I'm first! I went to see the Doors (etc) at the Isle of Wight in 1970, so I must have been a hippy. Well, I might have looked like one, but the philosophy didn't really make it over the border. Just the long hair, army greatcoats and tons of dope! Hotboy
long live the hippies!
People say "hippie" like it's a bad thing, but as you point out it's only the ones who take it to extremes (e.g. in fashion, or dope, or where the term free-range child-rearing is used as a smokescreen for none at all) that gets everyone a bad name.
Judging by the quality of your kids and your lifestyle, you're keeping the best parts of hippieness alive. A bit like us here.
BTW you're one of the fortunate ones who doesn't need the help of fuckmefashion.
PS - re hippie food - I avoid conventional tortured chicken, but will happily tuck into an organic free-range bird that has had a relatively decent life before sacrificing itself for my table. E.g. not having had its beak amptutated then fed back to it. That helps.
You create your own reality.
Have a kule yulet.
Noeliniz kutlu olsun.
rashbre
ok, i have been a great fan of tie dye and batik for half my life. my kids also tell me my hair is wild drugged out hippie hair. i listen to strange music. i live in my birkenstocks or bare feet.
i'm carnivourous, i shave and bathe so i guess i'm sort of in your boat.
have a wonderful holiday!
I don't know... you sound awfully Californian to me. Yeah, we have hippies here but thats beside the point.
Blighty for a month? Planning on hooking up with my cuz by any chance?
Cheers and may you and yours have a peaceful one. 
Brilliant! Brilliant, brilliant! Safe and happy holiday travels, mama 'n' lets. Big up Jah yout! Stric'ly inna King David Style!
Safe travels to you and the 'lets lovie...we'll miss you whilst you're away!
Congrats on the job...let's go shopping!
The lets look lovely! Congrats on the new job!
I wear Birkis, shave, take showers, and invest my hard earned money in lingerie and high-heeled shoes. The day before I popped out my son, I ate a huge steak. I am convinced, that it was the reason why he came out so quickly and without any fuss, there was just not enough room left in my tummy for him to linger.
Your kids are beautiful! Being a hippie is okay, as long as you take a bath, lol I think what those of us who have grown up miss is the freedom of our youth--there was a good article in a recent issue of THE SUN about such longings.
OMG!!! I live in a very hippie/progressive neighborhood. Several of my neighbors are lesbian couples with children, and even with the straight couples you see more papooses than strollers. I think I am the only one in my area that wears makeup and skirts.
Happy Holidays
عيد سعيد
Hey, Keda,
As a thorough former hippie (I used to get spare change at San Francisco's Fisherman's Warf by posing for photos with tourists in the 1970s) I'm perfectly qualified to deem you... a hippie!
I knew some unwashed hippies, and wound up unwashed sometimes when I was broke and traveling a lot. I knew some hippies who wore tie-dye shirts but I've only owned a couple myself. (Your fake-fur boots and fuzzy waistcoat are more emblematic of real hippies.) Reggae made the top 40 long before any hippies picked up on it. Some of the hippies I knew were vegetarians. Most were "necessitarians" meaning we couldn't afford to be picky. And drugs? A lot of the certainly tried it but even at the peak I doubt more than half used, say, hemp regularly.
Bottom line, the category of "hippie" is about as broad as, say, being "Protestant" or "Asian." It's so broad no one person could embody all the attributes.
Oh, and it sounds like you qualify. Congratulations.
figleaf
p.s. I could have misunderstood but if you wax but don't shave your armpits? Very sexy!
Have a wonderful holiday, Keda, and hug your family for me.
figleaf
Maybe you are like New Age, man.
Loved this...
Back when we were hip we called ourselves heads or freaks. I remember being on a subway once when a little kid nudged his mother and asked "Is that a hippie?" I always like the term "flower child" better. It implies they smell better for one thing.
wrong entry, but I'll take what I can get. I wished for you in this week's hnt . have a happy! x
how 'bout instead of "hippie" you just say "crunchie granola?"
sounds much more hip, doncha think?
the wonderlets look great in their furcoats and animal costumes. My kids also used to have animal costumes as regular overalls for the wintertime. Each time we collected some whoas and cuuuties from the people on the street ))
Bohemian - yes
Crunchy - not so much
All of that seemed at the very leasy harmless, at the very best good choices. The shaving thing is questionable for me, but then again they aren't my pits either. Bottom line: as long as you shower and don't ask me for money, I won't judge you.
I'm of the generation that created hippidom out of humdrum and it was far greater than anything before it or since. We were hippies without knowing we were anything unique. We simply wanted peace instead of war, love instead of hate, and above all the desire to wear whatever we wanted. It was our generation that paved the way for future grenerations to have long hair, humane poetic lives and the freedom to be, without fear. That you are called "hippie" proclaims your beautiful unfettered spirit. Merry Christmas and the happiest of Happy New Years....thank you for being YOU.
Hi Keda,
Thanks for leaving a comment on my post Testing Haloscan comment hack for Blogger Beta. I have responded to your comment.
Regarding your inability to post in the Google Blogger Help Group, perhaps if you would send me the question you want posted, I can repost it in the group for you.
Peter aka Enviroman
Enviroman Says
i had the exact leopard costume when i was little!
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