Scratcho, this post had me in floods of tears. Yeh, I remember all that, also travelled across Canada in '70 and the way we all looked after each...
Well I left in 1974 and I've never even been back to visit.
Just to let you know, I live in Somerset Uk, in the Glastonbury area and we are knee-deep in hippies around here. Also around Totnes, you can't...
Well if you have to ask................
I've been thinking a lot about the Old Days lately, and I've been remembering that it wasn't all fun and games and love and peace, as a lot of the...
My bestest friend in the world is coming to stay tonight and tomorrow we are all going to a festival for a long weekend! I can't wait!!!!
The best thing about being older for me is feeling vindicated! When I was a young hippie chick, I was continually being told, "You'll regret this...
Strawberry barrels
Dial telephones that rang instead of playing tunes (actually I still have one, but can't use it for automated services), real people answering the...
Didn't get to Expo, but I do remember when all the men in Canada wore beards in homage to confederation. I'm not a fan of beards, but it did make...
Sorry, another rule-breaker here. I have applied to join but haven't heard back yet, and I've posted anyway. That's the problem with these...
Life is good here. I left North America 30ish years ago and now live in a small village in England. I retired many years ago due to health...
We never had the money to dress like that in the 60's. I remember that my clothes were either hand made by myself, or vintage stuff from thrift...
Of course being an adult changes things. You have to work out a way to support yourself in some way, you may have children, etc. But being a...
I think it's pretty much the same as before you were born.
Never carry more than you can eat.
I have a theory that the general public are sometimes fine with young people they perceive to be dressing in a hippie style, but do take against...
The Dead are very much an American thing, while hippies are an international thing. In the UK, there are deadheads, but nowhere near on the same...
From what I remember, in the 60's we always seemed to be eating either spagetti or chilli (probably because it was cheap and could be bashed out...
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