The kids were grown, each with a mate at their side. The three couples often met up for dinners and parties during those “adult child” years when parents can get a little freer in their actions and words. These were fun years filled with many family vacations, laughter, and jokes. One Xmas we decided to… Continue reading Adult Xmas
Category: The Epochs
Shunned
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
Peace, Love, and the 2nd Amendment
Across the way as the crow flies, two hills over, right next door… Hank is replanting his pot garden. He is happy to hear that the new president would be suspending the CAMP raids that had plagued his production for the past twenty years. He was convinced that legalizing marijuana would lead to increased revenue… Continue reading Peace, Love, and the 2nd Amendment
Inappropriate As Usual
What are you thankful for? This was the question they all had to answer as they went around the table at Thanksgiving. The whole family was sitting in the church getting ready for the funeral service. The old patriarch had finally bit the dust. It was a sad day, but a happy day too, because… Continue reading Inappropriate As Usual
LSD
Everyone was trying everything and anything by the 1970’s: LSD, opium, hash, speed, reds, tranquilizers, mushrooms, peyote… She was right there with her peeps popping it first and then asking, “What was that anyway?” It was just an experiment. She was turning on and dropping out along with hundreds of thousands of other boomers. She… Continue reading LSD