Live The Dream

Group Living, Expanded Family and Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein
2018-07-21 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
An integral part of this story involves multi generational group marriage — line marriage.
Line marriage is a multi generational marriage which can last for centuries as young people opt in and older people pass on… Line marriage is the strongest possible device for conserving capital and insuring the welfare of children – the two basic societal functions for marriage everywhere -in a fictional lunar environment in which there is no security, neither for capital nor for children, other than that devised by individuals. Line marriage is a remarkably successful invention to that end.
A line marriage has the advantages of financial security, the fine home life it gives children; they simply could not be orphaned. The advantages apply here in the real world as well.
1pm Pot Luck lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share.
2-3 Group living discussion—Learn how you can LIVE YOUR DREAM.
3-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

World Naked Bike Ride
2018-06-23 10:00 - 18:00 | CA
“Put a stop to our indecent exposure to cars and the pollution they create!
We ride to celebrate HUMAN POWER. We ride naked because Nude is NOT indecent”
WHY WE RIDE NAKED:
NOTICEABILITY AND BODY POSITIVE VALUES
ADVOCATING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE LIVING
SAFE, HUMAN POWERED TRANSPORTATION
Please mark your calendar and plan for the event. Please remember on the day of the event, there will be a check in booth to receive a wristband. This is very important as these wristbands identify our participants to LAPD so that riders that might get lost can be redirected to the group by officers without incident and help our organizers to identify participants and keep people who aren’t participants at a distance. Participants are not limited to bicycles, skateboards, skates, solar bikes, scooters, electric assisted bikes, are all acceptable. IF you have an alternative power mode of transportation and want to know if its allowable, please contact us prior to the ride for approval. NO fossil fuel powered vehicles are allowed except authorized support vehicles used to ensure your safety.
THE 2018 IS PLANNED TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEARS RIDE WITH 2 LOOPS. ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON PUT TOGETHER IN AN EASY TO NAVIGATE ROUTE WITH THE SAFETY OF OUR RIDERS AS A PRIMARY CONCERN. THE 2017 RIDE WAS GREAT AND THOSE WHO ATTENDED HAD A GREAT TIME.
www.facebook.com/pg/WNBRLA for details & to sign up!
This is not a Live the Dream event.

POLY Sex in Your Fifties, Sixties & Beyond: MAKE it BETTER THAN EVER!
2018-06-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
We will discuss ways to please your partner(s) at any age, the special issues of both men and women as they add years to their chronological age, and how to stay young where it counts.
Polyamory offers options on this which monogamy does not. This discussion climaxes in Guided Meditation for male and female sharing of Sexual Intimacy and Love Delights. Hobbit Birthday tradition–: Since Terry is celebrating her 65th Birthday, you get a gift. Participants will each have a choice of one of Terry’s audio recordings—Male Multiple Orgasm, Intimacy Without Jealousy for Open Relationships, Sexual Enhancement for Couples, or Relationship Joy for Couples as a gift for attending this meeting. *
Birthday cake, too, and do let us know if you have a June birthday so we can include you on the cake.
*Terry received the Lifestyles Award for Contributing to the Knowledge of Human Sexuality in 1988 for the recordings and the founding of Live the Dream.
1pm Pot Luck lunch 2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

Afternoon Activity 2 pm : Summer Solstice Ritual
led by Terry Lee Brussel-Rogers and Craig Milo Brussel Rogers
Craig is a man who can really move Chi energy, his Healing hands are a pure delight in delivering massage. For the first time in many years I have a partner with whom I want to lead such a ritual! It is a lovely birthday gift.
Your presence and participation will make it an even greater joy.
Clothing optional Hot tubbing follows ritual — bring towel and sandals.
Filk Sing follows: Science Fiction folk songs from the outrageously funny Banned from Argo Star Trek spoof to the Ballad of Apollo 13 and other more serious songs of the space age. Ask for a Harry Potter song or something on group marriage by Heinlein and you are likely to get it!
Pot luck Dinner at 6 pm — a Bar B Q! Bring your own meat if you are feeling carnivorous and other dishes to share.

