Litha – Summer Solstice – Aim High
June 20 is the Summer Solstice, known in the Celtic Tradition as “Litha.” In the Northern Hemisphere this is the day when the sun reaches its yearly zenith, the longest day of the year. It is a day when light triumphs over darkness and all of life is filled with exuberance. It is a time […]
Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n Roll, and Freedom
Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll, a saying most folks identify with the Sixties, though the phrase comes from a punk rock song of the same name by Ian Dury, released in 1977. And though Dury coined the phrase, all three were around well before the Sixties, and two of the three from the beginning […]
Beltane – Love and Life – A Celebration
Traditionally Celebrated May 1st There are only two seasons in the Celtic Tradition: Summer and winter. Beltane is the first day of summer. It is traditionally celebrated from sunset April 30 until sunset May 1. It is also known as May Day. The most well known of the Celtic Quarter days, Beltane, is the widest […]
Jim Morrison 50-Years After The End
Dance in the Graveyards – Jim Morrison – 50 Years After the End I first met The Lizard King between shows at the Cheetah club in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday, August 27, 1967. The Doors were performing a double show, one at 3pm for all ages and then at 8:30pm for 18 and over. […]
Thank the Furies
It’s a curious statement, let alone the title for a blog. My life has taken many twists and turns. Some consider it a “cautionary tale,” fraught with danger, risks and adventures, some bringing me close to death. Often, after reading my Memoir, House of the Moon: Surviving the Sixties, people ask, how on Earth did […]
The Sound of Silence – Disturbed Visions of Reality
I have been struggling with an essay: “Six Ways the Sixties Changed the World.” It wasn’t until I saw Disturbed’s cover of “The Sound of Silence,” written by Paul Simon, that something clicked, and I realized why I was having problems defining how my generation changed the world. I have believed the world is a […]
