The other day Shannon and I were shopping for drytops at Springriver. And I was lamenting that the new kayak clothing colors are all muted and grey. Why don't they make kayak tops in fun colors like ... Purple? I have a purple kayak and purple pfd and I had joked about painting my house purple.

Shannon cast me a sly smile and said, "Have you seen the purple house in Takoma Park?"

Of course I had seen it. It's very large and very, very purple.

"Well, it's owned by The Purple People," she said. "They drive a Purple car. They wear Purple clothes. It's a religion ... based on the color purple. Since you like the color purple so much, maybe you should check it out. It could be your new religion. ... You could become one of The Purple People."

"Are you serious?" I ask. I think she's making fun of my obsession with purple. But I looked it up later ... on the internet ... and it's true. There is a religion based on the color purple.



According to the The Purple People Website, the color purple is a color of the highest spiritual vibratory rate. This is the color of the age of enlightenment, the age of Universal Consciousness, the age which the world is now embarking on.

I don't mean to make fun of their religion. Personal religious or sexual practices are just that ... personal. I just find it humorous that I've been a practicing Purple Person in my Purple Mirage with my Purple PFD and my Purple Bandana ... and I didn't even know it.

To all the Purple People out there ... may the Purple Force be with you!

-Susanita