Whenever I pick fresh vegetables from the garden, bake my own bread or make some jam, I’m proud of my ability to live more simply. I wonder what life was like for California’s pioneers – no telephones, no computers, waking… Continue Reading
I don’t know what attracts me most to trailers. No, I don’t mean the sort that hog Redding’s prime riverfront property. I mean the small, cute, stylish travel variety that simultaneously fulfill my craving for a dose of retro style,… Continue Reading
We were fortunate to have the Mt. Shasta Taiko Drummers in Redding, two years in a row, for the ArtHop anniversary in July. What a treat! I am mesmerized by them every time. I’m not just in awe of the… Continue Reading
If you have a passion for the outdoors, recreation and a little bit of quiet, head to Trinity County this weekend. Although, with wine tasting, a free jazz concert, food vendors, an art show, a beer garden and an appetizer… Continue Reading
You have to love a group whose mission it is to “put music in everyone’s life.” That’s the simple, singular goal of the Humboldt Folklife Society. Their vehicle for universal refrain: the annual Humboldt Folklife Festival, celebrated this weekend in… Continue Reading
A few days before all the patriotic pyrotechnic madness that is the 4th of July in Redding, Anderson and elsewhere, get outta town to see Mother Nature’s fireworks – the night sky above Lava Beds National Monument. Learn why Lava… Continue Reading
Want a sure way to beat the heat this weekend? Head out to the coast for a day on the sand. In fact, sand is the theme this Saturday (June 25), when the Friends of the Dunes hosts the 16th… Continue Reading
The tiny river town of Isleton was home to the state’s largest crawdad festival until last year, when it outgrew its original riverfront home and migrated to the North State. Now, North State residents can feast on crawdads, crayfish, mud… Continue Reading
Rewind to Dunsmuir in the early 1920s. Population: 3,100. Over 1,000 were employed by the railroad. Dunsmuir dates its railroad history even further, to the late 1880s, when the Central Pacific Railroad (later, Union Pacific) built a roundhouse, turntable, depot,… Continue Reading
It’s such a cliché, but I’ll say it anyway: There really is “something for everyone” at the Lewiston Peddlers’ Faire. The Faire is a North State staple and I would be completely negligent if I failed to name it as… Continue Reading
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