The Young to Old Hippie FAQ Thread

that awnserd every question i ever wanted to know

 

I'm blown away. The work you put into that article is phenomenal. I'm amazed at the way you "summerized" it, but not for a moment did I feel like anything was left out. I really applaud you, and thank you for sharing it.

 

peace to all...
after reading the hippie article, this thread, and alot of your thoughts, and feelings...i feel lifted up, energized, and glad to be an old hippie chick....
i knew...at a very young age...that i was what folks then called "different"...
i loved the land, cared about others, wanted to follow my own path...but because i was young then-(i'm talking '67 through 69ish)-i was supposed to follow "thier" rules, not walk to my own drum....but, in 1967, in hononlulu hawaii, i saw troops coming from vietnam, for rnr, i joined the war protestors, the hippie chicks and dudes....i was 10 yrs old...all the folks took me in as thier "little" sister....(until my parents found me)
In '69...was in mississippi...tried to hitch my way to a gathering i'd heard about....it was called woodstock....rode through alabama with some older brothers and sister...smoked my first (of many, many, many) joints....i was 12...got to the north part of alabama....and the sheriffs found me...and home i went...
I went through the 70's loving the land, caring for the critters, and following my own drummer...my friends all shared the love, passed the bong, and protested the ones who exploited others, tried to poison the land, and mistreated the critters....
Now its the 2000's....i've grown a bit grayer, don't smoke the weed no more, but i still care about the land, love the critters, advocate for those who can't help themselves, and still call my fellow brothers and sisters friends...and old, and young, hippies

Peace and love....just my humble opinion.....

 

It was interesting reading all ure points of view, young and old. All I know is that my Mum and Dad were both cool, and chilled, and I loved growing up with hippy parents. I loved it that my Dad wasn't like the other Dads and my Mum not like other Mums espescially as I live in UK and parentwise, you were meant to wear twinsets and have your hair permed. I had the happiest childhood,with three other sisters, and I have always been different. I get called hippy all the time because of what I look like. But its not all about clothes. Its about respect, respecting other people what they do, what they believe,etc etc. I don't mind being called a hippy, and I got 4 little kiddies of my own now too. I can't help being how I am, and if that makes me a hippy then I,m proud, lol, because I can't help the fact that being brought up by hippy parents has rubbed off on2 me, and will obviously rub off on2 my kids 2.So, if there are any older generation hippies that do not like to think there are younger hippies too, then they mistaken, because a lot of older hippies procreated, lol, and so surely, like my parents, there must be children of lurve era that can't help naturally being hippified, lol.xxx

 

Howdy mini mal and peacefulmama. Great posts from both of you. There is an area in the hills near where I grew up where a bunch of hippies went in the 60's and 70,s to do the commune back to the land thing. Lots are still there and a lot of their grown up children are still there having children of there own. The younguns have embraced the hippie way. The local gatherings are full of love peace colour music fun and joy.

Keep up the good play.

 

It makes me sad that it's not something that will be repeated anytime soon. Why not?

I think we can learn a lot from the older hippies and as young people here we should take atvantage of it. My uncle was a hippie back in the 60s and he is probably my closest relative out of all my many aunts and uncles. He still is such a hippie and I love it. We always have the same values and opinions and the rest of my family jokes about it.

My generation, and those younger and a little older make me sad. There are very few who have the right idea.

 

But they are (we are) still there, still crazy after all this years and this is it, what cöunts. And we have now the www to interchange across the world and we use it an we use it well like this forum and a lot of other webpages show.
I want to make one thing clear, I did not make this webside, I linked in the 1st posting of this thread, I just knew it and thought, it's a good source of information for young (and old).
It makes me glad, to see all you young folks here.

 

The makeup bit was really a post-hippie development, I think. The "glam-rock" or "glitter-rock" era that followed the "psychedelic" era in the early '70s was a heavy make-up kind of pop culture development. Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Mott the Hoople were among the popular musical artists of that phase. It was all about theatrics and gender-bending. Lots of dressing in drag, that sort of thing.

I liked some of the music, but for me, it was the point when young people in general despaired of working for change and just decided it was all about partying. It was kind of the last gasp, in a way--and just as I entered my teens, too. I opted for the "Jesus Movement", but that eventually morphed into the Religious Right. Rats...

