When someone or something has been a part of your life since late childhood, it’s a very difficult thing to stand by and watch it go away. As I sit here contemplating what to say about 2025 suddenly landing our laps, I’m reminded that 2024 was a year of huge […]
Life in General
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New Year 2023 brought no essay, no long winded tirade on new normal or other TEOTWAWKI 2.0 revelations. It started out with a squeak and is coming to a close with a roar unlike any other. 2023 has proven to be a year of HUGE changes in my little corner […]
How one REACTS to any given situation, in my experience, will generally determine the outcome. This world-wide lock-down has clearly shown that there is a great deal of learning that humans need to do. The “public” has reacted to the COVID crisis in a variety of ways. Whether you choose […]
I turned 50 this past summer. Yes, 50. I’m not really the type that gets worked up too much over age – after all, once you hit LEGAL age, it’s only math. There are certain things that I’ve noticed in getting older, aside from the usual aches and pains. The […]
Well, it’s official – Hippie Ways Natural Body Care exists… Now I just need to figure out how I’m going to finance this little operation. Since I found myself rather suddenly unemployed in September (a story unto itself) I’ve been tossing around the idea of unleashing my creative dragons and […]
Since I was only born in the ’60’s and not actually RAISED in the ’60’s I get a lot of strange looks when I announce to those who ask that I am 100% hippie. I’ll have to say that the majority of strange looks come from the younger folks I […]
There’s a certain philosophy involved in calling one’s self a Hippie. To some, it’s an entire realm of anti-establishment beliefs. To others, it’s a movement – born in the 60’s, held over through modern times. To me is a simple, natural, inexpensive way of doing things. As a child of […]
There are many ways one can appreciate BEAUTY. To each individual, there will be a multitude of things (or people, or candies, or flowers) that they find “beautiful”. Each of us has our own sense of beauty. Everyone’s soul is affected by something different. I find that music is one […]
Yet again, daily life has interrupted my personal journey. I am the first one to admit that I tend to put EVERYTHING else ahead of my own personal progress. I like to read quite a bit, and I do find that I tend to get reading, follow a link here […]
Have you ever noticed that “those hippie types” tend to be happier people than most?? I’m sure there be people who simply assume that hippies are happy because they are stoned! To avoid starting a flame war on the pro’s vs con’s of the legalization of marijuana, let me make […]