Assignment: Ukiah-What the hippies got right

Assignment: Ukiah-What the hippies got right

When I arrived in Ukiah I was a braindead airhead deadhead with little ambition and, thanks to hourly intakes of marijuana fumes, an IQ dropping faster than my ability to fill out paperwork to get food stamps.  Or even read the paperwork. A hippie in other words I was.  From that vantage point I was able to study the breed close up and for extended periods of time.  Looking back it was thankless work except for myriad opportunities to mingle wit…