Join Ona Armstrong of Firefly Valley Pottery for a weekend of ceramic hand building instruction. Students will begin by making a dinnerware set for two that includes two plates, two bowls, and two mugs. After those items are made, students will have the choice to make other items used in the kitchen such as carved sugar spoons, salt cellars, tea strainers, herb strippers, sponge holders and more.

In this course participants will become immersed in practical and life-giving skills and practices of Mindfulness Meditation while spending time reflecting and writing in the forest and other natural settings in order to awaken to their innate relationships with the more-than-human world.

"Mindfulness is paying attention in the present moment, on purpose, without judgment, as if your life depends on it. Dr. Mattie Decker is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, and has been teaching Mindfulness since 2015 beginning with MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction) at university, and currently teaches weekly Mindfulness Meditation classes online and at the Fairview Public Library.