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    marye
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    By suggestion... The holiday season is upon us. You know, Thanksgiving, the solstice, Chanukah, Christmas, and that season that brought us all to Oakland every year, New Year's... Got plans? Got strong feelings about the season? Tell all!

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  • iknowurider
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    We're all dancing in a ring around the Moon ~
    Did anyone happen to see the sky around 12:30 am Est. on Christmas eve/Christmas? After outlasting the kids and much present wrapping, I went outside and was looking at the sky. There was a circle of light around the Moon. A pretty wide circle. It was perfectly round. I'm a star gazer, but I've never noticed anything like that before. Very beautiful & quite trippy PEACE & thank you all for the excellent conversation
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    as always, santa was good to me-- i received a perfect gift- a jerry garcia doll! how cool is that? my sister found it in memphis and hauled it all the way back to indianapolis just for me! how kind! i love it! steve-o is right- God has been good to me (to all of us- thank you, God!)- there is much to be thankful for- and 2008 is, i hope, the best yet- caroline
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    I get 1 day to recover from the Christmas hangover, and then it's back to work. Santa and my GOD were very good to me, Lots to be thankful for!!!! Looking forward to the New Year. PEACE EVERYONE
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    Fillmore West 1969 Happy Christmas :-)) ps the sales have started Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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    Christmas surpise
    Went to the village church on Christmas Eve, NOT due to religious spirit or anything, but because Imena is in the village children's theater group, who were performing a play for the 5:00 Christmas Eve family service. Tiny little ancient church was packed full of festive villagers, and the little actors were in a high state of excitement. Imena was playing Mary, which I knew in advance, but luckily knew nothing about her costume. When she first appeared-her brother and I got the giggles really badly, as my ten year old was highly and obviously, momentarily pregnant. She had a balloon under her dress. Play was just wonderful, and got to take a non-pregnant child home again afterwards. Wshew! Villagers found Callan and I somewhat warped that we were amused by pregnant Imena, but doesn't matter-was a lovely evening. We got the giggles again (shame on us) after the play, when the director was introducing the cast. "Marike Ehret, Elena Ehret, Celina Ehret, Jana Ehret, Sonja Ehret, Tobias Ehret, and Imena Heimpold" (village has 2,000 inhabitants, and about 60% are called Ehret, 30% called Rhein, and then is everyone else)********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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    Merry Christmas, Everyone!
    Thanks for a great year, folks! Now I've got to get back to what I was doing - gluing my leg lamp back together. It was a major award... "Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window"... you guys here at dead.net.
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    2000ish years ago learned......"once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!" Merry Christmas to all. Peace on earth. Goodwill to all!
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    OH! And speedy recovery from that surg, IZZ!!!
    Hippie Hollydayz One And ALL!! : P
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    Hippie Holy Dayz!! Ho ho ho! Tee hee hee! : )
    Hippie Holy Dayz!! Ho ho ho! Tee Hee Hee : )Howdy Folks! I hope that everybody is celebrating the season surrounded by friends and family!! *BaHHHH HUmbug...* (sorry 'bout that...alter ego.) I'm with all of us folks that believe EVERY DAY is a reason to celebrate & Christmas in general is TOTALLY over comercialized! I like the fact that the birth of Jesus is still celebrated all these years later. BUT..wasn't Jusus born in August?? I love my earth loving *Pagen* family, too. Nice of them to share their winter holiday traditions with US, huh?? The trees inside the home decorated & stuff. Best wishes to all the Qwanza and Hannukka celebratorz as well!! See ya'll on the other side!!! ( and some of ya 'round about here and there on occassion before then!!!! PEACE & LUV be with you alwayz and forever, FAMILY!! Hippie Hollydayz One And ALL!! : P
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    Merry Christmas to all!
    (hey, it's Christmas eve...) Whatever holidays you celebrate around this time, hope they are truly lovely. And now, the relatives are starting to arrive at my folks' house and it's a beautiful day here in SoCal, so I'm outta here for now. Back tomorrow!
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By suggestion... The holiday season is upon us. You know, Thanksgiving, the solstice, Chanukah, Christmas, and that season that brought us all to Oakland every year, New Year's... Got plans? Got strong feelings about the season? Tell all!
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And also out to the rest of our extended deadhead family.Take care all, travel safe, and spread the love/joy! The Truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.
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to all who vist this site. It has been wonderfull to get to know so many of you and even meet some of you. Another chapter in life's journey. Joy, peace and love to all. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Hope for the best. Everybody take care of each other and share the Love!
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hope you all get to spend it surrounded by those you love best and having good times. And here's to a better next decade... thanks all! we will survive!
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A big ole special Happy Holidays wish for Marye is in order! Cheers to you and yours, and rousing Thanks all your efforts on our behalf in 2009! Here's to a less turbulent and spam-less 2010 (ha well we can set our goals high, eh?) ********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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I hope everyone has a nice relaxing whatever holiday and remember to give thanks for all work to keep this world a safer, nicer place to be. I will be seeing Phish the 29th and the 30th with my wife and 2 college age kids then February 5th Further!!!! As a young lad who played guitar once said Merry Crimble and a Happy New Gear!!! And the road goes on forever.... BobbaLee
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Hey everyone...Happy Holidays and good vibes to all!
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welcome back! good to see you!
