She was used to being shunned. It was something that she had grown up with her entire life. She was raised to be a free thinker and a strong woman. Her family made her that way. She was taught to question authority, and she did. She challenged every rule and norm she found fault with… Continue reading Shunned
Category: Hippies
Millennials
I am totally impressed by the Millennial Generation. They have all the passion and love of freedom that their grandparents (the Boomers) promoted during their Hey Daze. You might say, “Anything could happen now…” It all boils down to sex, drugs, and rock and roll, baby. Sex: Gays: We have greater acceptance of gays because… Continue reading Millennials
Portugal Boy
After staying in England for about four months in the cold drizzling rains of winter, Kristie headed back to the desert. Her partner, Butch took off for warmer climes – Portugal, where he was arrested two months later for trying to sneak a seventeen year old Portuguese boy out of the country illegally. He claimed… Continue reading Portugal Boy
World College
We got to New York in early fall and headed straight out of the city into Long Island where we stayed in abandoned houses that had been slated for use by students of World College. They had just been given a hundred acre estate on the sound in the country. The estate had several houses… Continue reading World College
Brussels Sprouts
Where else could she get a job? She had just moved to a very cool beach town up the coast, but there were no jobs – or very few. She had a couple of lunch shifts at a little cafe and an occasional fill in for a bartender down by the wharf, but she needed… Continue reading Brussels Sprouts