Jennifer Wilson
Remembering The Hippies Movement
By admin on September 18, 2011
I was just a young kid when the hippie movement was the rage worldwide. Being brought up by conservative parents, I used to look at hippies with disdain. I guess it was also because the mainstream press portrayed the hippies as undesirable elements of our society. I can still remember my dad asking me go [...]
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