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SUMMARY:Dragon Riders of (Poly) Pern by Anne McCaffery + St. Patrick’s Day Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Dragon Riders of (Poly) Pern by Anne McCaffery\nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\nLed by Mark Merlino and Rod O’Reilley\, founders of “Furry Fandom” and of The Prancing Skiltare\, a group house spanning decades!\nThey have been in an open committed relationship (which has often included long-term lovers/ housemates) for 34 years. \nWhile Science Fiction inspires this meeting\, the intent of presenting it is to learn how to use it in our own poly lives. \nYES\, you can attend and enjoy the meeting without having read the books! \nAnne’s original stories were poly oriented simply by featuring characters bonded emotionally for life to sentient telepathic dragons. Many of these Dragon Riders were also bonded to human mates with whom they shared romantic and physically sexual connections. Anne’s son and daughter have written their own books in that universe which could actually be considered Poly Primers describing different ways of creating and maintaining multiple committed relationships with human partners. \nIn a world protected from life-destroying spores by genetically engineered fire-breathing dragons bonded at their hatching to empathic human dragon riders\, the social structure is an unusual one. Queen dragons are ridden by women\, Browns and Bronzes by males. However\, males\, as well as females\, can bond with and ride female fire-breathing green dragons. When a rider’s dragon makes her mating flight\, the passions of their dragons cause the riders to mate in their own way. In the Weyr caves which house dragons and their riders\, sexual mores are different from those on the rest of the planet of Pern since dragons may not honor the current romantic commitments of their riders when mating. Since the Weyrs are group living arrangements in any case\, children resulting from such liaisons are raised by the “village” with a foster mother and/or father doing the primary parenting. \nHappy St. Patrick’s Day! \n\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Corn beef and cabbage provided by your host and hostess. Bring something healthy and delicious to share\, please.  \n2pm |Spring Equinox ritual. Flowers\, joy… gratitude for the beauty and abundant fertility of Mother nature.\n3-4pm |Hot tubbing and/or listening to Pern-inspired music—tends to be pretty Celtic. Schooling on Pern is done by Harpers from the Harper’s Hall where musically inclined lads and lassies are apprenticed as early teens to become storytellers\, singers\, composers\, and musicians. More classic St. Patrick’s Day music such as Irish Rovers also available. Note\, if interested in socializing in the clothing-optional hot tub\, bring sandals and a towel.\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3175971626?pwd=NWVjU3A2M0I2Q29IUkI4L1lMRzd2QT09 \nMeeting ID: 317 597 1626  Passcode: Heinlein \nFind us Always here on the 3rd Saturday from 11AM-  1PM Pacific Time. This will be our Zoom ID from now on.\n\nSuggested Donation (live only)\n\nNon-Members: $10/person.\n\nAttendance is included if you join Live the Dream the day of the meeting (annual membership is $25 for singles and $40 for couples or groups at the same address).\n\n\nPaid Members: $5/person.\n\nGentlemen (potluck dish appreciated). \nLadies\, free with a potluck dish to share\, otherwise same donation as gentlemen otherwise.
URL:http://livethedream.org/event/dragon-riders-of-poly-pern-by-anne-mccaffery-st-patricks-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holiday Themed,Live Music,Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pagan Ritual,Pot Luck
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