My groovy past
It seems I am to be in a book. A photo of me in high school has been selected for inclusion in an upcoming photo book called Who We Are: A History of America Through Snapshots. Surprisingly, the photo will be part of the chapter on the ’60s, although it was obviously taken just weeks ago. Ahem.
Not surprisingly, co-author Richard Cahan found the photo via Flickr, where my hippie-days pics get frequent comments. In fact, my second-most popular photo is one of me in my bedroom in 1970. What is the younger generation’s fascination with that era? My daughter Juli frequently laments that she was born 30 years too late. She even went through her own neo-hippie phase, back in her Phish-following days. And she knows acid-rock music as well as I do.
Coincidentally, yet another high-school photo of me was featured on the blog One Million Peace Signs today. It’s nearly forty years late, but I am at last getting my 15 minutes of fame.
[tags]Hippie, 60s, peace & love, flower child[/tags]
January 28th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Love that picture! I didn’t actually miss the “hippy era,” but I was only 10 in 1968– a little too young for love beads and mini skirts.
And to think I actually lived in California at the time. So close yet so far away….
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January 28th, 2008 at 7:18 am
That’s so neat. You’re just as cool now as you were back then ;)
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January 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am
You are awesome! Those are fantastic photos.
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January 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
That is the coolest fucking thing I’ve seen all day! What a great photo!
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January 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Just ridiculously hot, you are. And cool at the same time!
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January 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Gorgeous shot. You’re so beautiful (then and now…)
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January 28th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
That is so freakin AWESOME! So, do you get a copy of the book? I mean, is it going to be like a REAL book, or an online thing? Or what? I’m just so pumped on this!
January 29th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Aunt Robin: Hey, you’re the same age as my hubby! He was a total hippie in the ’70s.
Kim: I know, huh? ;) Thanks, hon!
Abbersnail: Thanks! It was an awesome time.
Ajooja: Yeah, I have to admit it’s a favorite of mine.
Bec: WERE, luv. That pic is 40 years old!
Suze: Awww, you think that because I’m your blogmama.
Juli: It’s a REAL book! Coffee-table type. This will be their third - the last one was about Chicago. And yes, they will send me a copy of it. Can’t wait to look at it with you!!!
January 30th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Cool, baby, cool.
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January 31st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
You look incredible. And that less than new pic ain’t to bad either…;-)
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