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I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday,hope to see some of you on the winter tour. Peace Tina
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Happy whatever holiday you all celabrate !! As for me it`s Happy Harley day`s !! Full Throtle in the wind , OOoH Yea !! And Hozomeen , It`s nice to see you again !! pabogoniagirl1 , is that your ride ? Looks niice !! Peace .. Stu ..
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& Happy New Age to all the aging hippies and blithering rhinos out there on Jerry Garcia Island. May you castaways soon find your way back to the mainland in 2010! Just Kidding! ~ Of all the reindeers, you know you're the mastermind ~ ~ Whizzing like a sabre jet ~ ~ Run, Rudolph, Run ~
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Happy Harley days stuthis next one's for you cheers
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Naomi "Sunshine" is my Sister. We were all called "the kids" "ropeheads" & "swingers" back then, on tour. I am looking for Gus & Butter, Mia, Todd, Billy, Tyeffa & Jubilee, Trey, Kam, Skye & Lance, Neil & Debbie, all the rest of you guys & who ever else is still out in Hawaii. I was on Tour from the Orlando Show in April 1991 to the Boston shows in 1993, than a lot of us went out to Hawaii with Kam. I told all you guys to come with. Quazar, I told you so.
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Those of you I mention above, the merriest of holiday cheer ever!!Those of us on the continent of USA: Merry Christmas too ! Gr8ful Ted, in KC, where snow is actually hapnin
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may all your christmas wishes come true. merry christmas and happy new year to all. peace nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
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I love the Garcia/Grisman. Grisman goes off! Could you imagine being there to see that live? Merry Christmas! "I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel. Can't win for tryin. Dust off those rusty strings just one more time. Gonna make em shine."
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So nice to see you !! Hope all is well with you . I`m sending all the best wishes for you on the upcoming new year !! Peace be with you brother !!
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i about fell backwards when i opened up one of my mother-in-law's xmas gifts today!...2 Furthur Tickets for Orlando, which falls on my B-Day, Feb. 6th, complete w/ Air, Hotel, and rental car accomadations!!!!!! Yippiee!!!!! So Excited!!!!
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Hope everyone has a Jerry Christmas & a Hippy New Weir & may God Lesh you all <3I hope 2010 is a better year for us all! Peace & Love, Gigi
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That should be a Trivia question... Merry Christmas & all that Jazz PEACE
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As is our custom, my wife and I ignored the family on this day and drove around to the usual places rounding up the usual suspects (under bridges, the woods. the downtown places where the homeless are known to hang) and picked up the flotsam and jetsam of our society. We took them home and offered a shower. When everybody was clean as they wanted to be and medicated as they wanted to be we set the table and offered them a feast. We listened to a variety of tunes and played games and had the football game on (w/o sound) and generally had a great time, making a lot of new friends. We let people sleep over and sleep in and took them back to wherever they wanted to be a few at a time, giving each a bottle of wine if it wasn't against their meds, if this is what they truly wanted, to save them from panhandling for a few hours. We only do it a couple of times a year and know it is not the answer to their problems. But it is a break from the brutal cold and hard streets for 24 hours. and, truth be told, I much prefer it to the company of my family. To anybody thinking of doing this, be careful. The homeless are homeless for a reason and you never really know who could be violent, etc., etc.. Use good judgement. It always works out for us, we've never had a problem...
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Lamagonzo, what a shining example of holiday spirit. Thanks for sharing that!********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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What a wonderful Christmas tradition
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God Bless you, man.......that kinda stuff takes a lot of heart and patience
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Lamagonzo, you are the epitome of the true holiday spirit. Thanks for the inspiring story. We should all follow your example. All the best to you, man!
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come to mind . Well YES YOU ARE !! That is the most kindest thing I have heard in such a long time . WOW ! Thank you Lamagonzo and thanks to your wife !!
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that is so great. What they all said.
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Just got back from the sunrise service at Red Rocks. Pretty spectacular! And this year it didn't snow! :-) Have a grate day everyone. Like an angel standing in a shaft of light rising up to paradise you know I'm going to shine ... "Here's my half a dollar if you dare .. double twist when you hit the air. Look at Julie down below .. the levee doing the dopaso"
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no exceptions!!......Happy Easter, everyone!!....
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Don't you mean no EGGceptions? ;) What Johnman and Marye said! ********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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ooooohhhhhhhh..............that's BAAAAAD
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indeed! Especially if... yeah well nevermind :) ********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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and I hope you all are going to be enjoying some mouth watering tofu turkey. I'm thankful for all you good people and the smiles that being here bring me. Peace & Music
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gobble! Roast turkey later today will be the main dish with friends and family in Kansas City.Granny apples will soon be sliced into a morning apple crisp! Happy Thanksgiving to all !! What a long strange trip it's been
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Have a Grateful Holiday season to my Grateful Dead FamilyPeace & Love to you all xoxoxo
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'appy Boxin' Day luvs....
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Where-ever he goes, all the people complained! St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast of St. Stephen, is a Christian saint's day celebrated on 26 December in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church. Many Eastern Orthodox churches adhere to the Julian calendar and mark St. Stephen's Day on 27 December according to that calendar, which places it on 9 January of the Gregorian calendar used in secular contexts. It commemorates St Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr. It is an official public holiday in Austria, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Sweden and Poland (under Polonised name of Sw. Szczepan as opposed to original "Stefan").
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Happy New Weir to all!! L☮Ve, Gigi
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To GGG, hope you get everything you want! Lama G, amongst the frozen snow banks!
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White Christmas in North Carolina can only mean....60F by New Year's Day!