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SUMMARY:Outlander by Diana Gabaldon: Poly? Science Fiction/Fantasy?
DESCRIPTION:Yes to all that. It is even Pagan\, as time travel is accomplished by going Through the Stones — best done at the time of Samhain. I have on my refrigerator a magnet which says “Not only was I a bigamist and an adulteress\, I had enjoyed it.” Claire Frazier on her wedding night to Jamie\, the Love of her life.\nHaving traveled backward in time to the 1700s\, Claire fell in love with and married Jamie while still wed (in some sense) to Frank\, a man who would not be born for 200 years. Yet she chose to wear Frank’s ring as well as Jamie’s even after Frank’s death in her own time. Another character in that Past time marries two men who are twin brothers.\nWhen I asked the writer\, at a presentation\, whether she was polyamorous\, as I offered her a Live The Dream newsletter (to my daughter’s embarrassment\, as she knew the author from handling autograph tables for many years at SF cons)\, Diana said\, “Haven’t you read my books?” and laughingly took the newsletter. She wrote those books to explore what kind of love lasts for fifty years\, with Jamie and Clare as the example of long-lasting erotic joy well into grandparenthood\, deep caring that endures through deep emotional trauma\, and commitment that defies space and time.\nI love the books and the TV series. Speaking on this topic is my birthday gift to myself: June 15 is my 71st birthday. Cake and ice cream for me—let us know if you have a June birthday to celebrate along with mine—we will add your name to the cake.
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/outlander-by-diana-gabaldon-poly-science-fiction-fantasy/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T160000
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SUMMARY:Bi? Pansexual? Or?
DESCRIPTION:This meeting is led by a trans woman and cis male both identifying as Pansexual and both unmarried at present. They have many years of experience in the poly lifestyle. When I (Terry) first heard the term Pansexual\, I thought it was just a fancy name for Bisexual. Apparently not. That term refers to people who are attracted to both men and women\, possibly only those born male or female and still identifying as such. Pansexual means for some that they are open to sexualove relationships with anyone whom they feel a connection to regardless of whether they identify as male\, female\, pre op or post op transexuals\, non-binary or even asexual. Each of these possibilities is just one more way of expressing the Being (or Spirit) within. Elaine and Matt will share their own experiences and what they have observed in their dating and long-term poly partnership experiences. Please feel free to share your own unique take on this subject as well as any questions you have for our presenters.
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/bi-pansexual-or/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20240403T002943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T035454Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Dating & Poly Relationship Etiquette
DESCRIPTION:What do you do when your wife brings her lover home for dinner? Who sleeps where if he offers (or is invited) to stay overnight? If your wife is sick on a night\, you’ve got a date\, should you cancel and stay home with her? Should your girlfriend keep you company if you do stay home? Is it proper poly behavior to bring a lady home for dinner with your wife before taking her to bed or only if considering a serious long-term relationship with her? Should a residential triad (one woman & two men for example) sleep all together or alternate between joining the lady in her bed? What are your responsibilities if you become involved with your lover’s new boyfriend and he is short on time for both of you and his other poly loves? Emily Post did not cover this stuff\, but we will!
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/alternative-dating-poly-relationship-etiquette/
LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T160000
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SUMMARY:Dragon Riders of (Poly) Pern by Anne McCaffery; also\, Memories of Mark Merlino
DESCRIPTION:In 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.
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/dragon-riders-of-poly-pern-by-anne-mccaffery-also-memories-of-mark-merlino/
LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20240403T002201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T035420Z
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SUMMARY:Choosing\, Finding\, and Attracting Your Poly Lifemates
DESCRIPTION:Led by 4th generation matchmaker Terry Lee Brussel-Rogers\, author of the book Choosing\, Finding and Attracting a Life Mate and the guided meditation audio ‘Attract Your Special Someone(s)’. Everyone attending in person will be given the poly supplement to the book and the guided meditation recording “Attract Your Special Someone(s)”. Whether you are a single looking for the right partner for a primary relationship\, a couple seeking a third to make a triad\, a couple looking to pair with another couple or any of these looking for a group house or intimate network to join; this is the meeting to find out how… Terry gives a live Hypnotic Love Magnet (Guided Meditation) which draws to you the love(s) you desire…during the Zoom as well as in person portion of the meeting.