 

Hippie, Well I was caught in a weird situation when I was younger, about 4yrs, old my Mom worked in this ancient old hotel, 3 stories high and really cheap rooms, the young people of "then" 67-68(year, that is) use to hang out there, I was too young to know the difference but dam I loved it! My Mom was about 29yrs. old then and so to me she was just my Mom, but she had some really cool and nice friends, ( these young people) my Dad was always calling "them" Hippies. He was about 35yrs. old then. I would spend time at the hotel playing with the owners kids, running around playing hide`n`seek in this acient place, it was great, anyway, as a child I was in this world and didn`t know any better. And dam well loved it, loved these people still do I love the smell of pot, I can`t help it. I like smoking, but can`t because of my job and my kids. In a custody battle at the moment. I wear patchuli (spelling?) and with incense I burn a combo of leather(incense) and patchuli. I love walking into a leather shop I`d eat leather by the smell of it and if I could just have a mattress made out of pot, I`d been in heaven, I love paslie prints, I hate to shave, anywhere even though I do.(for the sake of heat rash) and showering (sometimes ugh) if wasn`t for crotch rot. Guys with long hair, dam what a turn on. I cream my jeans quite a bit at that. Sex I love it w/the right guy, one that makes ya hot as heck, bump and grind dam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway I like people quite a bit and I hate it like hell when I see a piece of land that someone has tortured, piss the hell right out of me!!!! I feel like I`m a freak, when the real me comes out and sometimes I just can`t stop it. I`ve gone on here too long but this is me, whoever I am, you tell me, I guess.P.s. I love Harley`s I cream at the sound of one and If it`s a good old simple bike dam!! you got that long hair and a descent person(pref. guy) I`d follow you anywhere, :drool: AND I love my God ,his son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

 

Eric I liked your question ...........what would the older hippies call the hippiesh kids of today...........I'd call them smart....enlightened...strong...willing to stand for the cause...I'd call them a fellow hippie and a blessing to society
Annie

 

The thing about it, is when I was 17,my mum and dad divorced.and they are still friends.out of them both my mum has stayed hippy if you can call it that,to me shes just my mum,lol. our step dad is cool.he is a hippy too. he said he was worried at first that all my mums children wouldn't accept him, but he fitted in instantly coz we are hippy offspring lol.he is older than my mum, and i love listening to him telling us his reminiscences and his views on things nowadays. the one thing that he said still rings true today as it did back then,and am talking about in the UK, is that society thinks that coz you are a hippy,or just because if you are male and have long hair, society thinks you are uneducated or thick,that you are outcast and your views and valid points aren't taken seriously.eg. he said people pre judge him still today, and he said that he has been employed by people, and he says it is wrong to be told that you have to cut your hair in order to be deemed respectable and he has handed in his notice rather than be sacked, over his hair.And some of these jobs are just driving jobs,delivering goods to grotty warehouses.He said that it surprised him, that the nicest place he ever worked was for jaguar, the car co.selling cars, and they were fine,he just had to tie it up.He said he applied to them for a joke at first not expecting to actually get the job and he was gobsmacked when they wanted him, bearing in mind it was the suity time of the 80,s,lol.He said it is the only time he has ever worn one and they are the most uncomfiest apparel he has ever come across,and even though he was a good seller, he couldnt hack being indoors in the summer,sweating to death in a horrid suit and working like a slave for, i can't really write what he said,suffice to say it was filled with bleeps and i dont think he likes them,lol.

 

Dear SunshineDaisy11,ABSOLUTELY!! You make TONS of Sense!!! I feel the same way!
The WHOLE idea,behind.the Movement,is and ALWAYS has been,to do what you can,to make the World Better! The Founding Fathers knew this the Best of anyone!

Please write me,and let's be Friends! I also have alot of ideas,to share!

"Love shines when sleeping.laughs when awakeing"

 

Haha.
That's very cliche.

 

My parents are far from hippies. I was not rasied like a hippie. Ive never meet a hippie but i feel like a share a lot in common to a certain degree. I want to wander and explore this earth. i need some soul searching and forgetting systems and rules. I have to get away soon and meet people who make a little more sense to me. My family thinks im very odd. Anyone ever been in my shoes?

 

don't forget too about exploring the entire universe as the real (i'm a real hippie) hippies explored all the cosmos

 

great article although i was a wee bit sad...

and i'm a mixture of flower child and freak! yeah!

 

Yeah I agree

 

yeah lets not forget the universe

 

ditto and let's also not forget to look within