An Old Hippie(flower child) from the 60's

Peace Love and Hippie Beads Everyone,
I'm an OLD Flower Child from The Haight 66/77'. I was a "Street Person" the first couple of yrs. I was in the Haight n later joined a commune ( Good Earth Commune), where my son and I lived for two yrs. We left the commune n traveled around the southwest, OR,Colorado,NM,AR ,WY and finally back to Texas where I was born. I now live on a small family farm with my husband of 22 yrs, raisin' cows,goats,chickens,pigs,turkeys,rabitts,puppies and ohh yeaa. Grandbabies. My work is in the field of Natural Healing of The Body, Mind and Spirit. My art is creating beautiful Organic Soaps, Lotions and Potions based on Aromatherapy and Mystical Arts. My Beliefs (Faith) lay with the Creator and humbly thank HIM/Her for the many Blessings in my life. My wishes for my desteny is the hope that my life was worthy and I may have help someone along their journey smile, and that I stay steady in my own path to do what is right for the good of all. I also wish the Happiness I share with my mate on each and everyone of you, and all the Blessings from the Creator be bestowed upon your lives.

 

YES!! Yes, oh yes!! I love you, and I dont know you! *takes your hand* Hello my name is Chloe, I am 12 years old. Yeppers...all your children are sooo lucky..

 

Hello Chloe,
It's very nice to meet you little sister. I can only hope that my childern's journey along the way with me taught them enough to get them through what lay's ahead of them in this time of "unpeace" and I pray that all people will be free and healthy this very minute. Chloe you are a very lovey childwoman.. stay that way.

 

I donno why but you make me sooo comfortable. I don t know you, yet I want to tell you my life story...

 

Hi, your the first person that I remember here admitting you were a "street person"
By the time I mad it to Haight, in 1972, that was all that was left of the Hippie's, I hung out across the bridge in Berkey, Telagraph Ave.
I loved being a street person, modern day Hobo's

and thanks for the blessing

 

Hello again Chloe, you can tell me your story anytime, I'll gladly listen. I'm a writer and 'drink in' the juices that I find trickling from stories told. I have left an 'insert' of my lastest book somewhere in here.. writers forum or books, I'm not sure. called Coming to Haight. I was 16 when I hit Haight St. traveling from Anahiem in so cali. As I said in my post I was a street person and saw many marvelous things and events take place. I live the dream now on my farm. In most ways it's wonderful but it takes commitment and very hard work. Most of my 'off' time I'm healing friends,relatives, and animals, or merrily making my soaps. I wish happiness for you in your life and Pray the GODDESS will protect you from the pitfalls that life sometimes has to offer.


Earthfrog, I can only say what is true to my best knowledge or what I can remember.I learned the most while I was on the streets, about people and how to live in peace among them. Blessings are free.
Peace

 

Hey Shameless,
So glad you made your way here and have blessed us with your friendship.
I'd love to hear more about your life. Especially the sixties. Some of the peeps here have submitted their 60's stories and posted them on me website. I'd be so honored if you'd considering telling us a little bit more about your time in California. If you will check out the site and look in the "writtings" section. There you will find other kindred spirits from here who have shared their stories. Here's the addy: http://www.geocities.com/kindredhippie/

 

Welcome! I can almost relate, Although my parents were not hippies we did travel around a lot. I lived in many different countries!

December

 

wow, nice to meet you..! My name's Jana, from Czech rep. I hope we'll be sometimes able to chat..

 

Hey Shameless!

Glad to see you here. I lived in the Haight during the early 60's, but not on the street. Someone always wanted to take me home for some reason or another, so I always seemed to have an Ole Man. But mostly I hitched from coast-to-coast those years, until I settled down in Pa. with my goat dairy in the early 70's.

What breeds of dairy goats or meat goats do you have? I have a few Alpines and couple of horses. My Ole Man, of almost 29 years, and I live on a small farm in PA.

