Going Further
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Page under construction: will feature the Calidocious® Inc. annual shareholders meeting, plus supplementary products of Calidocious® Co. that are intended to develop ties to other outlying Dutch-speaking countries, in particular South Africa and Suriname. After the business part of the page is completed, the page will feature a final highlight of the California Bay area- the hippie culture that reached its zenith with the 'Further' cross-country road trip.
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Author Ken Kesey's 'Further' Bus- 'A Garden of Earthly Delights' |
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Cinnamon, Ginger, and Peppermint... "Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes" |
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| The Calidocous® Inc. supplementary enterprises are modeled on the historical Dutch East-India Company. The imported products include tea with Rooibos flavoring and spiced candy. Calidocious® Rooibos, or 'Redbush', tea is imported from the Dutch/Afrikaans-speaking area of South Africa. Afrikaans is a form of Dutch similar to several of the dialects spoken in Flanders in the 18th century.
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Calidocious Inc. also offers peppermints for sale and plans to add traditional Dutch candies shortly. A primary source of ingredients for the candies will be Suriname in South America and the Dutch-Carribean islands. The dialects of Dutch spoken in the Carribean and South America are patois, or mixtures of Dutch and indigenous languages.
Boxes of 10 packets of Calidocious® Tea are $12.99 and a 1/2 lb of Calidocious Peppermint Candies is $15.99. Shipping is included in each price.
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Spiced Tea with Rooibos- 10 Packets for $12.99- (U.S. Shipping Incl.) |
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Peppermints- $15.99 (U.S. Shipping Incl.) |
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| Please allow two weeks for shipping, and send checks or money orders to:
Calidocious Inc.
363 Cypress Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95050
For questions please contact:
Zeelands@sbcglobal.net.
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The 'Further' bus is a good metaphor for both the hippy culture of the 1960s, as well Calidocious Inc's mission. The 'Further' bus was Author Ken Keysey's attempt to create a means, or vehicle, to experience life in a new way. The artwork of the Flemish master Hieronymous Bosch, particularly his 'Garden of Earthly Delights', can be considered a sort of blueprint for the "Further" bus journeys of Ken Keasey and his 'Band of Merry Pranksters'.
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"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right." |
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Further Bus 2004 -"It seldom turns out the way it does in the song." |
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| Nothing symbolizes a "ride" to the wild, uncharted side of existence better than the paintings of Bosch and the Further bus. The subtitles are lines of the song 'Scarlet Begonias' by the Grateful Dead- who provided much of the music that accompanied the 'Band of Merry Pranksters' on their adventures.
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Reprise- Modern Copy of the Original Bus- The Wind in the Willows played Tea for Two, The Sky was Yellow and the Sun was Blue." |
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| Unfortunately, the Further bus ended up in a swamp for many years, and is still in need of repair. Calidocious® Inc. hopes to help with ongoing efforts to restore the bus. Perhaps someday the Further bus, or a replica of it, will "pass by--pass by." the home of Hieronymous Bosch in Flanders while on a road trip to Burgundy.
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Interestingly, "The Garden of Earthly Delights" was painted just before Columbus discovered America and transformed the European view of the universe. It is a sort of snapshot of a European world-view in 1491, where everything that could ever be known was known.
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1960's- Woodstock Bound "Scarlet Begonias and a Touch of the Blues" |
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