October

	hi-i'm sure a lot of us are concerned about you, no postings for a month. whatever is going on, please feel you are supported. no need to reply, i'm guessing you have your hands full~~~~ Steve Cochrane from Sonoma County

	`salutations Alicia! i'm back on the east coast but am a little late for your nyc appearances glad to hear you are healthy and only need the rest as this the reason you have stop keeping us up to date on the experiences of your trip have enjoyed reading it daily up to now also,i wear hemp jeans and was told the minute quanities of thc in industrial hemp is released by the methane in human flatulence is it my imagination or am I really getting stoned on my farts? love & peace & hemp, Chief`

	Dear Alicia, Has New England kidnapped you? Your computer? Have you fallen into the hands of the Amish? We're glad you're having a great time....send postcards! We miss you. Love, Your fans in Wisconsin.

	Hey wandering one - Wherefore art thou? Love, Sophia

	HI SWEETIE...ARE YOU O.K...YOU MUST BE FLOODED WITH INQUIRIES AS TO YOUR WELL BEING AND WHERE-ABOUTS FROM ALL OF US ADDICTED TO YOUR SITE, SIGHT AND ALL OTHER SENSES...I IMAGINE THAT YOU NEED SOME DOWN TIME ,PROCESS TIME, PARASAMGATE TIME ...I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THOSE CLAMMERING AUDIENCE MEMBERS, CLAPPING FOR AN ENCORE AFTER THE BAND HAS JUST GIVEN THEIR WHOLE BODY AND SOUL AND SHOULD BE LEFT THANKFULLY TO REST, WHEN I SEE A DIARY DAY LEFT BLANK..... SO....ACTUALLY JUST WANTING TO KNOW YOU'RE ALRIGHT.... LARIA WAS MARRIED LAST SUNDAY..TEMESCAL CANYON TRANSFORMED INTO A MYTHICAL WEDDING SCENE WITH 180 PEOPLE GARBED IN SPIRITED FORMAL ATTIRE... THE GUESTS WERE GREETED UNDER A HUGE SYCAMORE WITH LIVE SITAR AND TABLA THEN A FAIRY BRIDESMAID WITH DRUM ANNOUNCED LARIAS'S ENTRANCE FROM THE FOREST IN FULL WHITE GOWN REGALIA WHILE A SIX FOOT PUCK PLAYING THE FLUTE LEAD GREG IN FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST TO MEET ON A FLOWER STREWN PERSIAN RUNNER RUG BRINGING THEM TO THE FOOT OF THE SYCAMORE......AND ON, RIGHT THROUGH THE WONDERFUL DINNER AND BRAZILIAN BAND .....WHEW!...IT WAS TOO MUCH WORK ..WE'RE IN RECOVERY!.. CATHERINE WAS THE "FAIRY" BRIDESMAID WITH THE DRUM ..OUR EMBRACE WAS ESPECIALLY DEEPLY FELT WITH YOU AS A CONDUIT...SHE LOVED BEING WITH YOU ..LIT UP WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT YOU AS AN INSPIRATION.......SENDING YOU MUCH LOVE...SUSIE

	After recently aquiring a copy of your magical book, travelling around the Bay Area of California and rediscovering the beauty and miracles of our Mother Earth, I want to thank you for your visions and your words. My view of "reality" had been battered and skewed after a difficult time in my life. I lost some of my connections to Her, and to a part of myself, and I felt lost. Slowly I am regaining a hold on all that's important to me in my life, on all the magic and love that is always around us. The satisfaction I can get from watching something take form in my hands, from tending my garden to feed my family, is so beautiful and unequal to anything I can find outside of myself; all the unnecessary clutter slowly falls away to reveal what is real. Your approach to living life, and your playful representation of it, is light on my face and wind at my back, drawing me closer to how I think I can live responsibly and respectfully toward all spirits of this world. Your book made me smile and laugh, and I just wanted to thank you for that. My question was, is there a recipe for the Earth Day Cake mentioned on page 161? Much Love and Respect to you, my Beautiful Sister, Erin Happy Mountain, age 20 Dear Erin: Your letter makes me really happy. Thank you so much for writing. May I post it in the October letters on my site? "Earth Day Cake" simply meant "this is a page about making cakes". Interestingly, the original LOTE was written and published before the first Earth Day, so I was not referring to that event, since it did not yet exist. I did get a clue about what an Earth day cake might be when my brother described his ideal wedding cake to me: "devilsfood on the bottom layer, angelsfood on the top layer, and earth food in between." He figured that would be a dense, whole wheat, honey-sweetened carrot cake with lots of nuts, seeds, and bits of dried fruit in it. I hope we get to meet somewhere some day. You've got a great name! Love Alicia Bay Laurel

