Rocco and I (sin poochitos) are taking a well-needed vacation this week to head to Montréal for the early part of Diversite.
We'll be staying at the Big Boys B&B. I don't care what the room looks like as long as the hot tub works. Almost four years ago, on our honeymoon, we arrived at the B&B in Toronto (yes, it was a gay B&B, why do you ask) just as a tow truck was hauling off their hot tub!
Then returning from Montreal, we've been invited to stay the weekend at Easton Mountain, a gay men's retreat and intentional community founded by John Stasio, who used to live in Jamaica Plain when I did (and who had as several tenants friends of mine, including Les Wright, for a while). They originally invited me in May to conduct some sort of weekend bear-spirituality themed thing, but it soon became clear there wasn't enough time to plan and not enough participants who'd be interested in doing a bear-themed weekend not (necessarily) involving booze, drugs, and sex. So they offered to put us up over the weekend, and I'll have some time with their programming guy(s) to talk about the possibility for doing something next year.
I'd really love to hear responses to these questions:
– Would you attend a “bear spirituality” themed weekend at a retreat site like Easton?
– What sorts of workshops, classes, discussions, encounters, would you like to see offered during such a weekend?
Also, I'm curious if anyone would be interested in a Bi Men's spirituality weekend next year …
your input is appreciated.