Burningman: Polyparadise’s 20 Years In The Desert
2018-05-19 11:00 - 16:00 | CA
The Village of PolyParadise has been influencing the Hearts & Minds and Washing the Bodies of Playa Citizens from ‘2:00 – 10:00‘ since 1999 celebrating 20 years in BRC in 2018. Come sit & talk with 14-time Burner, Harold about Poly Paradise, the many other poly/poly friendly camps that have been at Burning Man since 2000. We will also discuss the difference between a Camp and a Village… and what it means to grow from 20 people to 300 including people from over 12 other countries! And most of all, how YOU can be a part of this yourself! Please, if you have ever been to or camped with PolyParadise, we welcome your participation in this conversation
Please note: if you are planning on going to Burning Man in 2018, the main ticket sale is coming up this month! Registration is March 21-23 with the ticket sale on March 28th!
1pm Pot Luck lunch (and it is both Harold & Marcus’s birthdays earlier this week!)
2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

Live the Dream Outing to Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale
2018-05-12 10:00 - 18:00 | Renaissance Pleasure Faire at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, 15501 E, Arrow Highway, Irwindale, CA, 91706, United States
Gather round the Mayberry Pole! Lunch with the Green Man and admire the deliciously displayed serving wenches. Enjoy robust Shakespearian theater and heavenly dulcimer music. We will meet at Opening parade 10am. Mothers will be honored at opening and throughout Faire this weekend—bring yours or let your kids bring you. Let us know you will be joining us and we can make plans together—LTD hot line 818-886-0069.
To connect at the Faire, Terry’s cell can be reached at that number day of event. Details on the faire web site go to www.renfair.com/socal.

Poly Progress: Is Legalized Group Marriage Ahead?
2018-04-21 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
In the last few years progress has been made in terms of legal standing of those who live a poly life style. Visiting rights for poly partners who have helped raise a child they no longer live with is one such milestone. Another is protection (at least in San Francisco!) against job discrimination based on lifestyle—Gay, Poly, etc.
A child can’t be removed from the home of a mother or father who chooses to be in a triad or larger group marriage unless harm to the child is actually proven in court in some jurisdictions in the US and certainly in other parts of the world. We have had people show up at Live the Dream meetings who actually had three or four mothers (though generally one father) from Africa and other countries. Where they came from, this was not unusual. We will also discuss Robert Rimmer’s Proposition 31, published 1968. It is speculative fiction about how legislation legalizing group marriage might be passed through our political process-one of his best “couple meet couple, they fall in love, get married and raise kids together” stories.
What would it take to speed the legalization of group marriage in the US? Let’s brainstorm it!

Live the Dream PASSOVER SEDER Led by Rob Milander And Ivan Frankel
2018-03-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Call Terry to RSVP before 3-24-18 at (818) 886-0069 to arrange what to bring for the
Seder or to attend without a food contribution. We need time to plan things and shop for supplies.
This is a Celebration of Freedom!
This holiday commemorates the first time one People (the Jews) freed itself from bondage to another People (the Egyptians). We’ll do this with plenty of group participation! You don’t have to read Hebrew for this or even be Jewish. Whether you want to learn more about your own heritage, just share this special holiday with those you care about, or discover a cultural experience new to you, you are welcome! This is coordinated pot luck since it requires special foods. This event is FREE to one clean up coordinator, one serving coordinator, and the single or couple who volunteers to bring 5 pounds of lamb or 10 pounds of chicken. Cost: $8.00 with arranged food contribution and one bottle of kosher wine for each adult in your party, one bottle of grape juice for each child. $18 each without food contribution + bring beverage. Children under thirteen free with food, $5 without. You can arrive 6-7 pm to socialize and help with preparations. Seder itself starts at 7:00 pm.

