I always have trouble with the transition from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time. Today was the day in the U.S.
What has helped is a Really Good Book. It's called, "Off the Road", written by Carolyn Cassady. It takes place mostly in the '50's. Carolyn was sort of married to Neal Cassady who was Jack Kerouac's buddy (along with other interesting characters like William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg).
Neal was Moriarity in the book Kerouac wrote called "On the Road". The book defined "The Beat Generation", a term that Kerouac was often cited for having invented.
Neal was also one of the Merry Pranksters, the group who rode around with Ken Kesey on an old school bus. "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe was all about this group.
This book really epitomized the Hip or Hippie generation of the '60's. California was the place. I was there. I inhaled. Anyone who came of age there and says they didn't is probably kidding.
So Neal ties the Beat Generation and the Hippies together. Carolyn wrote about her life with him and her encounters with the others. It's a great story, well told. It ties together a lot of pieces.
So it's an hour past dinner time now. The baked potato is ready for the butter and the sour cream. I bought a DVD with the first season of M.A.S.H. today. I think I'll go have a look.
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