"Hippie" Books that Caught the Modern Bohemian's Eye

I like to do searches every once in awhile for sites, products, and other such things that relate to hippies, bohemians, and free-spirits.  This time around, I searched for hippie books and found a whole bunch that I would love to read (if only I could afford them.  Sigh... maybe someday) and that maybe you might be interested in reading too.  Here they are (in no particular order).  If you want to know more about them and/or purchase them, simply click on the picture.

I want them all! haha  Enjoy everyone.

Peace and Love,

Meagan

A Little Break

Well, you may have noticed that I haven't been around much. This is because I went on a little trip. My boyfriend Will and I went to the U.P. for a week. The U.P. (for anyone NOT from Michigan out there) is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was amazing! Beautiful, relaxing, fun... we had a great time. We went to lighthouses, the Soo Locks, an amazing fish fry at a local restaurant, and spent lots of time walking the beach, reading, playing cards with his parents (who were in the U.P. as well), and even got a chance to visit one of my uncles. It was amazing.

I will have to share more about my life with you all later, but before I go for now, I must mention this: Read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. I read it in the U.P. and I am telling you, it has to be one of the most amazing books ever written, and it really gets the mind working...

More later... 

Lists: Things Every Modern Bohemian Should WATCH, READ, or LISTEN TO...

What to watch: (Movies)

Moulin Rouge

RENT

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Documentaries

Mini-series and movies from PBS or the BBC

La Boheme

Once

most movies with subtitles

What to watch: (Stage)

RENT

La Boheme

Les Miserables

What to watch: (TV)

Comedians

Compelling, story driven dramas

PBS

What to Read:

Bohemian Manifesto by Laren Stover

Hippie by Barry Miles

The Way to God (a collection of Gandhi's words)

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

The Outsiders by SE Hinton

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Poetry (All kinds)

Village Voice

Any cool underground paper, magazine, or blog

What to listen to: (At least, what I am listening to at the moment)

Beatles

Queen

Led Zeppelin

Daft Punk

E-Type

The Corrs

Creedance Clearwater Revival

Imogen Heap

Eisley

Of course, these lists can be added to at any time, altered at any time, taken seriously, taken as a joke, obliterated or embellished, posted again or deleted forever. You can follow them fanatically or completely ignore them. But I love making lists. And I will probably make more. Do with them what you will...

Things I Like

So I have had a day filled with stuff I like. And it's been great. Here's the rundown:

Morning: I spent the morning writing, reading, and doing other important work online. Yes work. I like doing my online adventures for money making much more than a typical 9-5, because, let's face it... I'm not a 9-5 kind of girl. I'm more of a 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM kind of girl!

So what do I do online that's so great? Well, I update my blog. And I love my little blog. It's very meaningful to me... even if no one reads it. (Don't get me wrong... I'm a little vain... I want LOTS of people to read it, but I think you know what I mean)

I also read other people's blogs, articles, etc. and see what catches my eye and my limited attention span.

I write for ehow. I tell you what... that site is awesome!! It may seem like a shameless plug, but it's really not. I love that site. I have met so many nice people on there, I've learned a lot from reading my friends' articles, and I get to make money writing and teaching others things that I know. So cool. If you haven't checked out ehow yet, please do. (NOTE: As of the most recent blog updates in 2016, I no longer write for eHow.)

What else? Well, I make the rounds... Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Stumbleupon, My bank account, and Paypal. I also check my other pages and add to them. (Squidoo, Bukisa, etc.)

Finally, I work on Etsy.com selling arts and crafts. (NOTE: I no longer sell on Etsy.)

Afternoon: Got a hot and ready pizza for my boyfriend and while I was out, got a yummy raspberry iced tea for myself (Arizona, if you were wondering). Man, I love tea. All kinds of tea. My favorites have to be green tea with citrus, raspberry iced tea, and white tea with peach. MMMMmmmm.....

Also while I was out, I stopped at a store called Thrifty Treasures. (AKA: A dangerous place for me to be because I want to buy everything!)

I got a cute picture with a very classic frame that looks like it would hang in a Grandmother's house (which is why I like it so much!). I also got some mini photo albums (4) and a cute leaf shaped tea-lite candle holder. All for under $5.00. Awesome.

Late Afternoon/Early Evening: I got to snuggle with the bf before he went off to do some work, listened to music, and am now cuddled up with my cat Ava and back on the compy.

What does tonight hold? Only good things I'm sure. We've got some friends coming to hang out, and that's always fun.

So... I may not have a "real" job or a whole of money or anything, but I have a lot of things to be thankful for.

It's nice to be able to look at the world and see the good, even in the midst of hard times. Yay for being a Modern Bohemian!