Ed Hare:  

Some of you may remember Manchester High School's first hippie. :-) At the time, I was truly a child of the 60s. I have to wonder what I would have been voted most likely to <fill in the blank>. Life changes and now, I manage an engineering department for ARRL, the National Association of Amateur Radio. My work takes me all around the country, working with various government agencies and industry to help resolve radio interference problems. A google search of (Ed Hare W1RFI) will show a lot of what I am up to lately. But that era was an exciting time for all of us, each in our own way, and the culture of the 60s is part of all of us to this day. Who can forget the legends such as Hendrix, or the whole idea that people can and should love each other at all times, in all ways. As the echoes of that time live on in us all in the 21st century, we can still realize now how that time shaped all of us in ways that, for most of us, have added value to our lives. So from the days of "purple haze" have come inner growth. I still live my life in a way focused on my own spirituality and the joy of relationships with others. Far from the shy boy some may remember, I have learned to be outgoing and connect strongly with most people I meet. The culture of the 1960s has evolved with me to the New Age of the 90s and into the 21st century. I am sure that all of us have grown tremendously from the times that we were h...Expand for more