Hi Folks, Imagine sitting around the fire listening to great stories from cultures around the world--and in between, short workshops on how you can tell stories for teaching, healing, or entertainment. I think it's going to be great--hope you'll be there! Storyteller, Talespinner  December 4-5 at Ardantane with Amber K  School of Sacred Living, Fee: $110  A weekend of stories and

Hi Folks, If you live in New Mexico and can spare a day, please come to the Ardantane campus this Saturday, November 13. I's a Blessed Beavers work party, and have we got a lot to do before winter arrives full force! Hawk Haven needs the air conditioner removed for the season and some temporary wall built. The Dome needs its final color coats on the roof. The Pumpkin Shed needs a new roof

Many thanks and much praise is due to Cliff and William, who finished the white sealing coat on the Dome Saturday. (And to those who helped with earlier sections!) It took ladders, ropes, harnesses and lots of clambering around up in the sky, but now we are assured the building won't leak this winter. At present the Dome is a radiant white color. When we get the final color coats on (elastomeric

Shaman's Peak is one of the landmarks visible from Ardantane, on the west end of Mesa De Las Casas, in the National Forest. We call it Shaman's Peak because there are several small , plastered caves near the top. Legend has it that ancestral Pueblo shamans used those caves for sunrise rituals. It's not a difficult climb--if you are 22 years old, or made of rawhide and whipcord, and know the best