Poly Oriented Novels By Ursula Le Guin
2018-03-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Pot Luck Lunch(1pm): LTD provides corn beef and cabbage + Irish Music to enjoy it by. Bring healthy side dishes and desserts to share.
We note the passing this year of Ursula K. Le Guin, aged 88. Ms. Le Guin was a highly respected author who changed the nature of science fiction and fantasy, blurring the boundary between them, through her innovative exploration of human (and nonhuman) nature in extraordinary settings.
Her story, A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, found in the collection of the same title, describes a world where most marriages are a “sedoretu” of two couples, which may be expanded to include up to 8 participants. There are rules about who in a marriage is expected to have sex with whom, and who may not, as society is divided into two halves (“moieties”) to prevent inbreeding. This is clearly a form of polyamory, although with additional restrictions.
The Left Hand of Darkness is one of Ms. Le Guin’s best known works, which influenced the conversation and direction of feminism when it was published. It is set in a cold world where the population is ambisexual: most days of the month an individual is essentially sexless, but for a few days a month a person may become & mate as either female or male. Thus, a person can be both a father and a mother; gender roles are fluid. The story has been criticized as overly masculine, a position to which Ms. Le Guin eventually conceded, leading her to write the stories “Winter’s King” and “Coming of Age in Karhide” as more feminized counterpoints.
“The Matter of Seggri”, winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award in 1994, explores a world in which women are plentiful and males are rare. In this society, gender roles are very different than those of our current, Western world.
The study of these stories is a worthwhile exploration of the author’s vision of alternative lifestyles and genders. The study of the study of these stories is a worthwhile exploration of our society’s changing views on gender and sex.
2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel.

Choosing, Finding and Attracting Your Poly Lifemate(s)
2018-02-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Happy slightly belated Valentine’s Day! How to Make Loving Connections in the Poly Community: In Person & on the Net Led by 4th generation matchmaker Terry Lee Brussel, author of the book Choosing, Finding and Attracting a Life Mate and guided meditation CD ‘Attract Your Special Someone(s)’ Everyone attending will be given the poly supplement to the book. 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… Bring a laptop if you have one as we may be looking at sites where poly partners can be found.
Hypnotic Love Magnet Meditation draws to you the love(s) you desire…
1 pm Pot Luck Lunch – Bring a dish which you would enjoy offering to someone you love…healthy and delicious.
2 pm Afternoon activity: Group massage and Socializing in the Hot tub.

A Course on Moral Philosophy: Liberty in our Politics and Our Lifestyles
2018-01-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Led by Paul Gibbons, Libertarian activist.
Heinlein was a champion of a largely self-sufficient society, encouraging people to learn the basics of survival and self reliance. Principles of respect for persons and property and commitment to duty and honoring the dignity of competence were described at length in many of his books, including Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land.
Many people believe Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers are complete opposites. Heinlein himself stated that if a reader did not get it that both of these books are about the same thing, they have completely missed the point of all of his writings. Both these books and Moon is a Harsh Mistress are about personal responsibility for the state of your own life, the happiness of those you care for, and the safety and freedom of the village (or the planet) in which you live. This includes the government we choose and the lifestyles we live.
Science fiction has been consistently pointing the way to the future in science, technology, and politics. Heinlein and others made considerable inroads into other areas of life and philosophy. What inferences can we make from the questions posed in these works of fiction that can serve us today and into the future? Come discuss these issues as we unpack the great ideas we have admired in our favorite stories and work back to the first principles that would make these worlds and ours more successful.
1 pm Pot Luck Lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share
2-4 pm Group discussions or hot tub
Paul may share some video’s relating to the Free State Project
Libertarian-themed Filk sing follows at 7pm (6pm for pot luck dinner)

Karl Hess Club Presentation: Atlas Shrugged, Liberty Loves
2018-01-15 19:00 - 22:30 | Dinah’s Family Restaurant, 6521 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90045, United States
Company by Paul Gibbons and Terry Lee Brussel.
Dinah’s Family Restaurant
6521 S. Sepulveda Blvd. (at Centinela Ave.)
*not a Live the Dream event
The difference between those of us who are comfortable with the status quo and those who truly love liberty is the willingness to share the freedom we want for ourselves with the rest of the world—whether politically or in our love lives. Ayn Rand herself lived an alternative lifestyle, though perhaps in a way which would not be considered ethical polyamory today—how would it have affected the story if her characters were poly? Liberty advocates who want the freedom to act in their own best interest while maintaining the desire to see others restricted in their ability to do the same (short of actual harm) because those others might do something the “liberty advocates” disapprove of are not really serving the cause of liberty. Is it true that liberty best serves the needs of humanity? We will discuss whether Rand’s characters embraced this position as well as examine whether she herself held that view in Atlas Shrugged and her other writings.
Don’t miss it!
Founded on April 30, 1994 by Samuel Edward Konkin III, J. Kent Hastings, Brad Linaweaver and Mike Everling. If you wish to learn more about Karl Hess, please consult his autobiography. “In a laissez – faire society, there could exist no public institution with the power to forcefully protect people from themselves. From other people (criminals), yes. From one’s own self, no.” — Karl Hess The Karl Hess Club is a Los Angeles based libertarian supper club that meets each month on the third Monday at Dinah’s Family Restaurant.
For more info on the Karl Hess Club go to www.karlhessclub.org/