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/choosing-finding-and-attracting-your-poly-lifemates-2/
LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20240112T040003Z
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SUMMARY:Cooperative Living: from Family Synergy’s Allott House in the 70's to Live the Dream’s Penfield House 2024 & Paul’s 70th Birthday Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Paul will talk about his Poly life and group living experiences from age 19 to present. He came from Cleveland to LA for a Star Trek Convention… and stayed. The Allott House was Family Synergy’s group living example as well as its meeting and party house in the late 70’s. Terry and Paul met there when she and her first husband Richard brought their children to a Family Synergy Passover Seder led by group founder Hy Levy. The group went to concerts\, movies and social gatherings together. \nThey had fun. There\, Paul learned what it was like to have all the sex you could handle and what followed when there was time to build a RELATIONSHIP. Penfield House\, bought by Terry and Paul (then in a triad with Marcus) in 2003\, was in part an attempt to recreate some of that experience which lasts into the present. Though he now spends much of his time in Phoenix with his wife\, Athena\, they stay a part of the group house through frequent visits like this one for Paul’s birthday as well as sharing such things as weekend getaways\, Thanksgiving\, summer vacations and Winter Holiday vacations together…while Terry and her husband\, Craig\, share the Penfield House with other members of their still active group household. Polyamory and group living offer many options. \nThis event is at the beautiful Altadena home of Rolf & Cynthia. Beautiful pool\, hot tubs (with a view across the mountains of JPL!)\, yard and house: ALL clothing optional! \n\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share. \nPool and jacuzzi available all afternoon unless it is raining\, in which case we will be inside.\nRSVP: Call 818-886-0069 or email Terry_BG@msn.com. We’ll send you the address and parking instructions.
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/cooperative-living-from-family-synergys-allott-house-in-the-70s-to-live-the-dreams-penfield-house-2024-pauls-70th-birthday-celebration/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20231205T000924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T000924Z
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SUMMARY:LTD's 2023 WINTER HOLIDAY PARTY!
DESCRIPTION:2-4pm | Socializing in the clothing-optional Jacuzzi. Bring sandals and a towel.\n4pm+ |We will watch a holiday or poly movie after that—group’s choice.\n\n\n\nLTD’s Winter Holiday Party 6pm – 11pm\nCrash space is available by arrangement when you RSVP by calling (818) 886-0069 \nSharing our holidays is part of what weaves the bonds of Family in a group like ours. Understanding what is important to each of us during this festive season and how we celebrate it is a way to grow closer and delight in our diversity.\n\n\n6-7pm | Potluck Dinner and Holiday Party – Bring your favorite holiday dishes for supper (Big enough for 10 to share!)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFOOD \n♦ Your favorite holiday dish for potluck supper— (big enough for 10 to share.) \n♦ Latkes (provided by Live the Dream\, along with applesauce and sour cream) \nENTERTAINMENT \n♦ Songs about the Maccabees     ♦ Dreidel games \n♦ Clothing optional Jacuzzi (with holiday music playing inside it!) available all afternoon and evening–bring sandals and towels. \nOTHER TRADITIONS \n♦ Lighted-up Christmas miniature houses \n♦ Lighting the Hannuka menorah\, even though that holiday goes from December 7th to the 15th\, we will still light all the candles one night late! \n♦ A Winter Solstice ritual     ♦ Followed by optional Gift Exchange \nDid we forget a ritual important to you? Tell us and we’ll add it. Bring stories/songs/poetry to share.