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# 🌹 I DON'T ADD MEMBERS, MEETUP INFO IS PUBLICLY VISIBLE here: https://www.youtube.com/@WRP_Diana

# 2nd Tuesdays, 8pm Pacific Time: COVE HOLD Meetup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShR1kwD9Lw   Share / Brainstorm Positive FanFic & RPG Stories Continuing McCaffrey's Dragonriders Of PERN on AUDIO-Zoom.  Free.

3rd Saturdays, 8 pm, Pacific Time:
Cocreate Interplanetary Recipes & Party Activities! FREE
( inspired by a new fanfic I'll be posting soon):

🍨 Ma Costi has become so popular she's trained a committee to handle her catering overflow! Today, we meet at The Intergalactic Culinary Enthusiasts Convention to plan the most hedonistic interplanetary meal, & superfun activities for a surprise party for Tara at The Orb!

🌯 We introduce ourselves by either:

  • sharing exotic gourmet recipes, foods, food culture(including dining/party activities, rituals/traditions, & other culinary history) from other planets (as well as Earth/Terra)...
  • sharing about, readng aloud, or brainstorming a bit of our fav Ma Costi cooking/story...

Then we weave the best of them together to cocreate delights, & social, interactive dining / party activities for Tara's upcoming surprise party at The Orb!

(Soon the Audio-zoom mtg will be preceded or followed by Video-Zoom mtg To Try Activities We Created, + Do The Mirror Dance [Each time to different music brought by anyone who wants to]. Plus every few months we have a party & share these interactive activities over a meal on Zoom!)

🍓 20 min ( or up to 40 min, if we stay longer) audio gathering: But make sure to arrive by the 1st 20 min, as it's not planned that we'll be there longer.

To attend EITHER:

  • have an exotic/unusual fictional or real recipe, kind of food, or party/dining activity to share,
  • enjoy co-brainstorming the above,
  • have an idea or tidbit to share about the exquiste unusual chef, Ma Kosti, from the Vorkosigan Saga (main books where she appears are: 'Memory', 'A Civil Campaign'),

Reading any of the following books above or below by Lois McMaster Bujold will increase your understanding & enjoyment of the experience; though not required: The Labyrinth from 'The Borders Of Infinity', 'Winterfair Gifts'.

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ZOOM LINK generally POSTED at least 30 min before the gathering, in my comments BELOW This VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3m1Qsg8b8&list=PLK1Voc8y_0HqxCnOjJzKouCPLr2WlWUC3  Don't watch video, it needs to be updated.

🫔 The party is instigated by another character from the Vorkosigan Saga who shall remain a mystery at the moment. And is part of a larger story that makes this party, & the reasons for having it much more interesting.  I'll post the new fanfic soon.

☕️ Celebrate the delicious wonders & possibilities for FUN IN the universe!

4th Saturdays. 8 pm:

Audio-Zoom New Outer Limits Gathering:  Brainstorm, Discuss, CoCreate New Scenarios, Dimensions, Worlds, etc...  Free Monthly Gathering:

We'll start w/a simple audio-only zoom gathering,  to get a chance to be introduced to each other in this new session of the gathering, --thru beginning to brainstorm, discuss, & cocreate what is described below. And over time we'll evolve to do whole gathering described below:

ZOOM link POSTED UNDER YOUTUBE VIDEO AT LEAST 1 HOUR BEFORE EACH GATHERING(Skip watching the video til I've updated it & instead read current info below):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-lLVVKFOfQ&list=PLK1Voc8y_0HoirsGHCNZqhe9edE8glT0F

A free monthly gathering to connect w/peers who not only love the New Outer Limits TV series from the 90s:  Gather On Zoom & Create New Scenarios...live them, roleplay...but more like exploratory theme or workshop activities than a LARP:

🛸 brainstorm new episodes, new dimensions, new worlds. Our fantasy futures. The positives & the challenges:

. 🔭 Though we do all sorts of activities inspired by this series; the main intention is to cocreate, roleplay scenarios, live in new ways; expand our perceptions, challenge ourselves, use our full potentials. And explore what fun, inventive, outside the box things we could do to bring the most exciting & essential new frontiers into the world now.

