A Closet Flower Child Remembers

Shirley Ann Parker
6 min readMay 3, 2022

The Road Not Taken

A young trailing green plant (possibly a pothos) in a white pot and bright purple macrame hanger with white wooden beads.
Photo by Kate Rubiani on Unsplash

Unpacking some newly ordered flowerpots with handcrafted macramé hangers brought back a flood of bittersweet memories! Many were memories of times when I created those myself, with and without polished wooden beads woven among the cotton strands of many colors.

They had told me the 60s were the harbinger of more bad things to come. Tolerating or smirking at the…

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Shirley Ann Parker

UK emigrant to USA. Interests: Wildlife, people, mental health, religion. Help me tear down society’s abuses. https://shirleyannparker.medium.com/membership