RE: Memoir Monday - The Groovy 60s
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Look at those incredible pictures of the younger Lizelle! I really wish I was around in the 1960's. They were tumultuous times but it sure did seem like the young people had fun. My mom's younger sister has a lot of crazy stories of growing up in that era. There was a short revival of the hippy movement in the US in from 1991 to around the time of the second Woodstock festival in 1994 but it wasn't quite the same and it was very short-lived. There was a spiritual element to that revival though. I remember New Age shops cropping up all over selling crystals, incense, meditation supplies, and books (as well as smoking accessories).
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Haha those old photos are very blurry, the middle one is at the debutante ball, I forgot to mention that. No crazy outfit for that🤭 Your aunt and even your Mom will remember those if they had it in the states?
It was a great era to have been a teen. We got up to mischief, for sure had guardian angels watching over us😄
There still are old hippies and their shops around here, and of course the smoking accessories! The use of marijuana has been legalized in South Africa. They always used to say Durban 'poison' is the best😅
Thank you for your awesome prompts Eric, it's really helping me pull out forgotten memories between the cobwebs!
My aunt probably remembers those, for sure. She was super social and the prom queen of her high school. My mom was only a few years older and was more of an introvert. She also caught the end of the Rock and Roll era of the 50's instead of the Hippy Era. Mom and her friends mainly listened to music like -- Elvis, Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Cannabis is legal here too. It's about time, there were a lot of people using it anyway. You're welcome Lizelle! It's been a lot of fun for me and it's been good to have something positive and productive to focus on.