As a first year teacher, she was not aware of the tradition of producing a Christmas pageant in a public school. She was told, “Oh don’t bother about it. The kids will just write some skits and sing a song and the parents will all be drunk and not even paying attention anyway….” And someone… Continue reading Flo Show Biz
Author: Lulu
Salad Girl
Cheyenne was sitting in the kitchen at the small wooden table holding a huge salad bowl in her lap. She had torn up an entire head of Romaine lettuce, added some chopped radicchio, small bunch of arugula, sliced red onions, garbanzo beans, sunflower seeds, Kalamata olives, one whole avocado cubed, and a handful of cherry… Continue reading Salad Girl
Hippie Stew
Out on the desert they were living on Hamburger Helper and fast food. She was really craving something besides meat and fat, so she suggested that she take a trip to the grocery store in Boron and get some supplies to make what she called “Hippie Stew.” Back in the days when she was staying… Continue reading Hippie Stew
Baba Ram Das
At a certain point in her mid-twenties Kristie became enamored with Baba Ram Das, Be Here Now, various Eastern philosophies, and religions. She read, studied and followed many of the practices in her own way. She became a vegetarian, began meditating, and doing yoga. She heard that Baba Ram Das was going to be in… Continue reading Baba Ram Das
Luminescent
They all piled into three cars, loaded up their sleeping bags, a jug of wine and a few joints to share. It was one of those special nights when the moon is full and the surf is effervescent with the blue light of plankton. Each time a wave hit the shore a burst of cerulean… Continue reading Luminescent