	Thanks for coming to Lawrence. I enjoyed your performance and talking to you very much. Kat loved the CD. We tried to look at your tour diary on your website, but nothing came up, no matter what we tried. We want to see the pictures! Hope to see you when you're next in Lawrence. If we can help facilitate your next visit, let us know. Best regards, Dan Bentley & Kat Greene

	hellooooooo alicia! how's your tour going soooo far? my name's laurie and i got to see/hear you story tell and play us some music at dancing rabbit eco-village in rutledge missouri a bit over a month ago [remember that? bet it feels like forever ago...] well... i wanted to thank you and let you know again that a night of your entertainment was grrrrreat! and, i also wanted to let you know that i've told a few people about your visit, and my sister, ami, is very interested in your book. currently, she's working on this project called 'the minneapolis green guide' [it will be a resource and directory towards greener more eco-friendly living in the twin cities (minneapolis-st. paul, minnesota) area. she's really interested in your book (because it overlaps, in some areas, the project ami's working on). she's quite interested and is willing to pay for a copy, but also wondered if there's a way you/your publisher might be able to send one to her free of charge [the 'green guide' is a non-profit organization... here's the web-address in case your interested in checking it out: http://www.thegreenguide.org ] please respond and let me know what you think! or, if you'd like to write to my sister instead of me, you can contact ami at: liberashun@hotmail.com thank you so much! hope your road trip is an adventure every day! take kare love, fall crunchy leaves and revolution! laurie. [REVOLUTION mEaNs: aNtI-aPatHy, mEans doIng soMethIng, mEanS doIng aNYthiNg yOu cAn to MakE a pOsitiVe chaNge iN thIs worLd aNd nEveR giVIng Up.]

	Hey Alicia darlin - Hope your Prescott gig was a good one! Hope you're ok. Our thoughts and love are with you. I got a response from Joanie sending her love & am forwarding this from Shoshanna cuz it has her address. The day you left, my old good friend Joanne (of New Buffalo) arrived & we had another wonderful visit. She remembers your book well (& we were looking at it together). She also sends her warm regards even tho she never met you. Her kids ALSO colored in the book. This whole episode has me in pondering mode (ponder ponder) about what our tribe has done with extended family. We PICKED our family. We really for sure did that! THAT's our big legacy IMHO (well, you know how uncle Lou had a new theory every week. I'm like that too - trying new theories on for size). My current this week's theory is that the hippie tribe did something that has never before been done under the sun - we extended our families by choice. More on this later (as i continue to ponder). Anyway, here's Shoshanna's post. We absolutely loved your visit with us & are honored that you came & you know you always have a place to stay if you're ever traveling I-40 again. Much love, Pam ***************************************** Hiya, Just got your message. If you're still in touch with Alicia, please give her my fond regards and tell her I'm so glad she has the energy to travel. much love, Shoshanna

	Dear Alicia, I gave a class on aromatherapy at the Southold Free Library earlier this month and I referred to your book because someone asked if it was possible to make essential oils at home. So I showed them the page on distillation on the stove. I gave out your cards. Wish I had taken more when you offered them. Amazing how you knew all that at such a tender age. Your cd is so joyous and real. I'm enjoying it. My daughter Mara is an artist too. She painted a wonderful Eve-like nude holding a paintbrush and an apple and titled it with a line from a song by Ani Difranco "... I just happen to like apples and I'm not afraid of snakes..." A snake entwines her left thigh and waist. That was her high school senior year final project in art. My husband painted a wall in the living room to hang art work from family and friends on and your watercolor "Zephyr" will be up there too. I love the colors. Keep singing and breathing and stretching. Stay healthy. Much love, Ann Marie

	Hi Alicia, goddess on the move! At last, a moment for me to email before the girls find out where I am.Yes, I moved the computer into the closet.About LaLa's tapestry of tantra.She says she will mail you one from Boulder when she gets there sometime in Nov.So I want to know if you would like a big one like the one you saw-6x2ft. or a smaller one size 3x2ft. It is your choice, so I can tell Leilea.And should we mail it to your Hawaii address? We may have found our dream land on Mt. Desert Island near Bar Harbor,Me. So hold the space for us on Divine Destiny coming true soon. It is Halloween, and the girls just found me, so I must go and help them with their costumes. Sophia [age 10] was going as Marilyn Monroe until she discovered no one in her age group knows who she is, so now she is going as a hippy. I love it! Lily [age 5] is a queen and not a princess as she affirms. By the way, Lily asks to play your CD every day while I make dinner and she writes in her journal. We both love the songs, and I smile, whenever she asks before I have a chance to put it on,and says "That's my Taurus!" I love you, Alicia, and think of you every day on your tour.Many blessings and I'll write soon! Love, Chrissi
	Dear Alicia: Thanks so much for speaking at Forest Farm in this year's Monday Night Meeting Series! Your presentation was captivating! Although I was born in the early 80's, I was drawn right into your story and followed it from the 60's to the present day! Best of luck with your tour and with your new edition of Living On The Earth! Jocelyn Langer Good Life Center Forest Farm Harborside, Maine