It all began in a pig farm in clark falls conneticut .........yes a pig farm !!!!!!! ......how/why you wonder......well i was living in conneticut for the summer ..... and my nephew was getting married........ and i decided i wanted to try a summer vacation somewhere different .....and got a job ....and worked as security guard in place called tommy's 24 hour truck stop .........yes !!!!!!.......it was crazy place to work ,,......and i worked ........ there the same year the station nightclub burned to the ground killing lots of people .......hell of a year is say .......i was there a couple of nights before as it hosted many..... many...... bands and quiet riot was a big draw....but it was a shit hole tinderbox ..........however .....i had a few friends that died in there ....... that used to visit the truck stop .......so i was in conneticut for the summer ...... i think about the summer about 4 months ...... i know it was time to leave ........ the leaves on the trees started to turn brown ....... that is a sign to fuck off/leave/depart/skaddoodle/au revoir le enfants /go /bye bye .......
So on my days off.......i would go for discovery drives to see what was going on ...it was a solo mission on sunday .......me time .....and as i lived in conneticut there were so many country roads and it was beautiful ........clark falls...... is one tint tiny town ....i mean postage stamp quailty ...... maybe a shop........ and few farms this was in about 93-94........maybe now with development not so much ......but you could tell it was a pig farming town ....... because the smell of pig shit .......anyways as i was driving i saw a sign at the front of one of the farms saying "yard sale ".......so i am a sucker for a yard sales i like them you never know what you are going to find ......i went in and there was a lady in a wheelchair sitting there and i asked her
"is this where the garage sale is "she said" i have been having this sale for years "i make some spare money ....... every now and then ......and to find out her son left for thailand in the 70's...... and never came back!!!!! (she never ever found out strange huh!!!!!............ and it was all his shit clothing bits and bobs and stuff......a whole barn load of stuff.......so i bought some fingerhut shirts.......and a leather jacket .....and pair of jeans i could not bring back too much stuff.......so did not pay much..... and so when i got nback home i tried on the leather jacket .......and put my hands in the pockets and to find 2 packets of adult ........ black and white...... hard core...... porn playing cards .......called "international hippies #1".....and i could not believe it that was the name i wanted at that moment .......and from then on .....it has been international hippie .....i think the card were form 1960 ........so every now and then i like to post in here is to how it all started .........and this is the story .....of www.internationalhippie.com ......i do feel truly blessed at the find .....and will treasure that memory of summer in conneticut ........
Like i always say if you have something to get off your chest ......... and want to post it....... is like speakers corner ....... you can remain anonymous ....... or full open ....send your thoughts...... rants raves...... or whatever......... you want to post to the same name at gmail ......... and i will cut and paste it exactly as you sent it ........enjoy !!!!!.......
ADDED NOTE ...........just in case you have not spotted it ......... my spelling and typing is not the norm .....why you may ask ?... ...well it is my blog.......and the series of dots ........ are like breaths .......i do got the odd grammar cop asking me ........ why i do this well i like it ......why follow the rest ......cut yourself from a different cloth .......there are no rules ......thank you for reading /following my blog ..........i will do my very best to keep you intrigued entertained insulted......... and hopefully enjoyed ........
and just because i can .....here are some random pics i took
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