FAMILY & FRIENDSThis photo collection is of years of family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and the occasional eccentric who wandered
in and somehow stayed. Some are still part of my daily orbit, some are not, some are no longer with us and have drifted into memory.
And a few, I suspect, are still wondering how they ended up in my life at all. I didn’t always choose these people like family nor did they choose
me, they arrived unannounced, like surprise guests at a dinner party. But the chemistry? Unmistakable. We’ve laughed until it hurt,
miscommunicated with theatrical contempt, swapped stories, and built something that—while often awkward—remains deeply real.
Humor has always been my compass. If you can’t laugh with someone—or at yourself—what’s the point? All these relationships remind me
that solitude isn’t the same as isolation. I live alone and love the quiet, but I still find myself haunted and occasionally heckled by
my own voices like Dick Brafford, echoing in my head like a half-remembered insane asylum. Proof that human relations leaves its
fingerprints, even when no one’s in the room. Solitude doesn’t mean silence. It just means I get control of the remote.
My Mothers
Parents, (my grandparents), Emmitt Lawrence Mills, born in
Mississippi (1899-1989) and Edna Rose Perkins, born in
Arkansas (1904-1981), Picture from the 1920's
Bill and Martha Brafford's,
Wedding 1951, Dallas, Texas, (mom and dad)
Bill, Martha and Billy jr.
Brafford, 1956 (father, mother, older brother Billy)
Claude Brooks (Great
Uncle)
Peggy Henshaw,
(Step-mother)
Georgia Brooks, (Great
Grandmother)
Grandfather, William
Brafford, (on the right) Radio Clinic, Dallas, Texas, 1940s
Billy Brafford, (older
brother) and I Richard Brafford in 1962
My Mothers Parents,(my
grandparents), Emmitt Lawrence Mills, born in Mississippi
(1899-1989) and Edna Rose Perkins, born in Arkansas
(1904-1981), Picture from the 1920's
Billy Mays Brafford (older
brother) as a baby (1953-1999)
I, Richard Paul Brafford as
a baby (1958)
Michael David Brafford
(little brother) as a baby (1960)
Billy Mays Brafford age 16
(older brother)
I, Richard Paul Brafford age
11
Michael David Brafford age 9
(little brother)
Aunt Dorothy
Aunt Dorothy and Mary
Jane at grandmother Edna's funeral, 1980, Greenville Texas
Mary Jane Taylor (Cousin),
(1960-2019)
Emmitt Mills,
(Grand Daddy) 1989
Carl James Mills, (Uncle
Tiger), (1940-1980)
Uncle Bobby and
Grand Daddy Mills
Eileen Mc Vickers,
Sister-in-law
Billy Brafford (1953-2000),
at FEDCO, L A California, 1989 (older brother)
Martha Mills (Mother)
Michael William (nephew) and
I, NYC, 1994
My older brother Bill (Michael
William's father) and I, LA Ca, 1985
Michael William, NYC, 1994
Michael William (nephew) and
I, Coney Island, NYC, 1994
Michael William in front of
the Cyclone Roller Coaster, Coney Island, NYC, 1994
Michael William, NYC, 1994
Mychal Judge and I, NYC,
1994
Mother and I, NYC, 1994
Mychal Judge and Mother, NYC,
1994
Father Mychal Judge
He was the first certified fatality of
the September 11 attacks. He died as he lived: ministering to
the suffering as a firefighter, patriot, and priest. As Mychal
rushed into the North Tower with firefighters, the Mayor
called out, "Father Mike, pray for us!" The priest responded,
"I always do! I always pray for you! Then After anointing a
firefighter, Father Mychal was hit by falling debris and
killed.
Mychal Judge, Franciscan
Priest at St. Francis of Assisi Church & Friary on West
31st Street, NYC
Father Mychal Judge, Body
Number One at Ground Zero on 9/11
Father Mychal Judge as
the FDNY Chaplin
I Overdosed on Xmas 1986
"MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
I Overdosed on Xmas 1986
"HAPPY NEW YEAR! PEACE ON EARTH!"