In my younger days we had lots more livestock, but now that we're approaching our 60's, we've relegated ourselves to keeping "Pets". It's a much more mellow kind of "Living with the Animals" than trying to make your efforts pay off in terms of Returns. Most of our returns go into the manure pile... for that's what business I figure I'm in these days... the manure making business. I haul in the grain and hay, unload it, feed it, and then shovel it out. But, our neighbors are beginning to make a few requests for some of it for their gardens next spring.

As I said; Glad to see you here on the Old Hippies Forum. Keep comin' back, Kay?

 

Hi Everyone, Thank you all so much for the warm welcome, I am truly touched by your kindness.
Hippietoad t/y for the invite, I'd be delighted to post on your site. The sixties are never far from my thoughts. It was an adventure of a life time. The music the people the drugs the true and honest emotion, raw and fresh. We band together as a tribe of true belivers each in our own way, searching for answers to so many questions that were left unspoken for so many yrs.
Crow pleasure's all mine, t/y. I know that travel expands the horizons and is mind broadening, I think as long as you LOVE your childern and they know it, it doesnt matter how or where you travel as long as your together groovin' with it.
Jana hello and t/y. I would love to chat with you sometime, feel free to say hello anytime.
Sam Hi and t/y. I dig what your saying about the farm animals being "pets" we quit eating our own animals n mostly eat deer, wild hog and fish we catch shoot or trap. After downsizing ourselves I have grown fond of our animal friends.(except for the gopher tearing up my front yard).I'd feel unclean eating my friends. I like the yellow catfish and wild hog the best. My goats are Nubien and are spoiled babies as is the rest of the animals that reside here with us. We purchached a small donkey to help keep down the preditors, we have lost many goats,chickens and turkeys to them in the past and the donkey(my cute little ass) keeps the barnyard safe. I'm so thankfull I servived the 60's n 70's without disease or being braindead, my Guardian Angel was watching me close and I'm sure had hunderds of back up Angels when I got rebleous. I couldn't imagain trying to handle all that now, my life is so peacefull and I'm comfy where I'm at. I Pray that Peace reaches everyone in time.

 

Wow. Wish I had your experiences. Peace.

 

I belive that experience is abosoluty the best teacher, you are yet young stars growing brighter as you learn or experience life and it(s) ups n down(s). I sometimes wonder what I'd be like if I haddn't run off to join the hippies in SF, how I would be today, who would I be if I wasnt me. Polly a lawyer cuz I'm so aurguementative

 

our experiences both good and bad dictate the people we are today. I've been through a lot, a lot of bad things in my life, but hell it made me stronger. I wonder what it would have been like if I never discovered rock or something. Damn, I'd be a different person that's for sure.

 

Hiya, shameless. Thank you for your blessing. May you and all of yours be touched by and enjoy the benefits of that blessing. Sounds like you found and followed your bliss. That in itself is a blessing.


Welcome to da bozo bus. Got your mask? NO? Well, we can always squeeze ya in on the bolo bus!

Remember, it's all good fun until someone loses an eye. Then it's hilarious!:X

 

When I was real young I lived by Hwy 1 in San Luis Obispo.The road was lined with hitchhikers all the time.I used to bring them out food and drink and try to probe thier minds.Where you going I'd ask?"Frisco"would be the reply.I soon joined them heading up to Big Sur,still sticking close to home.It was probably in 72'I finally headed to Frisco ending up in Berkley.
Bezerkley,before or after the smoke-ins at the city council meetings?I remember lighting up and cops walking right by.Wierd. Slept at the mission a few times but prefered the bushes or a car.Stayed at a place called the land in Palo Alto.It was property owned by Joan Baez,where she let street people stay.I remember pictures on the side of some eating establishment near people's park.Revolutionary figures maybe.Herbie Hancock gave a free show at the university.Anything sound familiar?It's been a long time and a short term memory.Maybe you're the one who bought me a sandwich at Ihop?The Odessy,used to smoke hash upstairs and watch street musicians play.

