Just Another Reason I Love Our Festival & Flow Community…

At Raindance last month, James discovered that his LED contact staff was missing from our camp on Monday morning. He had leaned it up against a pole inside one of the canopies covering our camp’s common area, and when we woke up it was gone. It was swiped by some asshole thief who probably knew …

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Next Festival Adventure: Northern Nights

This summer, we have enjoyed participating in several smaller festivals close to home. It seems that there are more and more small local festivals every year – choosing which ones to go to has become quite the first world problem to have! And though I’m a little sad to be missing my favorite BIG festival …

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The Delicious Joy of Fermented Foods: A Step in My Food Journey and a Kimchi Recipe

A little over a decade ago, I had a self-described “black thumb” and managed to burn soup made from a powdered mix. Fast forward to today, and you can’t shut me up about food, unless perhaps you’re putting something delicious in my mouth. I’m actually a bit shocked that this is my first food-related post …

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Festival Season is in Full Swing

This coming weekend I am lucky enough to get to go to Emissions: West Coast Bass Culture festival in Belden town, CA, about 4 hours northeast of home. I wasn’t sure about any festivals this summer, but thanks to working really hard since coming home from our trip, we get to see this epic music line-up including …

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Building Community, Mendo Style

On Beltane, halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice, a few Mendocino coast ladies have been organizing a Maypole dance and ceremony on Big River Beach for the past several years. This year I got involved and we had perfect sunny weather to ring in summer with! I had never participated in a Maypole dance before, …

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