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7pm | Twas Night Before Christmas read by Linda Fitak\, actress and voice-over professional\n\n\n\n\n\nClement Clarke Moore wrote the famous poem “Night Before Christmas” in 1822 when living in his house in Elmhurst\, Queens\, New York City. Here’s a photo of the house before it was demolished in 1932. Our \nHigh Priestess\, Ealswythe (Linda) grew up in Elmhurst and frequently played at the Clement C. Moore Park as a child. It was only about 3 blocks from where she lived. Every year\, her elementary school class would go to the park and sing Christmas carols and recite the poem “Night Before Christmas.” She will read the poem for us at the Yule holiday party and lead the Yuletide (Winter Solstice) ritual. \nThe Moore Homestead in Elmhurst. The homestead was torn down in 1932 and is today Clement Clarke Moore Park bordered by Broadway\, 78th Street\, and 45th Avenue in Elmhurst.\n\n\n\n\n\n8pm Winter Solstice Ritual led by our High Priestess Elysweith with Terry and Craig assisting.\n\n\n\n\n\nWant to call a Quarter?\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter Solstice Ritual\n\n\n\n\n\nGIFT EXCHANGE: If you wish to participate\, bring a wrapped science fiction\, erotic (tasteful please!)\, fantasy\, or magikal gift ($10-$15)\n\n\n\n  \nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\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 for attending one or both events (live only)\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nLTD Paid Members\nNon-Members\n\n\n\nMeeting only \n\n$5\n\n$10 \n\n\n\n\nMeeting & Party (with potluck dishes for both events) \n\n$8\n\n$15\, or $10 for only one event \n\n\n\nMeeting & Party (without potluck dishes)\n$12\n\n$20
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/ltds-2023-winter-holiday-party/
LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holiday Themed,Live Music,Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pagan Ritual,Pot Luck,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20231205T001457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231216T195650Z
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SUMMARY:New Plot? Couple Meets Couple\, They Fall in Love\, Get Married and Have Children
DESCRIPTION:New Plot? Couple Meets Couple\, They Fall in Love\, Get Married and Have Children\nPoly Discussion Live and on Zoom at 11am – 1pm\nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\, Potluck Lunch at 1 pm\, Winter Holiday Party starts with Potluck Dinner at 6 pm\n\n11am-1pm | Poly Discussion\n\n\n\n\nIn his book The Harad Experiment\, Robert Rimmer combines fictional writing with real life to take us to a college that offers roommates of the opposite sex\, classes in how to have tantric sex\, and multiple loving relationships along with naked coed swimming in the gym pool. \nHis Proposition 31  takes us from two couples on the brink of divorce upon finding out the wife of one is pregnant by the husband of the other to a happy quadrad celebrating the holidays together along with the children of both couples all excited about the coming of the new baby brother or sister. The not-pregnant wife then spearheads a campaign to legalize group marriage with the help of her spice (the plural of spouses). \nWe will also discuss what kinds of issues come up in a group marriage. Everything from who sleeps with whom tonight to who takes out the garbage are possibilities. What issues in a group marriage are different from those in less committed group houses which nevertheless involve sexual interaction?\n\n\n\n\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  \n2-4pm | Socializing in the clothing-optional Jacuzzi. Bring sandals and a towel.\n4pm+ |We will watch a holiday or poly movie after that—group’s choice.\n\n\n\nLTD’s Winter Holiday Party 6pm – 11pm\nCrash space is available by arrangement when you RSVP by calling (818) 886-0069 \nSharing our holidays is part of what weaves the bonds of Family in a group like ours. Understanding what is important to each of us during this festive season and how we celebrate it is a way to grow closer and delight in our diversity.\n\n\n6pm-7pm | Potluck Dinner and Holiday Party – Bring your favorite holiday dishes for supper (Big enough for 10 to share!)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFOOD \n♦ Your favorite holiday dish for potluck supper— (big enough for 10 to share.) \n♦ Latkes (provided by Live the Dream\, along with applesauce and sour cream) \nENTERTAINMENT \n♦ Songs about the Maccabees     ♦ Dreidel games \n♦ Clothing optional Jacuzzi (with holiday music playing inside it!) available all afternoon and evening–bring sandals and towels. \nOTHER TRADITIONS \n♦ Lighted-up Christmas miniature houses \n♦ Lighting the Hannuka menorah\, even though that holiday goes from December 7th to the 15th\, we will still light all the candles one night late! \n♦ A Winter Solstice ritual     ♦ Followed by optional Gift Exchange \nDid we forget a ritual important to you? Tell us and we’ll add it. Bring stories/songs/poetry to share.