Hippies on the Edge

Haseleah and Jamie...two dreamers, poets, and hippies in love living at Whisper Creek Farmhouse with 12 rescue dogs, 7 cats, and 1 mouse. At the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, standing deep in musical bluegrass, we make our home in our own unique way.

A rainbow flag waves in the breeze, hippy stickers on our cars, barking dogs, sleeping cats, and Maple, the mouse overlooking it all.

Being dreamers, we like to think that we can help make the world a better place, even if its our own tiny part of the world.

Although we were both born and bred southerners and take pride in our Scot-Irish ancestry, we don't always blend in. We're hippies on the edge. :)

Lesbians in love, nag champa incense burning, Calypso, Bob Dylan, and The Smiths playing on the boombox (and yes I did say boombox). I am making organic dog biscuits, while Jamie makes home made laundry detergent.

Our choice to live uniquely brings a questioning glance when we admit, we watch no television. We have ended 2014, and decided to begin 2015 in the same manner....television free. For our family this means NO TELEVISION, NO CABLE, OR LOCAL TELEVISION CHANNELS.

Our first conundrum has been whether to sell a 32 inch flat screen television and accompanying DVD player that we no longer use. After little consideration, the decision was made to sell both the television and DVD player and use the proceeds to go toward our new hen house. Off to the auction goes the idiot box and in comes organic, cruelty-free eggs.

In the time we have been together, we have had more meaningful conversations, shared more stories, laughed louder and harder, and danced to more music, than we ever thought possible. We don't take our time together for granted. We get jiggy with it.

We understand the reluctance to make the choice we have made, but breaking the hold of addictive electronic media frees you from so much. The endless drone of commercialization, constant depressing news feed, mindless propaganda and entertainment can make us zombies.

Once you wake up to a world without the television always in the background, you realize that you missed a whole hell of a lot. Your kids have grown, your partner aged, and your dog now has gray hair. But its never to late to make new memories where you are present in the moment and not lost in  TV Land.

So while you may never meditate with us or make your own bathtub cleaner, follow us as we practice the old ways, and maybe discover something new to help us live this life we've chosen.....Hippies on the Edge.