Well!  We have had such a busy weekend.  I took the kids to their first rainbow gathering, since Celia was a baby.  There was a regional here in AZ, up in Payson.  We didnt get to stay too long, because the cops were already chasing everybody out of the woods, like usual.  It had been waaay too long since I had been to a gathering and that was so nice for me, even for an afternoon.  Just hearing somebody say, "welcome home" and give me a hug, well it affected me.  Then yesterday we went to the earth day festival, as some of the rainbows asked us to meet there.  That was really cool!  For once I didnt  stand out, it was such a counterculture scene.   There were live djs, singers, rappers, etc.  There was a kids' area with bean bag tossing games and such.  THere was a separate dj spinning jungle beats, which  I like.  Practically half of the ppl there had dreads, and probably more than half of everyone there was drinking.  They were selling the beer to raise money.  Rowan enjoyed the kids' games, and Celia enjoyed making friends with some rainbows.  After the music started to get louder, etc, there were kids dancing up onstage and Rowan went up there, in front of all these people!  He was dancing onstage.  I had no idea Rowan is a ham.  Then we went off by the water and there was drumming, and I was singing and everyone loved it, it was great.  That shit just fills me up inside.  I hated to have to go.. Then one of our friends took out these things, I forget what theyre called, but theyre chains with a thick pad at the end, that you soak in gas, and light on fire, and twirl them in the air, etc.  The kids were amazed by this, of course.  But then we had to go.  I wish we could do things like that all the time.  All the rainbows wanted to know why I didnt just get a bus and travel with the kids.  Silly hippies.