kaleidoscope
Carol Ann Kruger, Tania Bedford—also known as Madame Charlatania—and Micah run Kaleidescope, on Wharf Road.    David Briggs

A crystal peace sign that glows around the clock beckons from a storefront window in downtown Bolinas. Open the door to Kaleidoscope, the 32-year-old women’s collective that today is operated by three locals who sell an assortment of clothes, cards, crystals and handmade goods from around the world. 

“The store is like a kaleidoscope in nature,” said Tania Bedford, one of the original founders who gives tarot readings out of the shop under her alias,…