🔮 Though the creature feature episodes were sometimes amusing, they were more similar to each other, generally more simply action, less exploratory about the future:  So we don't tend to focus on them or horror-genre episodes; unless they have food for thought / new ideas that inspire us to explore/createa positive new frontiers.

🚀 This will evolve to be a 3 part gathering:
1). We'll start by doing a 20 min AUDIO-ONLY GATHERING ( we may stay longer, but ARRIVE W/IN 1st 20 min, as we may not!!!).
2). **THEN IN A MONTH or two WE'LL START 1st w/a VIDEO ZOOM face-to-face Outer Limits-themed Icebreaker activities that are at least 50% gently physically active: Imaginative, Humorous, Meaningful/Envelope-pushing ACTIVITIES:  Like Party Games, Improv Games, Surrealist Games, Get-To-Know-Each-Other's-Universe Games, Story Games, etc.  This will then be followed by the short audio meetup above, & then--
3).  We'll fo the full VIDEO ZOOM face-to-face workshop described above.
Though Dec 30 we'll only be doing the audio gathering; in following months we'll do all 3; --w/15, 20min or 40 min each(depending on how big a group we are & how long we want to go). And eventually will be a 90 min gathering ( & eventually I'll move time to 7pm ...or earlier).
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🌹DON'T EMAIL / MSG ME:
I'll be posting creative ways to CONNECT VIA AUDIO:
I'm here to find friends to do things in new ways; you must use the new ways to reach me: In the meantime: Follow my informal/whimsical gather instructions, & just show up & connect w/me live🙂

🌹More free meetups & outside the box resources posted here: https://www.youtube.com/@WRP_Diana more very different ones to be posted soon!)
if you want reminders, & to be kept the most up to date; as I'll only be updating the most basic info on meetup: (Youtube lets me turn comments off; + post via audio to save time & save my eyes: So my time & my can be spent solely on hosting gatherings, & gathering w/you)!

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PERN-lovers connect & share activities, workshops, gathers & LARPS on zoom or audio! EXPLORE & add to the world of PERN. Many gatherings include physical activities; frequently w/dance or creative movement & song chant, or creative sound:

Meet peers on ZOOM or audio conference calls, & celebrate each other in peer-run  COMMUNITY GATHERINGS  w/creative,  active,  supportive, GROUP  ACTIVITIES  where PEOPLE INSPIRE EACH OTHER  in  NEW  WAYS,  BEYOND  CONVENTIONAL  ideas  & EXPECTATIONS!:  OUTSIDE The BOX-- Sci-Fi/Fantasy loversPhilanthropists, Volunteers, Activists, Gift-ers, Futurists, DIY-ers, Skill-sharers, & other people  --who continually, actively, *FREEly*, innovatively, & sustainably contribute their gifts (of time, energy, resources, creativity, love, ideas, etc… ) --to those around them, to rock each other's world, & actively make each other’s dreams happen!

This is a community of people who live by their own rhythms, source their decisions/actions/projects from our imagination, heart & spirit, --rather than letting our lives or others be dictated, & limited, by mainstream thinking.

Share life w/peers like yourself in gatherings w/interactive group activities:  Inspirational Playshops;  humorous Party Games;  Group Art;  Future Studies/ Sustainable Projects/Salons;   Sci-Fi / Fantasy Projects/ Salons;  Social/Interactive mind-body-spirit Fitness & Well Being activities;  Dances;  Therapeutic Massage Groups;  Peer Mentoring; CoCreated Spiritual Gatherings;  & more...!

We have *both* Drop-In Gatherings, *and*
Regularly meeting small & large 'commitment groups;
Plus Special Events, Resources, etc..
meetups are weekdays & weekends:

Gatherings are mostly *ACTIVE* to celebrate our bodies & interweave physical health, well being & a positive appreciation of our body as part of our practices, & daily life:
Cocreated by diverse network of friends & communities centered around the wisdom of focusing on positive thoughts, energy, & actions; celebrating the beauty & infinite possibilities in each other.  Let's connect deeply with each other,  & thru both interactive experiences & discussion --explore all aspects of reality, perception & potential in ways that challenge, expand, enrich each other & our communities.  Share genuine friendships, acceptance, positive attitude, celebrate diversity!

