Post #242970 by Hula Cat on Fri, Jul 14, 2006 2:39 PM

well.......a place to lay my kitchy/krazy soul to rest....how refreshing !! I'm happy to be here and ready for the huge virtual hug you are saving for me.....as a taoist-tiki guy I'm always learning and ready to give props to how much I don't know.....I spent much of my childhood in Salinas ,Calif. (with Carmel- Monterey beach etc. nearby) and loved the lure of the exotic (Jules Verne,Robinson Crusoe,Kon Tiki and more)....later as a teenager I was hooked on the east coast (R.I. "beach culture" (and surf music) (I even pretended I could surf by walking around with a old surfboard even though I couldn't even swim!!....same for ciggs ....I pretended to inhale!.....a stint in the service during the Viet Nam "error" and my first marriage got me to dream a little less.....but still with "medication", meditation, good friends and an appreciation for the absurd I got past all that....made my first Tiki necklace out of cured rubber while "working" in a cable factory in Pawtucket R.I. Lost it at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival while walking around with a guitar I couldn't play....But I COULD sing....sorta...fast forward to Now .....I've been self employed for 30 plus years as a dealer in antiques and "worthless crap" I love the hunt ,pop culture,and connecting folks with what they think they need....It's a Blast and barely makes enough to pay ALL the bills. My Soul mate showed up a few years ago and she told me about The Kahaki...the funnel of destiny has us working on a labor of love and a story of that treasure......now if I can only learn to do the Hula ! ! Mahalo !