Papelucho Mi Hermano Hippie 💎 🔖

I never thought I’d say this, but my brother Javier has turned into a walking herb garden. Last week he came home from the university—the one where they let you sit on the floor during class—and announced that from now on, his name is “Sol Naciente.” I told him that sounded like a brand of orange juice. He said I have a materialistic soul.

Mamá almost fainted when she saw him. He had a feather in his hair, sandals made of old tires, and a necklace of dried beans that he swore was “medicinal.” Papá just looked at him over his newspaper and said, “Javier, you smell like a forest after a rainstorm. A strange rainstorm.” Sol Naciente smiled and said, “That’s patchouli, Dad. It aligns the chakras.” I don’t know what chakras are, but I think one of them got aligned onto the couch because now it smells forever. papelucho mi hermano hippie

Well, excuse me for wanting breakfast.

Here’s an original short piece inspired by the title Papelucho, mi hermano hippie , blending the classic Chilean character’s voice with a 1970s counterculture twist. (As told in his secret notebook, the one with the flower on the cover.) I never thought I’d say this, but my

I asked Sol Naciente if being a hippie meant you couldn’t bathe. He said it meant you respect water as a sacred element. Then he put a flower behind my ear and gave me a bracelet made of yarn. I wore it to school and my friend Rodrigo said I looked like a curtain. But I didn’t take it off. Mamá almost fainted when she saw him