Happy Spring season everyone. Im hearing there will be cool spikes on into April of this year
so I guess it could be a few more weeks before
its behind all of us.
The Pink Dogwoods are blooming here but haven't seen the more common white blooms. Since my regular TV line up includes
Nashville and Knoxville, I am seeing it in bloom there.
It's my most favorite spring tree of all.
Wherever you are I hope Spring is living up to it's name.
Today, no matter where you are, you should have
12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness since it is the Spring Equinox.
Many years ago there used to be a clan of
hippies from Florida who came here and bought a mountain.
They named it
'Nobodys Mountain' and they always celebrated the
vernal equinox and autumnal equinox in a big way with bonfires, wine parties and who knows what else after the visitors left
but they were a au natural bunch as well. This reason I mentioned it,
is because I actually went to a equinox festival with a few friends several years ago
to the
Short Mountain Sanctuary just outside of Woodbury where Ken lived
for many years. * Ken how are you?
I think there is another Hippie place near AJ in Christiana.
No more hippies here as they joined in the Summertown Sanctuary
which is actually called
'The Farm', an intentional community in Lewis County, South Tennessee,
where it grew quite large. Today the population has dwindled to around 200 so where do the old hippies go?
A friend said the democratic party... haha
j/k but he did say that.
The candle maker, the guy with the giant sharpening wheel, the cabin builders, the herbalist, hemp growers, magic mushroom growers
and the dressmakers that were once here, live there now.
Oh, there are a few still around that mixed in with the civilian population.
One in particular is Jack Stoddard who became a world renowned photographer
in capturing b/w photos of the mountain people here. I think he has a museum in Augusta, GA.
He operates Hippy Jacks, its a large tourist thing here for those attending the music festivals he has.
It used to be syndicated across the country on PBS
television stations. Today they accept donations for the poorest people in America, the local appalachians here.
But, if you ever get down to
'The Farm' in Summertown,
(really nice climate where windmill palms should be just fine) just remember, enjoy the hospitality, as they have been known to tell visitors, while you are there you must respect their beliefs
even though they may not comport with your own.
Happy Hippie Spring y'all., oh, the bonfires were last night.