Special Offerings   

Discover the world of model railroading! Would you like to get to know this hobby? You might think it’s about running toy trains in a circle, but depending on what you like it can be building, wiring, electronics, modelling, painting, researching, and more! It can involve computers and 3D printing if you want. We’ll look at history, terminology, skills, and the big questions to ask yourself. Rod Stewart once said, “I’m proud to be a railway modeler. It means more to me to be on the cover of Model Railroader than to be on the cover of a music magazine.”

New in-person workshop. Format includes lecture.

We are beginning a global energy transition away from fossil fuels and toward electricity in homes, transportation, and business. We will look briefly at the science around energy usage and examine the new technologies which make electrification attractive. The advantages of electrical energy usage will be highlighted, with focus on our homes and transportation. Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar will enable our energy usage to become much more planet friendly. Participants are invited to bring their own concerns and questions to the workshop. The instructor sells no products or services, and is not connected with anyone who does. New in-person workshop. Format includes lecture and discussion.
SUGGESTED BOOK: Energy: A Beginner’s Guide, Vaclav Smil, ISBN 978-1786071330

“The best camera is the one that’s with you.” — Chase Jarvis. For many of us, that camera is the iPhone we carry in our pocket every day. This course will cover setting up your iPhone for shooting better photos, focusing and composition techniques, editing photos on your iPhone (or iPad if you have fat fingers like me), and how to find your way to shooting in black and white on the streets
of Maine. You will need a relatively up-to-date iPhone and the Snapseed app (free in the App Store). Join the international iPhone photography community.

This is an iPhone-only class; Android or Google phones are not supported.

Repeat in-person workshop. Format includes lecture, discussion, and hands-on learning.

In this very playful gathering, you will join Delilah on her journey to enlightenment with her humorous stories and songs. Then you’ll have the opportunity to participate in some fun, easy, group exercises to share your own personal growth stories and wisdom. Which you do have! You will leave feeling refreshed and “enlightened” — about something, we don’t know what! Or at least have a good time trying!

 New in-person workshop. Format includes lecture and discussion.