We came. We lusted. We followed the sound wave of the ohm to Squaw Valley. We swam to freedom picking up the dreams we've forgotten and learned to love not just our lover, our children, and our neighbor, but ourselves. Boundaries were challenged. We twisted our squared lives through yoga, and turned it into a triangle, an oblong, a parallelogram, and finally the “star”. As in Franti’s song, Could you be love – or be loved?  Here are ways the love was shared at the Wanderlust Festival.  We accepted that being a “Rockstar” has no age limit. Michael Franti & The Spearhead invited for his final song on stage, children of all ages. Mixed in with the group was a grandfather and a six year old k

Can you believe this warm weather?  Who would have thought that we would be warming up so quickly.  I was surprised to see divers and snorkelers on the Lake recently.  This type of weather always reminds me to ask about Scuba review or refresher classes. I know we are all safe when we are around the water, but it never hurts to be reminded about the past few years and the expectation that 6 or more people will not be with us, due to water related accidents.  I am a snorkeler and scuba diver, as are most of us who love to see in the water.  I can't get enough of the rivers and lakes we have access to around here.  Even the Delta feels good on a hot day.   Why a Refresher program you may a

Less than a two hour drive from Sacramento, Lawson’s Landing at Dillon’s Beach has been a favorite campground for locals over the past several decades. The privately owned campground has been run by the Lawson family since 1957. “The Landing has been known for generations of valley families as a place to escape the heat and rest along the shores of the Pacific,” according to the Lawson’s Landing website. Beginning in 1995, the Coastal Commission of California has pushed the Lawson family to change camping habits under threat of being shut down. While the Commission is working to preserve the environment, it has given very restrictive demands that can only be met with extra money. The Law

Singapore. Kailua, Hawaii. And Sacramento? Yes, our hometown has made the Los Angeles Times' "most underrated places of the world" list. Compiled by the newspaper's travel staff, the list includes spots around the world as great places to visit that usually don't make the covers of the glossy travel magazines. But why Sacramento? The Times says it's a great day trip, full of history and beauty. And the newspaper is right: Here's an excerpt from the Times http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-underrated19-2009apr19: Why people ignore it: Just 80 miles from the breezy, self-consciously quaint tourist magnet of San Francisco, Sacramento is anything but. Saddled with hot summers, a dy