For people looking for solid friends; who aren't only interested in their own journey, but instead really enjoy being there for each other.  And especially people who have inspiring new ideas for the directions  in their community & want to cocreate activities, & resources with each other!    This is especially a safe place for folks who either feel they don't quite fit in any community;  or simply feel disconnected.

This site isn't focused on internet discussion /chat, but instead providing diverse opportunities to meet in-person & find or cocreate activities, projects, & community that resonate with us, --& build lasting meaningful friendships, find real community.

For anyone who welcomes & celebrates solid friendships & leadership from Outside The Box friendly, open-minded people from any background (no matter their: style choices, skin color, shape, age, gender, financial situation, sexual preferences, behavior [shy people, hyper people, etc!]).  We embrace the knowledge that our lives are continuously enriched by each other’s unique gifts: We look forward to coming to this community because it's not ‘homogenized’:  but instead because we celebrate that we’re all exquisitely diverse, & feel welcome to share it, look & act differently; not hide, or change it:

We invite you to this space beyond conventional conceptions of humanity, & what our group, or individual, role is in society, but to instead enjoy focusing on the unlimited, fantastic, unknown potentials of all human beings.   This atmosphere inspires us to feel welcome to continuously contribute whatever we're inspired from our unique personalities & backgrounds. Your ideas here: ___________ ... the possibilities are infinite!  Communities can sometimes be internally focused and disconnected to the larger picture: This group seeks to create bridges and link people to a wider community & perspective.

Community is often times cut off or divided because some folks don't have the financial means necessary to "hang out:" We wish to bridge those gaps and find ways that people can get together (+ find community resources) without the added stress of spending money to do so. Some of our members are full time students, others are starving artists; so we're sensitive about other's conditions. Keeping that in mind you're most welcome to suggest anything *at meetups*, --that you think would be particularly interest or meaningful to people; so long as it honors this & the other themes of our site described on this page.

**CREATIVE, INSPIRATIONAL, HOLISTIC, &/OR SACRED --ACTIVITY SHARING GATHERINGS for this community**: Egalitarian --everyone welcome to co-lead: Includes the dances/songs + creative, holistic, inspirational &/or sometimes humorous interactive, multidisciplinary activities, journeys, rituals, celebrations, practice sharing,

* living fully \~\*ALIVE\*\~ in the temple of our mind, body, & spirit! For people looking for a deeper, more meaningful experience in life, to live in new contexts, who wish to make long time deep friends of the soul, regularly uplifting each other’s spirit sharing ...experiences where we support the manifestation of each other’s dreams, & \~\*CELEBRATE\*\~ each other!: Continuously discovering & co-creating diverse rituals, traditions, practices, holidays, projects, new resources, inventing solutions, etc… to explore, enrich, manifest, & evolve the infinite, positive potentials of human beings & our world… & our interaction with the universe. \ \ **DAYLIGHT WEEKDAY, EVENING, & WEEKEND meetups!**No experience is necessary to attend, just a willingness to open your heart to the sacredness of each other. \~\*All of these gatherings are for people committed to a positive, benign, life path.\*\~ ***We celebrate friendship, collaboration/cocreation, & leadership from people of any background no matter their:* style choices, shape, lifestyle, state of fitness, educational background, financial situation, age, skin color, sexual preferences, spiritual path, behavior preference ( hyper people, quiet people...), etc... :) :) :)** \ Our focus is around sharing experiences together, not spending time reading & typing: **The only way to \*really\* meet this community is by coming to our in-person gatherings & celebrating life together**!

