Deb Cavanaugh Archives

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelia – On Becoming a Hippie (# 28) “Bad Joke of the Week” and Country Living

September 19, 2020

Paul was always one for “bad” jokes and puns, so he started telling at least one joke a week. It was an immensely popular segment of the show. Most of them were real groaners. After a year of hearing these jokes week after week, folks started getting tired of it and came asking me to do something […]

DEB’S PSYCHEDELIX SATURDAYS – ON BECOMING A HIPPIE – CHAPTER 27- Living on the Coast continued

Deb Cavanaugh

September 12, 2020

One of the many visitors we had while living in Hebo was our old friend Clinton. Clinton is the juggler who had lived in our backyard in Portland and who became a good friend. After his year off traveling by thumb around the country, he went back to Yale to finish […]

DEB’S PSYCHEDELIX SATURDAYS– On Becoming a Hippie –CHAPTER 26-Living on the Coast

Deb Cavanaugh

September 5, 2020

We settled into our new coastal life easily. The Friday night Open Mic at The Riverhouse was a huge success. We kept meeting more and more like-minded people and were surrounded by music. We had a reliable babysitter who came from a large family and was not flustered by Justin’s adventurous nature. After a couple […]

Deb’s Psychedelix Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 25

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August 29, 2020

Deciding to move out of the city was hard. We were feeling settled for the first time since we had been together, but Paul was out of work again, and we had unexpectedly come into some money between our tax return and a small inheritance. It was enough to get us resettled in our new […]

Deb’s Psychedelic Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 23

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August 15, 2020

As the winter started coming to an end, Mt. St. Helens kept growing a bulge on her northwest side steadily, day by day. We watched all of the TV reports, read the newspapers and listened to the radio, waiting for the big day and hoping it wouldn’t be a disaster. The agency in charge of […]

Deb’s Psychedelic Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 22

Deb Cavanaugh

August 8, 2020

Reconnecting with an Old Friend We were feeling quite settled in Portland. Jessie was loving kindergarten, and living right on a main bus route made life pretty easy. I took the kids to the library at least once a week, went to Saturday Market every weekend, had settled into my childcare routine, and we were […]

Deb’s Psychedelic Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 21

Deb Cavanaugh

August 1, 2020

Music and Parenting At that time in my life, my life was once again filled with music. We continued to play at Saturday Market every weekend, sometimes both Saturday and Sunday. One day we were doing our usual thing when a TV crew came by. They were from Sapporo, Japan which is a sister city […]

Deb’s Psychedelic Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 20

Deb Cavanaugh

July 25, 2020

Saturday Market Spring had sprung in the Pacific Northeast. The beautiful red flowers on the camellias start blooming in February. Being a gardener, I loved the fact that there were flowers most of the year. We had the best yard with two apple trees, a pear tree, two cherry trees, a plum tree and grape […]

Deb’s Psychedelic Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 19

Deb Cavanaugh

July 18, 2020

Settling In Now that Paul was back home and I was back on my feet again, the sunnier weather started coming. Because Paul’s father had passed, he inherited a little money, not a ton but enough to catch back up, get a vehicle, have a little cushion and start moving forward. Paul also wanted to […]

Deb’s Psychedelic Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 18

Deb Cavanaugh

July 11, 2020

We moved to 10605 East Burnside in Portland with the help of a couple of friends who drove from the city. Thankfully, we didn’t have a lot to move. The house we moved into was perfect. It had two bedrooms, a kitchen large enough for a table and chairs and a good-sized living room. It […]