Wednesday, April 29, 2009

'60s, hippies, etc.

I usually don't do journal style blog posts, where I talk about what's going on in my life. Mostly, that's because I'm fairly convinced that nobody cares all that much. Today, though, I'm really in the mood. 

For my honors history class, I have to write a final paper on any topic relating to western civilizations, as long as it dates from the 1700s to the present day. I picked hippies and the counter cultural/anti-war movements of the 1960s. 

Just for kicks, I used Google Images to search for photos of "hippies." I thought you might enjoy this one:





It goes along perfectly with a book I came across in my research. Apparently, the school's library search engine thought this book would come in handy. 

My Hippie Grandmother is a children's book written by Reeve Lindbergh, whoever that is. The basic focus of the story is on a young girl's relationship with her grandmother, who drives a purple bus and "hasn't cut her hair since nineteen sixty-nine." Together, the pair work in Grandma's organic garden and participate in anti-war protests outside of City Hall.
Oh, and the hippie grandmother's cat is named Woodstock. That just might be the most important detail.

Anyway, this paper. 

I went to the library and got about five books on hippie-related subjects. Actually, I got exactly five books on hippie-related subjects. I realized that I really miss doing research with actual books, instead of just typing things into Google.

Maybe I should become a hippie and reject all forms of modern information-getting. I should live in a cabin on top of a hill and grow my own food in a garden in my backyard. I'll become a vegetarian and I won't drive my hippie bus very often, unless I find time to create my own form of oil for it to run. You know, it's to save the environment and everything. If I have to, I'll get a horse and a buggy to travel from place to place.

Or would that be considered Amish?


un-hippielike quote of the day: "a large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of." [jane austen]



1 comment:

Lydia Karstin said...

haha... ooh that photo pushes the limits.