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So Sorry to Hear this !

 

in real life...a joke,a laugh,a good feeling inside...should never be far away...
the French..are really into the burlesque..

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good morning hippies.. I did 'copy & paste' of Rita's latest post about Ranger.. he's in poor shape.. Kenny will know more as they talk on the phone..






















Rita Roberts thank you everyone...his son Daniel is flying down at 7 pm....he talked to someone at hopise this morning and they said they can't believe he is holding on...it should be soon before he leaves this planet...God bless him....I am really going to miss him!


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How do we feel ourselves GOOD in life?first I think a positive attitude is necessary...be it lifestyle,friends,music,environment..anything really that creates that extra kick in our brains which says..YEAH...i feel O.K...and on top of that...we should combine that with respect and understanding towards people around us...we should just learn to understand why somebody feels good/bad and understand the why and look for a solution...if you are into religion,music etc..it does not profile your ego in this world..as long as we can show respect to our fellow human beings...nothing is wrong..life is like a balance...as long as we can keep that balance steady...we're allright..otherwise we land up in negativity..and they always told me it's a counterbalance for positivity...so..do not let negativity come into your life..it is not worthwhile even..maybe lots of things are going wrong in this world today...but..that does not mean that anything goes wrong with ourselves..we are..who we are..and we wanna be..who we wanna be...it's as simple as that...if we concentrate on the positive things..positive things happen to us..we all had periods in our life when we were unhappy..so...anyone who has been unhappy...knows the true value of being happy..because we can compare unhappiness/happiness..and that glow in the heart that says..I feel O.K...is there anything better then that?we all wil find our way home,you know...it's just a matter on how we look for being home..with ourselves,our friends,the world,anything really...

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Its that time

 

Ranger Report.

Still failing. I just talked with Rita. He's happy. She and his youngest son are holding hands with him. He knows the score. Hard to breath. Improvement is not at all expected.

Ken

 

Sorry to hear that he is going through this, but glad to know that he has loving family with him.

Wishing them all the best

 

Poor Ranger, sending my love and positivity to him and his family and loved ones.

 

thank you Kenny.. you & Ranger go back a very long way & this is a tough one.. I hope you're bearing up well..

 

I just heard Ranger is gone.. one day we'll have a big big party on the other side.. a happy hippie party.. :flyhigh:

 

R.I.P. Ranger...

 

Ranger sure will be missed.

RIP

 

I did not know Ranger very long and was not close to him as some of you were, but he always seemed to me a very gentle spirit. he reached out his hand to me in kindess a couple of times. This is very sad news....

A dear friend of mine lost her husband due to cancer on Sunday, too....Ari, you knew of him, too.....

 

Yes.

As expected, Ranger is gone over. Rita called and said he's gone. December 1st at about 3:30 at night he left us. She's crying. Now she's on her own. Very sad.

He is my buddy, brother, family, and long time pardner. I met him and moved into their house maybe about 1974 when I was about 22, on my second move back to San Francisco. We had another house till 80. But that ended. We lived together as a group in about 83 or so, way north of Berkeley and then moved to some friends in the south west of San Francisco. Then I moved on to other places.

He was a Lover and a Free man. The entire time that I knew him he never worked a job working for anyone. A free man. A Brilliant appraiser, sharp business guy, trader, coins, jewelery, antiques, collectibles, and others items. For a while there, we made a good living doing garage sales and flea markets. Before I met him I heard a rumor that he might have been in a wholesale business. Not sure.

He attributes his lung problems (C.O.P.D.) to a very long time ago, back to him running a small gold refining kiln operation in Texas. Breathing poisonous hot vapor acids. Also to fiber glassing boats for a living in Florida for a while.

He was a good man, very giving and supporting, feeding and sheltering many others. Taking care of many who had no way of making money or eating. These things were all casual to Ranger. Just new friends at the table.

The ladies seemed to love Ranger. He was certainly a man's man. He had the respect of all of the guys. And chicks dig the leader of the tribe. (The chief caveman)
Him being kind of dominant, I recently explained to him, that me as the younger guy never wanted to be an upstart challenge to him on any level. I told him that he had to live on past his heart surgery and just keep on being himself. I explained to him that in my book he was the King, and that I was the Prince, and that I had always liked it that way. I told him that I preferred being the Prince. That I never wanted to be a King. That if he wasn't around anymore then I couldn't be a prince anymore.
He smiled at me fondly. I think that his whole body breathed a sigh of relief. I always thought that from the culture that we grow up in and also throughout all of nature, that all males of most species live in a world where there is a pack leader, and that there are always younger challengers to their position. I felt that he had always had this underlying, and maybe subconscious thing going on, all of our lives. Kind of like an invisible wall. A shield. When I told him the Prince thing, he finally seemed to understand and to let go. We knew that we were true friends and brothers in a totally open manner. Equal friends.

Yes, the ladies loved him. He was the natural leader and respected by the guys and the gals, in a hippie culture where no one wants to be a leader, especially him, and in a culture where people don't have leaders. He was warm and understanding. He was like a pa pa bear, and warm and cuddly. Fun and happy with his very own kind of sexy. Like a bear he could be gruff and he had terrific macho protective coloring. No guy would mess with him. He could toss out the meanest biker in the world vibe and appearance with a glance. With good friends he had the nickname, Thud. With the women who knew him the best they called him Thuddles. They said he was a big fun pussy cat. A Love.

We all knew him in different ways and we all knew him to a different extent, but we all knew him. You, I, us, and many others. He influenced so very many people in their lives that I could only begin to guess that I have met maybe a twentieth of them. ​

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I believe in forever. Eternity.​

All of us.​

In my heart I know that it's not good bye but I'll see you again later.​

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He use to wear a real antique Texas Ranger belt buckle. I always imagined that he either got his name from that or that his name came from the Ranger in the "Lord of the Rings" books. That's even better because it makes him seem even more of a mystery. Which he really was. I believe in romantic. He was a truly unique character. One of a kind always. ​

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We'll all always Love you, Ranger.​

I'll always Love you.​

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"...until we meet again."​

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Ranger​

C. M. Craven​

He would sometimes use Mike Craven​

Charles Michael Craven​

 

A song For you all in The House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeHtuwsUeRw&feature=youtu.be

 

Kenny,
Very touching posting you did about the passing of Ranger....he made a few very positive remarks on my postings in this house..
it's hard to see someone go,dear friends...it must be hard for Rita...we wish you strenght,dear Rita...
I am in tears...it makes me go back to August 18th 2008...when I found my wife dead in my home...
i did not hear anything..no noise...she just passed away in silence...we were married for 31 years...heart failure,the doc said..
the black hole I landed in then..I cannot tell you all..it's a horrible feeling..

Ranger is perhaps no more...but he lives further on in our hearts..
one fine day I will also have to depart for the hunting fields...I will look out then for you,Ranger
I'll meet you at the corner of the field...and we will both look down to earth to what we left behind..
you are missed,Ranger...rest in peace..R.I.P

 

Kenny, thank you for that beautifully written memorial you wrote for Ranger. You have shed light on my knowledge of someone I always felt was a wonderful human being.

 

On ************ you can look up Ranger Craven

People who where on his friends' list there are posting. It gives a lot more insight. Pretty beautiful.
Well worth having a look at.

Ranger Craven
on facebook

 

Man, rest in peace, Ranger. That's a real heartbreak. I didn't know Ranger too well, but a friend of this house is a friend of mine. He sounds like an amazing human being, he's gonna be missed. Is there anywhere to send a card to Rita?

 

Laci, I messaged that to you. OK? Please check your messages. Cool.