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7pm | Twas Night Before Christmas read by Linda Fitak\, actress and voice-over professional\n\n\n\n\n\nClement Clarke Moore wrote the famous poem “Night Before Christmas” in 1822 when living in his house in Elmhurst\, Queens\, New York City. Here’s a photo of the house before it was demolished in 1932. Our \nHigh Priestess\, Ealswythe (Linda) grew up in Elmhurst and frequently played at the Clement C. Moore Park as a child. It was only about 3 blocks from where she lived. Every year\, her elementary school class would go to the park and sing Christmas carols and recite the poem “Night Before Christmas.” She will read the poem for us at the Yule holiday party and lead the Yuletide (Winter Solstice) ritual. \nThe Moore Homestead in Elmhurst. The homestead was torn down in 1932 and is today Clement Clarke Moore Park bordered by Broadway\, 78th Street\, and 45th Avenue in Elmhurst.\n\n\n\n\n\n8pm Winter Solstice Ritual led by our High Priestess Elysweith with Terry and Craig assisting. \n\n\n\n\n\nWant to call a Quarter?\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter Solstice Ritual\n\n\n\n\n\nGIFT EXCHANGE: If you wish to participate\, bring a wrapped science fiction\, erotic (tasteful please!)\, fantasy\, or magikal gift ($10-$15)\n\n\n\n  \nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\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 for attending one or both events (live only)\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nLTD Paid Members\nNon-Members\n\n\n\nMeeting only \n\n$5\n\n$10 \n\n\n\n\nMeeting & Party (with potluck dishes for both events) \n\n$8\n\n$15\, or $10 for only one event \n\n\n\nMeeting & Party (without potluck dishes)\n$12\n\n$20 \n\n\n\n\nSuggested Donation (live only)\n\nNon-Members: $10/person for one event\n\n With Potluck Dish for both events: $15 for meeting & party\nWithout Potluck Dish for both events: $20 for meeting & party\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 LTD Members: $5/person for meeting only\n\nWith Potluck Dish for both events: $8 for meeting & party\nWithout Potluck Dish for both events: $12 for meeting & party
URL:https://livethedream.org/event/new-plot-couple-meets-couple-they-fall-in-love-get-married-and-have-children/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20231015T202718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T030101Z
UID:1738-1700305200-1700323200@livethedream.org
SUMMARY:Heinlein's Families in Space and the Many Ways to Say "I Do (We Do?)"
DESCRIPTION:Heinlein’s Families in Space and the Many Ways to Say “I Do (We Do?)”\n  \nled by Terry Brussel-Rogers (clergy and scion of Church of All Worlds and co-founder of its oldest continuing Nest). \nPoly Discussion Live and on Zoom at 11am\, \nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\, Potluck Lunch at 1 pm\n\n11am-1pm | Poly Discussion\n\n\n\n\nTerry has assisted in many Handfastings over the years and is now able to perform legal weddings (alas only for couples\, though their Water Kin can be an integral part of the ceremony). We will talk about the meaning of Family in Heinlein’s books\, ceremonies to establish such families and how to create the kind of Family which would mean living YOUR dream.\n\n\n\n\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  \n2-4pm | Socializing in the clothing-optional Jacuzzi (with holiday music playing inside it!). Bring sandals and a towel.\nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\n\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:https://livethedream.org/event/heinleins-families-in-space-and-the-many-ways-to-say-i-do/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230819T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230819T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20230814T232706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231015T203122Z
UID:1671-1692442800-1692460800@livethedream.org
SUMMARY:See Polyamory Past\, Present & Future Through the Eyes of Those Who Created It!
