Well, I was organizing stuff for my move...(building a white pine house wayyyyyy back in the Smoky Mtns, pictures coming soon).....but I digress! Anyway, while boxing things up I found the "Howdy Folks" from the 1987 Rainbow Gathering. I remember (faintly) somebody, somewhere, on some online forum, asking if anybody had any old flyers, and one of them that he/she wanted was this one. Anybody know who was looking for this flyer???? Twenty years ago and its still in pretty good shape. :rainbow: HillbillyAnn
Does RFOLL even print Howdy Folks any more? If so, when was the last hard copy Howdy Folks? That would be one for the Archives!
HillbillyAnn, I collect them, THE ALWAYS FREE, New World Rising, Rainbow Guide and other "Family" related articles/mags/newspapers/postcards/etc. "FAMILY" has done alot & I search for 'em. Also anything Family or Forestry made with "Rainbow Family" upon it. One year in Ocala "BOTH" made Frisbee's and I was blessed with both. http://members.tripod.com/ohhotrod/rainpics/frisbeelot.jpg I love to trade....... Tradin' Bill a.k.a. Fla_Hippy http://ohhotrod.tripod.com/rainbow/rainbow.html ~ Jimi Hendrix's Modem was a Purple Hayes ~ (You older PC geeks will get it - Hayes was an early Modem Maker)
Howdy Howdy Tradin' Bill! Seems you are the one that has stepped forwarded first in line for the 1987 "Howdy Folks." Would you like the original (OK condition) or would you like me to scan it for you (a bit crisper version)? Email me: annpaige@gmail.com and we will work out the details. Always willing to help add to anyone's Rainbow archives. 1987 was my first gathering....it truly changed my life. It was like somebody cleaned the windows I was looking out from. I saw what was and what could be. Hey, if Plunker wants a copy I would be more than happy to send him one...pass that along if ya'll would. Hey, Matthew.....where you be at? HillbillyAnn
87 was my 1st as well and couldnt agree more even though back then i had no idea what i stumbled into, i knew it was something incredible & it set a new course for my life looks like we began our journey together although i'm not sure we ever met but nice to finaly meet you sis after 20 long years along the same path
Same here my brother...same here. I don't know if we have met at any other gatherings....maybe..!..? I am pretty sure I saw you last year.....I think....maybe...LOL I will look for the Official Rainbow Family Bellybutton Inspector next month in (drum roll please..........) I say Arkansas it will be! But I have been wrong before. Journey on my brother....journey on! HillbillyAnn
ahh no pictures no idea if ive seen you..lol but yes i was there last year as well as many (lost count) others along the way so we've probably crossed paths over & over well dammit this time ya better come say hi
Soaringeagle....its a deal! I will scour the Gathering until I find the man with the coolest dreads in the world! Peace out.......... HillbillyAnn
was 87 the one in n c ? ...where everyone got contagg ous dissintery.....if so , i was there ....silent meditation /peyote tee pee ......my first national was penn. in 85 or 86......forrest road # 666 .
hippiestead, Let me know where I can email the scanned copy my dear! makno, Yep....that was the year for the poo-poos in NC. Luckily, I didn't catch it....just caught a lot of love. The 87 gathering was the biggest thing to hit my home town in years. That was also the year that the local news crew, covering the gathering, interviewed my Dad on tv about what he thought about all those hippies wanting to congregate on federal land. My dad, carpenter by trade, limited in his "knowledge of the world", a simple guy who was suspicious of any long-haired types, said on tv: "those folks have just as much right to get together on federal land as I so, whether the Forest Service likes it or not." My dad instilled in his kids a very healthy critical eye toward authority. Anyway....I digress.....great memories of that gathering! Anybody who wants a scanned copy....let me know. HillbillyAnn