I've lately returned to studying ancient Hula - in the past I belonged to two other halaus in Hawaii and Alaska. When I'm asked why I love Hula I think the primary reason is that it is so primal, when i'm dancing even if it's on a gym or linoleum floor I feel connected to the earth.

Summer, 2013, I traveled to southern France for my son's wedding just after returning to a magical place from my past-Formentera off the coast of Spain for the first time since I lived there my 20's. In the summer I live in heaven on earth at the foot of the Cascade mountains in Oregon. Two highlights of the summer of 2012 describe me well: 1) a 120 mile bike tour with my son's band and one other band (18 of us in all), on the their way to a music festival in northern California, camping every night in a different place, sometimes at the beautiful homes of people along the way who invited us to stay,fantastic music every night, wonderful companions of all ages; 2) I took 7 of my students from Afghanistan to a theater festival in Stockholm and produced a fantastic performance