tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post1871580238217057337..comments2023-10-04T06:02:35.168-05:00Comments on Smiling Heart: Coincidence - Under ConstructionJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-51629031182132235212010-05-05T14:00:08.684-05:002010-05-05T14:00:08.684-05:00Thanks for your insight Rick! I still cannot get ...Thanks for your insight Rick! I still cannot get over that BUS....reminds me of the dress colors I had in high school...Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245150593056952534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-70546674879974830552010-05-02T09:14:34.370-05:002010-05-02T09:14:34.370-05:00Yes indeed Reya... did you know one of the actual ...Yes indeed Reya... did you know one of the actual pranksters was Steward Brand, founder of Whole Earth Catalogue (he's continued to be a very interesting intellectual until even now though he and i differ with our views on nuclear power) and Ken Kesey comes to life in the story by Tom Wolfe, Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, though Wolfe wasn't at all part of the tour, except later seeking out Kesey and Leary, to tell the story.<br /><br />I've gotten to be pretty good aquaintances with Joanna Hartcourt Smith who lives in Spain and has a very interesting podcast and blog called Future Primitive (she's a friend on Facebook and accessible, mention i sent you) who was Leary's girl friend and confidente until he died and was involved with him prior to and after his imprisonment and knows parts of the story the rest of us couldn't begin to imagine. <br /><br />I've also met a writer in Peru who hates Joanna and thinks she worked with the FBI to imprison Timothy, and the whole complicated story just gets so sad to me, knowing that we are really talking about chemistry which has altered consciousness evolution in a way that had to happen for us to be where we are today.<br /><br />and Vicki, yes my dear, all of that is like a clear lake in my mind. that and more, including you and other friends and watching the subtle changes we started having as we tip toed past 17 and 18.<br /><br />The stories we all should be telling now are what we've learned since then and how we can be of most help to each other and a world in need of all of our best thinking and loving.<br /><br />cheers,Winston Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660986634479086490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-11031636270935038472010-05-02T09:05:30.201-05:002010-05-02T09:05:30.201-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Winston Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660986634479086490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-71559851565901554662010-05-01T22:18:49.000-05:002010-05-01T22:18:49.000-05:00Remember 1 phone and 1 TV? No text and no way to f...Remember 1 phone and 1 TV? No text and no way to find out what we were doing??? Miss the old days when life was simple or so we thought. Paul's Pizza? Drive-ins? Love-Peace-Loving everyone? Longview Lake? Raytown Road with our muscle cars? Parents who did'nt watch our every move? Parties? No drama? OH and Griff's!Skipping school? Football games?Basketball games.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414138074841891431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-20972556508646077352010-05-01T20:33:17.889-05:002010-05-01T20:33:17.889-05:00From the MSNBC site:
For some 15 years, the 1939 ...From <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/10792061/from/RL.5/" rel="nofollow">the MSNBC site</a>:<br /><br /><i>For some 15 years, the 1939 International bus dubbed “Further” has rusted away in a swamp on the Kesey family’s Willamette Valley farm, out of sight if not out of mind, more memory than monument.<br /><br />That is where Ken Kesey — author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and hero of a generation that vowed to drop out and tune in with the help of LSD — intended it to stay after firing up a new bus in 1990.<br /><br />But four years after his death, a Hollywood restaurateur has persuaded the family to resurrect the old bus so it can help tell the story of Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and the psychedelic 1960s.</i>Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-39941635891388442112010-05-01T20:29:40.428-05:002010-05-01T20:29:40.428-05:00Minus the LSD that is.Minus the LSD that is.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-5798774066622516462010-05-01T20:29:23.037-05:002010-05-01T20:29:23.037-05:00Had to remove last comment due to unforgiveable ty...Had to remove last comment due to unforgiveable typos.<br /><br />So, y'all! When I say I'm "on the bus," I'm referring to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bus-Complete-Legendary-Pranksters-Counterculture/dp/156025114X" rel="nofollow">Ken Kesey and the merry pranksters.</a> We're merry, eh? I say yes.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-66201614267366187362010-05-01T20:27:58.187-05:002010-05-01T20:27:58.187-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-39164825378321636792010-05-01T12:02:08.121-05:002010-05-01T12:02:08.121-05:00Jo, love that quote about God and coincidence.
He...Jo, love that quote about God and coincidence.<br /><br />Hey, speaking of love, I LOVE Emmy Lou. Really, what's not to love? We saw her at Wolftrap here last summer. She is still, to this very day, absolutely real, and unbelievably talented.<br /><br />And you, Rick. Well. You know how highly I think of you. And as for all of you, the opportunity to once again share our stories with each other is brilliant. Totally, absolutely brilliant.<br /><br />Hey, I'm on the bus, y'all. xxooReya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-63466959873756571102010-05-01T10:35:48.160-05:002010-05-01T10:35:48.160-05:00You give 'Purple Masterpiece' a whole new ...You give 'Purple Masterpiece' a whole new meaning....Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-67024719855724871892010-05-01T10:12:47.467-05:002010-05-01T10:12:47.467-05:00Just as you've always been able to make me lau...Just as you've always been able to make me laugh... since the second grade. I love the bus pic. I tried to respond earlier, but google insisted I had been drinking an would not allow me to log in without repeating nonsensical words composed of squiggly lines. Apparently they haven't heard about my brain damage.<br />fyi - the video is emmylou harris and steve earle doing a song written by townes van zandt. That's Townes at the end.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875582924187343031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-84629760848162115992010-05-01T09:21:33.542-05:002010-05-01T09:21:33.542-05:00Rick. Even now, in recalling why I want to respond...Rick. Even now, in recalling why I want to respond, I'm choking back the pressure of sentiment. So there were tears lurking as I read the Barney line, and just as you've always been able to, once again you made me laugh...out loud and continuously (how can the mention of the harmless, ever-so-lovable purple dinosaur do that?), right up until this box welcomed my reply.Cat or Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144896892032307491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891179949997003543.post-11706596006286844672010-05-01T06:37:05.777-05:002010-05-01T06:37:05.777-05:00Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymou...Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. ~Albert Einstein<br /><br />Whatever brought us together here, I'm so grateful for your uplifting point of view, Rick. You bring clarity and poetry with your words.<br /><br />EmmyLou was icing on the cake. <br /><br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />...and tell Gayle that if she comes to the Friday night hangout at Danny's Place, I'd love to visit with her!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.com