The main purpose of this group is to share traditional “back to the land” skills and develop a greater connection to and appreciation for our Earth, while having fun and making connections with others in the general eastern MN and western WI area. In addition to "skills", this site is also a format for posting earth connecting events....like solstice celebrations, raptor center bird releases, earth day happenings, and farm/earth based festivals and gatherings. Please post any classes, workshops …

This is a learning community is for parents, teachers, mentors, and elders who wish to guide children and youth towards a wholesome adolescence and a fulfilled adulthood. Our path is spirit-filled, inclusive and non-dogmatic, drawing upon universal values, traditional wisdom, and modern principles of education, communication, and psychology. We meet as adults to learn, support and inspire one another. We gather with our children and youth to teach, model, mentor - and to connect deeply with ours …

Metaphor is always with us in: what we read and write; what we see in media, film, T.V. and photography; in all forms of the arts, including the art of telling our stories from poetry to cultural fables to personal story, but it is also embedded in psychology and education. Metaphors are powerful and enrich our lives, but they also can have destructive impacts or sell us down the garden path making us think we need things that we don't. This Meetup will look at the art of metaphor. I will bring …