Chosen Family & How Science Fiction Has Affected Real Families - We will discuss chosen families in real and fictional life. Tell us about yours!
2017-12-16 11:00 - 23:59 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Heinlein’s juveniles portrayed traditional families for the most part; good ones with mothers and fathers who loved each other. Line Marriage: Multi-Generational Group Marriage, triads and other unusual alternatives are described in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Time Enough for Love’s Tersius colony Family features a large group marriage consisting of many of our favorite characters from Heinlein’s other stories-on a planet where the government wouldn’t think of interfering in one’s marital choices and only your very advanced geneticist gets a vote on whom you make babies with. The water sharing ceremony in Stranger In a Strange Land is the best example of Family by choice and has effected families in reality probably more than any other of his books. Church of All Worlds and many other less formal groups including my own intimate friendship network have used this as a model for permanent committed relationships which may shift from lovers to friendship and back again multiple times during an ongoing relationship. Members of a Nest may live together or be “semi residential”. They may live nowhere near each other, but maintain their bonds through phone calls and visits (weekly, monthly, or perhaps a few times a year). The patterns are endless. The common denominator is long term loving commitment.
Which of Heinlein’s writings most affected the choices YOU have made regarding family and relationship structure? Did some other author effect your family choices?
1 pm Pot Luck Lunch Bring something healthy and delicious to share
2-4 pm Group discussions, Hot Tub available
Then that evening:
SATURDAY DECEMBER 16 6pm to???
Live the Dream WINTER HOLIDAY PARTY
6PM Evening of December 16 is LTD’s annual Winter Holiday Party with Hot tubbing and socializing in between the day time meeting and the party. (Crash space available by arrangement when you RSVP)
Latkes (provided by Live the Dream, along with Apple Sauce and Sour Cream), songs about the Maccabees, dreidels, lighted up Christmas miniature houses, and a Winter Solstice ritual. We’ll light the Hanukkah Menorah all candles—8th night! Did we forget a ritual important to you? Tell us and we’ll add it…
Bring stories/songs/poetry to share.
Wrapped science fiction, fantasy or magikal gift ($5-$10) for GIFT EXCHANGE.
Your favorite holiday dish (perhaps one you loved as a child) for pot luck supper—
(big enough for 10 to share.)
Children bring child gifts to exchange with each other.
Children welcome 6-8:30 pm ONLY—Adults only after that.
Sharing 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.
8:30 Solstice Ritual led by our High Priestess Ealswythe (Actress, Author and so much more!)
Clothing optional Jacuzzi (with holiday music playing inside it!) available all afternoon and evening–bring sandals and towels.
Cost $5 for paid members of Live the Dream $8 for non-members.

Live the Dream Meetpoint at LosCon 44 LAX Marriott Hotel
2017-11-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Loscon at the LAX Hilton Hotel, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90045, United States

Getting the Love & Friendship You Desire (and making what you already have even better!)
2017-11-18 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States

ALL HALLOWS EVE with pot luck dinner & party
2017-10-27 18:30 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Samhain Ritual

The night’s events will go from 6:30 pm until it ends (i.e. LATE)
7:30-8:30 PM ALL HALLOWS EVE Samhain ritual, led by our High Priestess, Ealswythe. (Outside under the stars) … Bring something you want to let go of-a symbol or written note. It will be cleansed in the cauldron’s flame.
This is the time in the year when the veil between our world and the spirit world is the thinnest, and we can concentrate on contacting our loved ones who have passed away, and make Magick happen in our lives! Ealswythe has studied the Tarot and Palmistry, and she has also led many people through visualizations of their past lives. A firm believer that by trying to understand the things out there, that cannot be seen by “normal” vision, we can enhance our lives, she has also sought an understanding of the Spirit World, and how to communicate and receive messages from them. Currently, she has been studying the Quantum Theory to understand Parallel Universes. She has written a play about a woman who accidentally falls into a parallel universe, and finds that she is married to a different husband!

