone for all their insights and stuff - it's been really interesting reading through the site and i have learned a LOT from y'all!