Lots of people have always asked me ......... where did i get the name ........ internationalhippie ..........well of all places......... in the world ....... a tiny place in Connecticut.......... called clarke falls ...... in a pig farm .......yes!!!!....you heard correct !!!!.....now if you have never been to clarke falls........ it is small ........and i mean really small ........ and it truly blink ........ and you have missed it .......it is cute......... and stinks of well......... pig shit!!!!!!!!........however ....... i had the pleasure of spending a summer there working ...... in a truck stop .... ...... in west greewich .....as a security guard .....and liked in a friends farms....... for the summer ..... ......the truck stop was called tommy's 24 hour diner/truck stop ....it was basically a little truckers haven ....... .......cool job !!!!....... so i worked there .......and lived in this great house the house was in a place called plain meeting house road .....and apparently ...... the actor kevin bacon........ lived near there ............always been blessed with strange things in my life ........ not sure why.......... but that is how it goes .........and on sunday's i used to take drives anywhere that seemed strange and obscure .......so i was driving .......and i came to this cross roads ....... and smelled pig shit ........ and wondered WTF!!!!!....... is going on ....... and all of a sudden....... i see a yard sale sign .......and i thought......... who can resist a yard sale not !!!!..........so indeed ....... it was a farm .........and there was a lady in a wheel chair ....... sitting there....... and i asked her pleasantly ........ are you having a yard sale ........she said " honey i have been having this yard sale for years "........ and i though well slap my thighs!!!!!! ..........she proceeded to tell me ......... her some went to thailnd........ and never came back ...... and all his shit was in there .....and yes indeed it was ........ loads...... and ...... loads of hippie clothing .......a whole barn full ..... jackets and such like now i am not sure how many people knew abut this yard sale .......... but the whole barn was full of everything ........ a single man could desire .......so i bought a shit load of shirts.......... and a fingerhut leather jacket .........which was very...... very unseal ........i liked it......... so i paid her and left .......i thought no more about it ......... till i got home ........and i tried on this 70's fine leather jacket ...which i tend to add..... was almost new .......and i put my hand in the jacket pocket....... and pulled out a pack of black and white hardcore porn seventies playing cards .......called ......you guessed it ....internationalhippie........not only that the first edition......... and mine was....... one of one ........which i still have .....to this day .......and i have looked on the internet........ to find them .......the next day i went to the library ...... grabbed the e-mail....... and the website .........and the rest is history .....and i thank that old lady...... and her son every day for not coming back ........i loved the name as i was born in that era and was always wanting a website and voila !!!!! .......had i not went to Connecticut ....... that summer ....... actually i went to rhode isalnd ........for a wedding of my filthy ...... disgusting....... thieving ........ nephew ......and i guess had i never went ......... i would not have the name ....i would have to had poppy nipples . or same strange name .....but life takes you on some mysterious paths and we do what we have to .......my life has been varied....... and interesting ......and hopefully........... my journey will continue to surprise me......... like this .........i promise you this it is exactly what happened ........
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