Costume as ye will and/or be body painted in some beautiful and unusual way by a friend (body paint supplied by LTD).
9pm on: A dynamite performance by Ealswythe as Frank’n’Furter, performing “Sweet Transvestite”! You will think you’re watching “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”- LIVE!
You are welcome to do some sort of dramatic or funny presentation appropriate to your costume. Be creative! Must call LTD hotline to arrange for this.
We will close with the Rocky Horror movie on our big screen TV —IT’S TRADITION!
HOT TUB AVAILABLE ALL EVENING–CLOTHING OPTIONAL Bring towel and sandals.
For the Pot Luck: Live the Dream supplies homemade chicken soup, breads, spreads and hot apple cider.
Please bring a dish big enough for 10.
A-F Your favorite Meat, cheese, nut, fish or other delicious protein dish.
G-M Juices or fresh fruit.
N-R Salads.
S-Z Desserts and treats.

Halloween Party…

…follows. Costume as ye will and/or be body painted in some beautiful and unusual way by a friend (body paint supplied by LTD).

9:00 on: A dynamite performance by Ealswythe as Frank’n’Furter, performing “Sweet Transvestite”! You will think you’re watching “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” – LIVE!

You are welcome to do some sort of dramatic or funny presentation appropriate to your costume. Be creative! Must call LTD hotline to arrange for this.

We will close with the Rocky Horror movie on our Big screen TV — IT’S TRADITION!

HOT TUB AVAILABLE ALL EVENING — CLOTHING OPTIONAL Bring towel and sandals

Please RSVP to 818-886-0069 so we know how many will be attending!

Live the Dream’s 30th Anniversary Year
2017-09-15 10:00 - 2017-09-17 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
We will feature excerpts from Fifty Years of Polyamory by Glen Olson and Terry Brussel
(being offered to publishers at this writing) throughout the year!
Confirmed: Oberon Zell, founder of the Church of All Worlds, will be our Keynote speaker on Saturday September 16 10 am for Live the Dream’s 30 anniversary!

Glen Olson speaks to us about Fifty Years of Polyamory Through Our Eyes Saturday at 2 pm.
Sensitivity exercises for Growing Closer verbal and non-verbal Friday night and throughout weekend when other things are not happening.
Sensual couple and group massage Saturday Night led by Terry and Craig.
The event will take place at Penfield House in Winnetka. Some crash space is available in the house by prearrangement with tent camping available (even a limited number of tents including a couple big enough for 6 people) by calling ahead in the front and back yards.
Close by motels are another option if you wish greater comfort.
Access to showers and Hot Tub available all week end.
Friday night dinner LTD provides homemade chicken soup + Pot Luck
Breakfast Saturday LTD provides omelets + Pot Luck
Lunch Saturday LTD provides Salmon and Tuna salad + Pot Luck.
We will order Pizza Saturday night—provided by LTD.
Brunch of Fruit, Cream Cheese and Bagels Sunday is provided by Live the Dream.
You bring a dish big enough for 10 as well as snacks for yourself and to share.
A-F Your favorite Meat, cheese, nut, fish or other delicious protein dish
G-M Juices or fresh fruit
N-R Salads
S-Z Desserts and treats.
Price for this event is $75 for a single, couples $120 until 8-17-17. After that, singles $100 and couples $160. Call 818-886-0069 to put this on a credit card or send checks made out to Live The Dream to 8515 Penfield Ave. Winnetka, Calif 91306

