Deb Cavanaugh Archives

Deb’s Psychedelic Saturdays – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 17

July 4, 2020

After living in the motel for a few weeks, we finally found a little cabin in Rhododendron, Oregon. It was a tiny unincorporated town on Highway 26 that was located just west of the Mt. Hood recreational area. I was excited to move into our own place. The weekly rental at the motel was expensive, […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 16

Deb Cavanaugh

June 27, 2020

Paul and I both had to admit that Wyoming was gorgeous, but we were burning out fast. We were tired of being trapped in a cramped and fully packed car with our traveling companions, tired of juggling entertainment for a 2 ½ year old and just plain tired of being on the road. We had […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 15

Deb Cavanaugh

June 20, 2020

On Becoming a Hippie #15 – Kansas City Here I Come https://www.earthtrekkers.com/how-to-visit-gateway-arch-national-park-st-louis/ We stayed one night in Yellow Springs, Ohio where Debbie and Steve, our traveling companions, would stay for a visit with their friend. Getting to Kansas City from Ohio should have been pretty easy. It was only about 9 hours away, though we […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 14

Deb Cavanaugh

June 13, 2020

For me, one of the hardest things about making these big moves was leaving behind the people I had come to know and love. I’ve had to say goodbye to many friends over the years, and I think it’s hardened my heart a bit. On the other hand, it’s also enabled me to open up […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 12

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May 23, 2020

We were incredibly happy living in Santa Cruz. We’d finally found a place that felt like home. However, that soon changed. I’ve always had prophetic dreams. I’ve often dreamed about people’s deaths at the time that they are dying. I’ve also gotten warnings in dreams about things that were avoidable. It’s been both helpful and […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica – On Becoming a Hippe – Chapter 11

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May 16, 2020

http://goodtimes.sc/cover-stories/earthquake-walking-tour/ In addition to driving or hitchhiking to San Francisco for music, there was plenty of music right near our home in and around Santa Cruz. The center of activity was the Pacific Avenue pedestrian mall. This was the major hangout spot. There was always music there. There were always buskers (street musicians). I once […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 10

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May 9, 2020

One of the best things about living on the west coast in the 1970’s was the music. We saw the best shows there. Paul and I had been “Deadheads” for a while before making it west. So far, we’d only seen east coast shows. The Grateful Dead was a San Francisco band. We didn’t follow […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica – On Becoming a Hippie – Chapter 9

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May 2, 2020

While living in Santa Cruz, we met all kinds of unique characters. There was a hippie couple with a baby girl very close in age to our daughter. Jewel and I became new mom companions. We were both young and newly settled there and were both staying at home with our babies while our partners […]

Deb’s Sunday Psychedelica

Deb Cavanaugh

April 12, 2020

We soon got tired of the first apartment we were in. It was certainly nicer than anything we’d lived in together before that, but we didn’t like being in a complex. We had some new friends who asked us if we’d like to rent a house together, so we moved a little further from downtown […]

Deb’s Saturday Psychedelica (Double Feature!)

Deb Cavanaugh

March 28, 2020

Feature 1. While living at Project One, we met some of the most interesting and eccentric people I had ever known. First, there were the folks living in the mini-commune known as “The Estates” where we stayed. Fred was a metal worker/engineer and was currently building an airplane from found parts in his large basement […]