DESCRIPTION:Poly Discussion Live and on Zoom at 11am\, \nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\, Potluck Lunch at 1 pm\n\n11am-1pm | Poly Discussion\n\n\n\n\nWe will use Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury as inspiration for this poly discussion.\, though you don’t need to read it to participate. It is a story about a society in which group marriage is the norm\, but political difficulties and dangerous adventure ensue when a group breaks tradition by adding a seventh to their group marriage in addition to the societally acceptable six. Nonconformity wins out and a great deal of wisdom on day-to-day life in such a group is to be gleaned. \nWe will also discuss “courtship rites” necessary to put together a group marriage or group house in THIS society based on Terry’s experience as a 4th generation matchmaker (making poly matches as well as monogamous ones since 1969) while doing professional hypnotherapy and poly relationship coaching. Real-life case histories and research provide even more food for thought.\n\n\n\n\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  \n2-4pm | Socializing in the clothing-optional hot tub\, bring sandals and a towel.\nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\n\n\nNo Meeting on September 16 due to Rosh Hashanah \nL’Shanna Tova & Happy Jewish New Year to All!\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:https://livethedream.org/event/see-polyamory-past-present-future/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230715T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230715T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20230710T213443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230710T214716Z
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SUMMARY:Join Us For a Full Day of Events Including:
DESCRIPTION:Open Poly Discussion Live and on Zoom at 11am\, \nMark Group presented by David Friedman at 3pm\, \nand FILK at 7pm!\nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\n\n11am-1pm | Open Poly Discussion\n\n\n\n\nWe are trying out this new format for the Zoom portion of the meeting rather than hanging it on Science Fiction or a set theme. \nWe may do it every few months if people like it. Feel free to offer to lead or suggest a topic /different format for future meetings at this meeting or by calling 818-886-0069. \nLive the Dream is not a book club\, though many of us have been inspired by the writings of science fiction.  This meeting’s content will be based on what those present in person or on Zoom bring in the way of personal experience and share during introductions. Those who are newer to this lifestyle will tell us what they would like to learn from those who have spoken during introductions. \nPlease note that while the first 2 hours of our meetings are on Zoom as well as in person\, this is a real chance to show up and get to know each other. If you can\, do come to the live meeting\, break bread with us\, and enjoy the hot tub. If not\, we are delighted to have you with us on Zoom.\n\n\n\n\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  \n2-3pm | Socializing in the clothing-optional hot tub\, bring sandals and a towel.\n3-5:50pm | Mark Group presented by David Friedman.\n\n\n\n\nDavid actually lived in one of the early Morehouses. This one is in the style of\, though not affiliated with\, Morehouse. \nWe will be playing three interpersonal games\, Mimicry\, Mockery\, and Withholds designed to bring to light new information about each participant. Whether you are interacting with a new acquaintance or a spouse of many years you will learn something new about all participants. \nOriginally designed to funnel into more advanced Morehouse classes and the Group Houses themselves\, our group is a standalone introduction. For those interested in a deeper exploration please see http://www.lafayettemorehouse.com/\n\n\n\n\n6pm | Potluck Dinner.\n7-10pm | Filk: Songs of science fiction and the space age.\n\n\n\n\nPick\, pass\, or perform.  Ask for anything from Harry Potter stuff to Star Trek\, from the Ballad of Apollo 13 to Poly Filk and you are likely to get it. Wait till you see what Craig Brussel Rogers can do for the Tennessee Waltz!\n\n\n\nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\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:https://livethedream.org/event/1st-open-poly-discussion/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
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SUMMARY:"How Terribly Strange to Be Seventy" - Old Friends by Simon and Garfunkel Learn How to Stay Young and Be Connected at Any Age!