Swinging to Poly - Black and White or Shades of Gray?
2017-08-19 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Led by Marcus Brussel Jenkins. Some poly people are former or “evolved” swingers. They discovered they wanted more from a relationship than the sex alone could give them. Others may straddle both worlds as they attend poly gatherings and “permissive” parties. Hopefully these folks have read Bouquet of Lovers (please see full article on the CAW website)and practice safe sex! At Life Styles Conventions given by Wide World of Swingers, Hospitality was handled by a group of people who had known each other over many conventions. They had worked closely together on all the details of making a big convention successful for those giving it and those attending it. Some may have originally met at one of those parties which were frankly Swing parties, had sex and not asked their partner’s name. After working together for years, going to each other’s weddings and kids Bar Mitzvahs as well as social gatherings of all kinds for holidays, etc. any love making they do with each other is no longer casual and is certainly not anonymous. Even if they still call themselves swingers, they are probably poly by most definitions. Might swing parties be one way to introduce people to the poly life style while looking for potential love partners who may not yet know they are poly?
Pot Luck Lunch 1 pm
Socializing, shaded hot tub, etc. 2-4 pm

Will You Multi Marry Me?
2017-07-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Fiction authors such as Heinlein, Spider Robinson and Marion Zimmer Bradley have offered us marriage ceremonies for joining with more than one significant other. We will discuss not only the ceremonies themselves, but the promises being made and the effect of the future of the relationships being committed to. In the real world, the Church of all Worlds, Loving More and others have created such vows & ceremonies for current use. We will have examples of those as well.
6 pm on Pot luck dinner followed by FILK— (science fiction folk songs) from such serious ones as Ballad of Apollo 13 to the outrageously funny Star Trek filk song ‘Banned from Argo’. We have some specifically poly ones, too, including those based on Heinlein’s writings. Ask for your favorite topic or science fiction book and flikers will find or create it!

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME, Will You Still Need me, Will You Still Feed me WHEN I’M 64?
2017-06-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
THIS IS LIVE THE DREAM’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR! SPECIAL WEEKEND LONG EVENT IS PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 16 AND 17TH (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON). MORE ON THIS IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER.
Registration for Califur is CLOSED. For more information go here.

Califur the 13th Terry presents: Live The Dream
2017-05-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Sheraton Fairplex Hotel, 601 W McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA, 91768, United States
Vineyard Ballroom 3 & 4: Terry will be presenting:Live The Dream
Ever felt it was possible to love more than one special person? Had fantasies of multiple lovers in your bed, in your life? Have you read and been fascinated by such books as Time Enough for Love (Heinlein), Spell Sword/Forbidden Tower (Bradley) or the Dragon Riders of Pern books (Ann McCaffery). People like us do not just exist in Science Fiction books! We’ll help you find out how to choose your most joyous lifestyle and live your Dreams…
Registration for Califur is CLOSED. For more information go here.

Califur the 13th Terry presents: HYPNOFANTASY! Become Your Identifying Animal in your body, mind and spirit!
2017-05-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Sheraton Fairplex Hotel, 601 W McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA, 91768, United States
Vineyard Ballroom 3 & 4; Terry will be presenting: HYPNOFANTASY!
Become Your Identifying Animal in your body, mind and spirit!

Shifting Realities, The Mandela Effect and Number Of The Beast
2017-05-20 11:00 - 16:00 | CA
Led by Linda Fitack and Terry Lee Brussel
Linda has written a book called the Mandela Effect. (click here: www.amazon.com/Mandela-Effect-Confabulation-Fact-ebook/dp/B01I7V60YS). It is not science fiction, but is about the result of experiments being done by real scientists which are creating micro black holes. This is causing individuals to shift from one possible reality which they were born into to other realities which may differ only insofar as where you put your keys or so different as to contain major bridges where there were none and differing size and location of continents.
Terry is a certified clinical hypnotherapist (since 1969) who has done psychic readings on parallel lives and taught workshops in how to be aware of one’s own parallel selves living concurrently with us in realities where you made a different decision about what your career would be or who you would marry. This is real, too, rather than fantasy, and has been proven fact as Terry’s knowledge from other realities can be used in this one situation where she had no other access to that knowledge than her window into another reality.
How does this relate to polyamory? Considering the shifting of realities and the different versions of your lifemate(s) you may have already encountered without realizing it, we may all be poly! Heinlein’s Number of the Beast and To Sail Beyond the Sunset offer alternate realities, group marriages which have members from several of them in the same group, and things we can use to
make our multiple relationships in the real(?) world work.
Pot Luck lunch 1 pm
Socializing in clothing optional hot tub 2-4

