Great Escape: Making Art

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie. It’s your time. Take it.

Each week, we’ll tell you about one great idea to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier, maybe a whole lot easier.

This week, free your inner artist at . is a weekly class, meeting on Thursdays, 6:15-9:30 p.m. Three Thursdays cost $85 for members, $100 for non-members.   

Or take a hike with docent Doreen Devorah to . Ocean views and redwoods will revitalize you—Saturday, March 26, at 10 a.m. Leave from 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek.

When you return home with a newly relaxed demeanor, your family will be glad, and so will you.