DESCRIPTION:“How Terribly Strange to Be Seventy” – Old Friends by Simon and Garfunkel\nLearn How to Stay Young and Be Connected at Any Age!\nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\nTerry turns 70 on June 15th. What is it like to be 70? I once thought it meant sitting by the fire in a rocking chair\, wrinkled\, tired\, and remembering better days. Reporting from the front lines\, it ain’t so. \nI have an active love life\, both with my romantic husband and our lovers who bring us delight in our bed which is big enough for four to sleep and cuddle in. Five can fit for…other activities. My husband and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary in Israel on April 28.  Among my Old Friends is Glen Olson who turns 70 on July 29 about six weeks after I do. We have been best friends since 1968. We will be enjoying that song together when he turns 70. \nI have fantasized and worried about that song for many years. Would our friendship last til then? It has. It is quite an achievement for both of us\, especially with all the friendly arguments which happen when writing a book together. Many of my friends and lovers have been in my life for decades. What does it take to develop that kind of intimate network? \nThis meeting is about exactly how you can make it happen in your life. Whether you are 17 or 70 you can make it happen for you starting NOW! \n\n11am | Lively Poly Discussion\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  Cake and ice cream for Terry. Let us know if you have a June birthday and we will add your name to the cake.\n2-4pm | Afternoon events:\n\nHarp Music\, singing\, and a Summer Solstice Ritual by our High Priestess Elswythe.\nSocializing in the clothing-optional hot tub to follow (Bring sandals and a towel).\n\n\n\nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\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:https://livethedream.org/event/old-friends-simon-and-garfunkel-how-terribly-strange-to-be-seventy-learn-how-to-stay-young-and-be-connected-at-any-age/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pagan Ritual,Pot Luck,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230520T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230520T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20230508T225651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T012325Z
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SUMMARY:Spider Robinson’s Poly Primers
DESCRIPTION:Spider Robinson’s Poly Primers\nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\nCallahan’s Crosstime Saloon introduces a group of people who support each other in handling their problems and celebrating their joys. In this and later books they go beyond this to actual group telepathic communication. In Callahan’s Keys\, they show their commitment to each other by all moving out-of-state together when local laws and the abuse of them prevented them from meeting together where they were. \nAccording to Spider’s biographical material\, many of the metaphysical as well as the group-related experiences come from his real-life ones with his expanded family and close friends during the ‘60s in Haight Ashbury. The Lady Callahan books are definitely Poly as committed couples share their partners with customers of this high-class brothel/ international diplomacy center. The “artists” who work there have relationships with the Lady herself\, other artists (some of which include legal marriage)\, etc. \nLady Callahan’s place could itself be considered a group house since the artists and some of their partners actually do live there. Spider’s Stardance series features very unusually configured group marriages— combining extra-terrestrials with humans\, gays with straights who share mental “intercourse” etc. Eventually\, his proposed intentional Family includes the whole human race\, past\, present\, and future. \nSpider Robinson has written many other stories with incidental poly themes in fictional worlds where it is assumed any choice of whom and how many you love is OK. He has been called the new Heinlein by many. \nHow can we use this information in our own group living and multiple committed relationship efforts? \n\n11am | Lively Poly Discussion\n1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  \n2-4pm | Socializing in the clothing-optional hot tub\, Bring sandals and a towel\n\nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\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:https://livethedream.org/event/spider-robinsons-poly-primers-2/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20230314T203313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230415T004605Z
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SUMMARY:How to Be Ready for the Relationship You Most Desire
DESCRIPTION:How to Be Ready for the Relationship You Most Desire\nZoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm\nLed by Paul Gibbons and Terry Brussel-Rogers\nAlone right now? \nPerhaps you are not alone but would like the relationship you are in to be more joyous for all involved. \nThere are ways to take care of your own sexual needs while you are looking for a partner or partners. \nSome of them prepare you for the delights of loving connections…even draw those lovers to you. Others do not. We will discuss our own experiences with this and what we have learned from others over the years about what you can do to be ready for SEXUALOVE in a poly lifestyle. Both Paul and Terry have been poly since their late teens (before the word was coined). They presented Bisexual Polyamorous Couple Forming a Group Marriage at many conventions over the years. \nTerry as a hypnotherapist and Paul as an audio engineer/inspiration have made together such exciting guided meditations as Male Multiple Orgasm\, Sexual Enhancement for Couples\, Intimacy Without Jealousy (Monogamous and Poly versions)\, and Release Sexual Inhibitions. More are being created even as this is written. They are available on AceSuccess.com and ReachForTheStars.Today. Terry won the Lifestyles Award for Contributing to the Knowledge of Human Sexuality in 1988 and has learned a lot more since then! \nCome GROW with us… \n\n11am | Lively Poly Discussion\n1pm | PotLuck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  \n2-4pm |Socializing in the clothing-optional hot tub\, Bring sandals and a towel\n\n\nIf you haven’t already done so\, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.\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:https://livethedream.org/event/how-to-be-ready-for-the-relationship-you-most-desire/
LOCATION:Live and on Zoom\, 8515 Penfield Ave\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday,Pot Luck
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T135403
CREATED:20230314T184740Z
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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:https://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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