no straight lines, only the spiral endlessly reconfiguring
Author: Jnana Hodson
In downsizing to a remote fishing village in Downeast Maine, this eclectic writer feels everything's coming together.
Hippie causes that continue to flourish
- Environmental awareness.
- Peace and nonviolence.
- Natural and organic foods. Vegan and vegetarian, too.
- Sexual openness and expression.
- The music.
- Comfortable expressive clothing.
- Outdoors activities.
- Yoga. Meditation. Spirituality.
- Alternative education, including homeschooling.
- Recreational drug use.
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So what am I overlooking?
Remember, she’s passionate in everything
In my novel What’s Left, Cassia’s aunt Pia reintroduces the family to its ancient roots and traditions. When she first shows up on the scene, nobody has any reason to suspect to suspect she’ll do that. She’d been the wild hippie chick.
In your circles, who’s most passionate about the Old Ways?
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Kinisi 74
1986
READING TWO LOVE STORIES
Help me, my Chambermaid!!!
Corn on the cob with marinated tomatoes
Don’t watch TV!
Just get lost in a book! Any book!
Learning from our mistakes
after you shoot the breeze on this end “uneventful normalcy” translates swamped by workplace, Meeting, girlfriend, call for jury duty to be gratefully dismissed in a round of flu while attempting to reverse a progressive financial tailspin in the ever-frustrated desire to hike more or read even cook like a genius or sit outside in sunlight still, I’ve had lobster for breakfast the hour most people have lunch, such a life, indeed
More random notes in no particular order
- If you’re wearing a backpack, thank a hippie.
- The blues singer Mills Amoskeag. OK, it’s an inside joke, should I ever play it.
- If you’re puzzled by your parents’ or grandparents’ generation, you’re not alone. Many of us who were part of it are still puzzled, too.
- Prime foliage is when the red kicks in
- A trailblazer is not a trend follower.
- Should she play her cards right? One teacher, no doubt primed for the pinnacle somewhere.
- Island life has limits, they’re part of the appeal.
- No doubt way outdated data: The average American woman has had two sexual partners, lifetime, including spouse. Male, six, including spouse. Means a lot of people aren’t getting any.
- Note the phrase: In relationship.
- Do you believe in fate? Have you lived with a sense of destiny?
On the waterfront
About the practice of intense meditation
Answers to some of the questions about Cassia’s father’s reasons for intensely pursuing Tibetan Buddhism, first encountered in my Freakin’ Free Spirits novels, can be found in Yoga Bootcamp, my story about eight young American yogis living on a former farm in the mountains. While each student is at a different stage of discovery, their widely divergent motivations still lead to common struggles and victories. Nothing is easy, but the lessons are priceless.
Do you practice meditation? How about yoga exercises, chanting, or Zen? Any other spiritual exercises you care to discuss?
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