 

luvndrum, Blessings are free for the asking and brings light into dark places. What I have found to be the only realness is being what u r and not what people expect u to be. Live for what u belive in and helpthe ones that can't help themselves, do good works and treat everyone with kindness and respect, even when you dont agree. We are all brothers and sisters in the eye of the Creator.t/y for the blessing back.


terminal> what doesnt kill us only makes us stronger, I should have died many times over and only by the grace of GOD I'm here to tell the tale. There were also many times I wanted to die. I suffered the ultimite pain when I lost my only daughter to cystic fibrosis in 2000. I know nothing that is any worse for a parent. But for some unknown reason I remain here, as my test is yet to be over.

gate> I may have been one of thoes hippies on hwy 1. I was raised in Anahiem and was up n down 1 a lot. I went to school with a dude from SnLOB. He use to pick me up for school. I didn't spend much time in berekley tho I was there several times visting friends or picking up some drugs. I was basicaly a Haight St. hippie. I'd go to market st. to panhandle the tourist or eat steak at one of the steak houses or just to look in the stores or watch a bruce lee movie at the chinese thearter. The Haight was my home tho n I didn't stray far or for long. I like to trip out in china town or North Beach riding the trolly n having to get off n turn it around when it got to the bottom of the hill. .Hippie Hill was the place to be in the earily yrs and then on to buena vista park where things were quiter and less people. By 67 there was about 50,000 hippies at Hippie Hill. The stories I could tell.The only probs I ever had with the pigs was when there was a anti-war rally or march, after they knew who I was and I was going to be there they didn't hassle me much, I guess I didn't pose much of a treat, being 100 lbs ,5'2 of and a 16 yr old girl.

 

Same here. If there is a god, he/she has something planned for me, or else I wouldn't still be here. I've had a lot of close calls, a lot.

Very very very sorry for your loss. God bless.

 

Welcome Heifer,

Thank you for the kind blessings and thoughts.
There are some wonderful old souls here in the forums and I know you will enjoy the time spent reminising and sharing.

I was only in SF for a very short time in 1971, hitched cross country, lived in Griffiths Park on the benches and in Venice Beach for a bit, thumbed up the coast, spent a short time in San Fran, got a good taste of the mist then continued on to Big Sur then Eureka.

Left Cal. and thumbed back to my all time favorite Commune 'Earth Peoples Park' in Vermont.(was first there when I was 12) Lived there for 5 months with an older but wiser man named Larry Wagner.
Left and went back into the foster care system in Norfolk Va. I was now 14.

Well that crazy Larry Wagner and I are married now and living out in the woods in S. Ohio. And very happy to be back in the atmosphere that does our minds, bodies and souls so much good. There is tremendous life and love in our house.
I love hearing from people who are living the good life, close to the land and holding dear what is truely important....
Bless you my sister,
In life and love,
teepi

 

Terminal> I sometimes think, that when I agreed to come to earth I must of asked for my Karma to be given out to me in large doses. Nothing little ever happens in my life or that I notice, it(s) alway huge and dramatic, life changing. My life was not as free and easy back then as it is now. It was so different for women then. But that's a whole book in it(s) self.

teepi > thank you, I have seen your home in here on your posts, very earthy. I see you have a greenhouse, I had one for yrs but tore it down to make more room for my orchard. I have 7 peach, 2 apple, 1 pear, 1 apricot, 2 cheery,1 plum and a mango tree. I raise berries too and grapes and of course my precieous flowers.
I'm working on my hubby to go solar, but he's an old farm boy never really spent much time out of his home town. The only thing that would disqualify his as a hippie is he is a work-a-holic an we all know hippies don't work ( wink wink). No he's more of a mountain man, altho he(s) never been on a mountain. He's a true druid but hasn't a clue what a druid is. He tends the earth and his animals and has nary a bad thing to say about anyone, even when they miss-use his kindness. I don't know what I did to deserve him, but I thank GODDESS for him. He has been my rock. He's my idol (after the Creator(s)). Blessed Be > shameless.