I Overdosed on Xmas 1986
"SEASONS GREETINGS"
Graduation 1976
Moi on the phone and Scotty
dog under chair
Moi in my garage art studio
with Scotty dog, San Francisco, 1978
My tour guide in Turkey said his family tree goes
back 600 years
Skinny me and older brother Bill 1978
Blue and Green Badge guides, are the highest
qualifications in the UK. These badges require extensive
training in history, art, architecture, and other relevant
subjects
Moi and the Great Sphinx
Avenue of the Dead, Teotihuacán, Mexico.
Tis I, fabulous Dick Brafford in the shadow of
Khafre's Pyramid with Kufu's Great Pyramid in the background.
Ciao! Fabulous Dick Brafford with Michelangelo's
David, at the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy
Moi, fabulous Dick Brafford, with the Eiffel Tower,
Paris, France
Tis
I, fabulous Dick Brafford with Big Ben, Westminster, London,
England
Tis I, fabulous Dick Brafford, at the real Taj
Mahal, built in 1653, Agra, India
Again! Moi, fabulous Dick Brafford, at StoneHenge,
built; 3000 BC., Salibury Plain, Wiltshire, England
Moi, fabulous Dick Brafford, at the "Fake Taj
Mahal" Biki Ka Maqbara a mausoleum in Aurangabad, India, built
by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, in 1679
One of the many back canals of Venice
Moi on the Canal in Venice,
Bridge of Sighs on Rio del Palazzo in Venice,
built in 1600
Moi in the Gobi Desert, China
Moi at Famen Buddhist Temple Pagoda, built in 1579,
13-storied brick-mimic-timber pagoda, Guanzhong, China.
Annapurna mountain range, Nepal, Annapurna peak
(far left) is 10th highest mountain in the world
Press
Play Button for Dicks Nervous Breakdown
Press
Play Button for Dicks Nervous Breakdown Number 2
Press
Play Button for Dicks Nervous Breakdown Number 3
Commentary by Rupert Bear
Dad and I at the San Diego
Zoo Safari Park, 2009
Hallway Haunted by Jim Campbell
Givenchy, Paris, Fall Collection 2025, on the
Runway by the sensational Rebecca Blondeau
Givenchy, Paris, Bridal Collection 2025, Modeled on
the Runway by the fabulous Rebecca Blondeau
Givenchy, Paris, Fall Evening Gowns Collection
2025, Modeled by supermodel Rebecca Blondeau
Bill Brafford
Michael Brafford
Andrew Nickson
Sonya Gropman
Dean Book
Jocelyn Laflocka
John Garcia
John Garcia & moi
John Dembski
Lisa Gaye, Toxic Avenger 2
Lisa Gaye
Lisa Gaye's fashion conscience 3 foot beehive
hairdos
Andy Warhol's Pork
Pork is a 1971 play by Andy Warhol. It
was directed by Anthony Ingrassia, produced by Ira Gale, and
stage-managed by Leee Black Childers. Warhol's private
conversations with Brigid Polk served as the basis for the
play Pork, which featured exaggerated depictions of Warhol and
the Factory crowd.
Pork
the first and only play by Andy Warhol, Photo: Leee Black
Childers
Random photos of cast members in Pork
Tony Zanetta as a Warhol-analogue called B.
Marlowe
"Pork"
a play by Andy Warhol opened at LaMama Theatre in New York
City on May 5, 1971
The cast included Jayne County as Vulva, Tony
Zanetta as B. Marlowe and Cherry Vanilla as Amanda Pork
Produced by Ira Gale and directed by Anthony
Ingrassia, after two weeks the play moved to the Roundhouse
Theatre in London, Photo: Leee Black Childers
Tony Filanowski
Dave Jay Gerstein
Cliff Seale
JoEllen Berryman
Carlos
Karyl Krug
Annie Sprinkle, Bosom Ballet
Annie Sprinkle celebrates her cervix with a
speculum and a flashlight on stage.
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