Clifton Middleton

Sometimes you meet the right person at the right time with the spiritual fuel needed to navigate that twilight zone when your fantasy desires pale in the blinding light of the unexpected. It is hard to believe.

Marrakesh in 1970 was an exotic magnet for Hippies searching for the greatest place to smoke on the planet. At a time when folks were going to jail for a joint, Marrakesh was a rare freedom.

The dynamic duo is off to Morocco, the gateway to Africa, with dreams of Arabian mystics and unlimited hash.

Diamond Jim was a kind of rocket ship you only meet once in a while. He was like always on a mission but didn't know what or where exactly. I followed him even when I thought I was leading, I was following, I was following a shooting star.

Our young pilgrim from the Iowa farm meets the World, the history, the people, the food, the hash, the Gurus and the radical reformers, all who have come to London to make a change, to stake a claim, to define themselves . It is from this swirling, impassioned whirlwind of ideas that the Quest itself appears. Is it even possible?

Yes, the mythical, pot smoking, psychedelic, mind expanding, consciousness raising pilgrimage to India, the land of really far out stuff. Come, jump into the river of spiritual truth seekers I encountered and the promise made. Many of us trod this Way, the quest is universal, the path is individual.

The Hippie movement was the largest, most pervasive, world wide spiritual movement of the century. We wanted to change everything and we did. The Hippies invented communal living, ride sharing and redefined sex, racism and economics. It all began in the creche of student housing, there were thousands of these Hippies Havens.

Everyone you meet is a once in a life time experience, but once in a lifetime, if you are lucky or blessed or obviously favored by the Gods you will meet the One, the One who will become the pole star of your life. I am one such entangled forever.

Our young pilgrim finds himself needing shelter in a strange land. He finds opportunity from denial and somehow manages to turn craziness into agreement. We all want something. 

Our young warrior discovers the secret of how to make money traveling the world while pursuing his spiritual goal and quest for the mythical Acapulco Gold. His herbal curiosity reveals the magic and the Way.

With boundless faith in the Myth of Acapulco Gold our young warriors set out in Expedition to find and enjoy what was known as the best marijuana in the world. 

My mothers chicken business

You will always remember the First Time for Pot, Love and Revolution. Join with our young adventures into the exploding Hippie world. This is where it all began for me and I think millions of my generation. Yes, we are turning on.

Our want to be warrior uses curiosity and desperation to find his first 'Pad', a basement starter unit and the magic, the magic of young folk erupts.

Our California inspired hero finds himself, broke and homeless to start off the fall semester. Before the higher education starts you need to learn to survive.

Hitch hike along with our young paladins as they taste the Mother of Dreams, the California Dream. The times they were a changing and we were dreaming to catch the beat.

Join our intrepid hero and his trusty friend as they decide to ride 10 speed bikes from Marshalltown to California. Literal ups and downs, arrests and escapes, disappointments and hope, all leading to the Promise land. Hilariously iconic .....

The young hero disappears into the hell of incarceration only to the emerge as a college freshman and foster child of the Dean of the College. Enjoy the existential joy and wonderment as the 'Masters' open up the doors of knowledge and the empowerment of an open mind. Life changing indeed.

Follow the transformation from juvenile delinquent to 16 year old college student with a full scholarship.

Follow along as our farm born warrior is swallowed up by beast, rough, dramatic, scary and wildly hopeful.

The young rebel runs smack dab into the Law, good luck, bad luck, who knows?

The adolescent fantasies of running away to 'Adventures in Paradise', seen on TV and acted out in real life becomes a turning point.

A 13 year old farm boy wants to rebel against the world as he perceives it.

God is more than a parable on the farm with chores being prayers to the God of What Must Be Done to maintain the whole Circle of life.

A first person witness of just what made the family farm obsolete and disposable. It happen just like this to thousands a small share crop farmers, the first to go as the industrialization of agriculture ended the dream.