**MULTIGENERATIONAL**: *We look forward to coming to these events knowing we are, & always will be beautiful & sought after at all ages of our evolution: because we're able to –see- & genuinely, deeply value the unique, rich limitless universe that each individual brings inside themselves, enriching our community beyond measure.* *\

\ ***"Tell me what you love & I'll tell you who you are...****"What do you love?: A mix of interests from people in this community, + some that we host events around: Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums, White Dragon, All the Weyrs of Pern, Skies of pern, dolphins if pern, anne mccaffrey, dragonsdawn, chronicles of pern, dragonseye, Outside the box philanthropists & leaders, sound healing, egalitarian, peer mentors, kirtan, Rumi, Hafiz, ephiphany, collective, abundance, mind body spirited, alternative, share, diy, drumming, whirling dervish, artists, hikes, solstice, hugs, full moon, nature, sustainable, green trades, volunteering, exchanges, spiritual activism, Morris dance, Contra dancing, off the grid, unschooling, Bujold, Lindskold, collaborate, Seuss, surrealist games, mysticism, wildcrafting, foraging, survivalists, mermaids, ancient, soul witness dance, regifting, openheartmusic.org, Findhorn. Samuel l. Lewis, singers, Rob Raskin, whole raw foods, Robert Frey, Sundanese Gamelan, Christo Pellani, Murshid, bliss, Karam, new age, metaphysical, meditative, trance, Diksha, Sufism, Self Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, folk, freecycle, recycle, muse, gaia, Orkut, Earth Sky lodge, university, goddess temple, college, tantric, liturgical, Putumayo, Turkish African groove, Hawaiian, Toni Michael,affirmations, Louise Jacobus, Wiccan dances, tai chi kung, Jim Lynn Chow, Native American Shamanism, Celtic, Roger Artemisia Hunt, leadership, Tui Wilschinsky, Aramaic, Persian, Sanskrit, Marybrenda, Social Action, Chinese, Hebrew, Israeli, McQueen, arabian nights, Marsha Sydhasa Clopton, puja, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Yarrow Nelson, Spanish, French, guild, consciousness, Vanessa Ragan, Human Awareness Institute, Marci Javril, HAI, Bodhi Tree, Agape, Rachel Forsyth, reuseit, Burning Man, tribe, Chrystine Julian, Star Trek, Next Generation, day of the dead, chants, ceremony, Unitarian, the well, prophetic, handfasting, ethereal, changeling, ministry, fete, soiree, mastery, Corinthians 13, sustainability, affinity groups, esoteric, B'stella, eccentric, somatic, ENFJ, plan, assist, noquartergiven, reenactment, innovation, future studies, rarefruit, SCA, Society for Creative Anachronisms, Art deco, moderne, mad scientists, acrobatics, aerial silks, glbt, quirky, androgyny, Metta, Ahisma, Ohana, Hobbit, Houdini, gift economy, Outer Limits, Dragonfruit, Labyrinth of Jared, Halloween, imagineers, Museum of Jurassic Technology, Namaka, Quan Yin, Capoeira, acrobats, Outer Limits, acroyoga, trampolines, enchantress, curriculum, homeschool, ministries, acupuncture, doula, Loreena Mckennitt, mists of avalon, sisters, pihop, 5th sacred thing, Baha’i, midwife, hermit, Lakshmi Lambert, Kabbalah, Cabala, Qabbālâ, merlin, mula bandha, wedding, The Goddess Dojo, channelling, non-violent, NVC, metaphysics, raw, transformation, enlightenment, consciousness, chiropractors, acupuncturists, healers, nutritionists, New Thought, red tent dojo, idealism, romanticism, Myers-Briggs iNtuitive Feelers, idealists, Acro Yoga, enthusiasm, Steeleye Span, great blue whale, swaps, really really free market, RRFM, Jewish, Buddhist, Buddhism, barters, skillshares, reciprocative, singles, couples, new in town, emergent christianity, Šahrzâd, dojo, Britannic, breathing, millennial connections, vow, whimsical, laughter yoga, source, castles, palaces, mentorship, autonomous, underground cities, aquaponics, Career Transition For