Everyone was enjoying their new found sexual freedom. It was a time of Free Love. It was fun and they were all having a ball! But at a certain point around their mid-twenties, clocks began ticking, and the women wanted children. They didn’t care who the father was. It was just time to reproduce. There… Continue reading Hippie Mamas
Category: Higher Ground
Hippie Papas
Hippie Papas were going through the rebellion right alongside their Hippie Mamas. Maybe they hadn’t expected to become fathers, but when it happened some were struck into action like responsible men, and others refused to claim it. It isn’t true that Hippies didn’t work. Although under-employed, many had jobs to pay for food and rent. The… Continue reading Hippie Papas
Home Birth
Jo has been pregnant with Pupule’s baby for nine months now. Her belly is ripe and full and she is more beautiful than ever. She is planning a home birth in a tub of warm water. The midwife is there for the delivery. People sing, chant, smoke, and talk in the living room while Jo labors out in… Continue reading Home Birth
Pupule
Crazy man! That dude is crazy! Hair in dreds, a mass of bleached blond rats’ nests. Sitting on a short stool, naked, balls and junk dangling down almost touching the ground. He is focused on pinching the leaves off of his marijuana crop while the butt of a joint hangs out of his mouth. One day… Continue reading Pupule
Nursery School
She can remember back a long time. She can remember being three and four. Her sister was about to be born. She was waving up to her mom on the fourth floor of a hospital somewhere downtown. There was a lot of traffic and she was standing next to her dad looking up at her… Continue reading Nursery School