LTD Outing to Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale
2017-05-14 10:00 - 18:00 | CA
Gather round the Maypole! Lunch with the Green Man and admire the deliciously displayed serving wenches. Enjoy robust Shakespearian theater and heavenly dulcimer music. We will meet at Opening. Opening parade is at 10am.Mothers will be honored at opening and throughout Faire this weekend—bring yours or let your kids bring you. Let us know you will be joining us and we can make plans together—LTD hot line. To connect at the Faire, Terry can be reached at 818-388-5612.

Alternative Dating Etiquette & Group Living - ROOM AVAILABLE in PENFIELD HOUSE!
2017-04-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
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 girl friend 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? Emily Post did not cover this stuff, but we will!
Note: the real answer to all these questions is that they involve agreements between those involved in a couple, triad or larger group marriage. All of this is negotiable–preferably before the situation arises…
1 pm Pot luck lunch
2 – 4 pm Socializing in clothing optional hot tub.
ROOM AVAILABLE in PENFIELD HOUSE – click here for details.

Passover Seder, Lead By Rob Milander And Ivan Frankel
2017-04-10 19:00 - 23:00 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Call Terry to RSVP before 4/3/17 at (818) 886-0069 to arrange what to bring for the Seder or to attend without a food contribution. We need time to plan things and shop for supplies.
This is a Celebration of Freedom!
This holiday commemorates the first time one People (the Jews) freed itself from bondage to another People (the Egyptians). We’ll do this this with plenty of group participation! You don’t have to read Hebrew for this or even be Jewish. Whether you want to learn more about your own heritage, just share this special holiday with those you care about, or discover a cultural experience new to you, you are welcome! This is a coordinated pot luck since it requires special foods. This event is FREE to one clean up coordinator, one serving coordinator, and the single or couple who volunteers to bring 5 pounds of lamb or 10 pounds of chicken.
Cost: $8.00 with arranged food contribution and one bottle of kosher wine for each adult in your party, one bottle of grape juice for each child. $18 each without food contribution + bring beverage. Children under thirteen free with food, $5 without.
You can arrive 6 – 7 pm to socialize and help with preparations. Seder itself starts at 7:00 pm.

Poly Next Generation and Happy St Patrick’s Day!
2017-03-17 - 2017-03-18 | Live the Dream Center, 8515 Penfield Ave., Winnetka, CA, 91306, United States
Poly Next Generation and Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Richard and his wife Devon discuss their lifestyle which is alternative in more ways than one. Devon is several years older than her husband. Their marriage is an open one and both
of them are bi. Richard’s parents lived the poly lifestyle as he was growing up. His Mother, Mary, will share a bit about that…
1 pm Pot luck lunch
Bring fresh fruit, salads and your favorite Irish dishes to go with the corn beef and cabbage provided by LTD.
2 – 3:30 pm
Spring Equinox Ritual
led by our High Priestess Ealswythe!
3:30 – 5:00
Socializing in the hot tub with Irish Music playing
The spring equinox is one of the four great solar festivals of the year. Day and night are equal, poised and balanced, but about to tip over on the side of light. The spring equinox is sacred to dawn, youth, the morning star and the east. The Saxon goddess, Eostre (from whose name we get the direction East and the holiday Easter) is a dawn goddess, like Aurora and Eos. Just as the dawn is the time of new light, so the vernal equinox is the time of new life.

All Live the Dream events are 11am – 4pm on 3rd Saturdays
8515 Penfield Ave in Winnetka, Ca. 91306 (unless otherwise specified).
New: Donation suggested for parties (not including Passover) and regular day time meetings: Ladies Free with potluck dish. Gentlemen: non-members $10 Members $5 Bring something for the pot luck.