Dancers; networking, biospheres, independent, intimacy, happiness, rapturous, friendship, alchemist, mystical, androgynous, imagination, enthusiastic, delights, Bhangra, Flamenco, red tent, masseuse, watsu, shiatsu, aston patterning, traeger, carols, caroling, thai, swedish, science fiction, fantasy, adventurous, roller coasters, Ignite, cannines at covenant, Egyptian, barefoot, partner, Yemaya, desert, spice, Cinnamon, practitioners, Yiddush, Judaism, Israeli, Sisters, arabian nights, diversity, African-American, Mideast Middle Eastern Mysteries, Egypto, Namaka, Quan Yin, moontime, Jim Carrey,séance, Yule, Samhain, prayer circle, outside the box Christians, discipleship, accupressure, equinox, Ostara, moontime, esbat, tarot, depth, Imbolic, fitness, inclusiveness, sabbat, Lughnasadh, Yemanja, Circle of Aradia, dianic,witchvox, vasclip, vasectomy, childfree people as well as parents, Satsanga, Satsangam, spells, root beer, kirtana, sankirtan\, girlfriends, sistas, Isis, Nefertiti, hip mamas, sarsaparilla, Pirates of the Caribbean, kindred spirits, soul mates, Somewhere In Time, sunlight, daylight, d3, solar, reclaiming, Reweaving, integrity, eye contact, Unitarians, wildfood, ceremonial, Scheherazade, Mosaic, futures oriented, worship, Women's Self Defense, Radiance International, Beltane, Anne McCaffrey, Dr. Ernest Holmes, Phantom Tollbooth, cinnamon, mulberry, chutzpah, daytime, Starhawk, Yemaya, wizards, Scheherazade, priestesses, player pianos, orchestrions, Fesenjan, One thousand and one nights, alchemy, mage, sage, Beltaine, Stonehenge, fathers, Pantheacon, matriarchal, tantra, party,magick, serve, zaadz, pagan, spa, scry, Kundalini Yoga, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, astral, auras, psychic, healing, house of prayer, Bast, Egyptian, Willy Wonka, Thanksgiving, bistella, Earnest Holmes, afternoon, entrepreneurs, cleopatra, erzulie, buk, atete, iemanja, oya, oshun, nana, aha njoku, ala, anyanwu, mami wata, asase yam success, sappho, cheshire cat, Stitch, Lilo, white birch, herbalists, timebanks, alternative currencies, spiritguides, victorian balls, ecstatic, 5 rhythms, Tesla, MBTI, Buckminster Fuller, Rube Goldberg, The Loft, OZ, CRJG, Exploratorium, womyn, women only, tesseract, Jane Eyre, disneyland, Magic Mountain, Angelus, Indiana Jones, Easter, reciprocate, Great American Food and Beverage Company, crete, lesbos, rainbow family, therapeutic massage sharing circles & exchanges, barter, open heartedness, heart centered living, energy healing, transformation, Nonviolent Communication, New City Church, pepsin, Christmas, tango, new wave 80s dancing, Zwiefacher, Methodists, therapists, therapeutic, Italian, insight, weekdays off, weeday daytime adventures, weeday daytime activities, weekday activities, weekday daylight activities, the vineyard, Interactive Kundalini Yoga, AcroKundaliniYoga, Sattva Yoga, Create Things For Each Other, Creating Surprises For Each Other, oneness, ren, Shahrzād, Congress of Vienna, ballroom, waltz, Oshun, Sattva, Satva, rumba, trance, authentic, salsa, mothers, Irish, Scottish, ceili, ENFP, Shaharazad, ENIGMA, disciple, spiritweaves, INFJ, Lammas, Continuum, Dancealive, parlor, sacred feminine, ragtime, satsang, mixer, singles, afternoons, tea, Eurhythmy, Lithia, Gabrielle Roth, Do-over, Barefoot Boogie, service, luaus, polka, westside, rounds, improvisational singing, biodanza, goth, swim, Golden Bridge, hambo, diurnal, breathe, archery, moms, Caid, survivalist, Lyondemere, CTMS, south, Barony of Angels, sunshine, learning, Shahrazād, renaissance faire, craigslist, Jules Verne, Stempunk, INFP, African, AMICA, reciprocation, futurists, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Emmanuel Swedenborg, Ernest Holmes, Howard Thurman, transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson,* serendipity.\*\~\*\~\*\~\*\~\*