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Dining Out, Spring Term. photo credit-Pixabay
with Patricia Overall
In-person
Participants will meet once a month for lunch at various restaurants in the Farmington area. Reservations will need to be firm one week prior to the date. Participants will order from the standard menu and receive separate checks.
First Thursday of the month
March 6, 2025
April 3, 2025
May 1, 2025
June 5, 2025
11:30 am.
Location: TBD
Patricia Overall has been a member of GLI for three years. She is a retired high school mathematics teacher, who later worked in hotel management and other occupations, including NACA, now NASA, and as a bartender. She has lived in 18 states and obviously enjoys eating out.
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Springtime Ramblings
with Ray Stillman
In-Person
Each session will involve a walk/hike at one of the several meadows, woodlands, or mountains near Farmington. In general, we will travel between 20 to 30 minutes to the selected spot, ramble a trail for 45 to 90 minutes, and return to start. We will attempt to avoid difficult terrain.
A make-up date will be explored if we encounter inclement weather. Individual emails will note the selected site, a brief description of what to expect, and suggestions of items to bring along.
4 sessions
March 27, 2025,
April 17, 2025,
May 22, 2025,
June 26, 2025
9 am -12 pm
Location: TBD
Ray has conducted similar trips in past sessions and is an avid hiker & outdoorsman.
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Grief, Memory, Textile
with Ann Arsenault-Shultz
In-Person
Loss is entwined with the human condition. We will come together with artifacts of our loved ones and create a keepsake with them. Your creations may be practical or abstract, hand-sewn or glued, so no sewing is needed.
Some artifact examples: Textiles - shirts, hats, ties. Ephemera - photos, letters, papers.Suggested Possibilities: Functional - eyeglass case, fabric belt or scarf, bookmark, toss pillow cover. Non-functional - collage, wall hanging, shadow box. These are suggestions, your ideas are welcome.
Come to class with your artifacts and/or ephemera. In the first session we will discuss options and plan for materials you will need to bring to the remaining sessions for working on your keepsake.
May 14, 21, 28, June 4. 10 am -12 pm
Education Center, room 112
Ann works with textiles to create abstract collages, a love she discovered in recent years after retiring from teaching, both in class and online. She has also dipped into the surprisingly magical art form of watercolor painting.
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What Puts the Roar in the Roaring Twenties.
with Diane Parker
In-Person
For only lasting a decade, the 1920s sure made a mark. Learn some history, fashion, lingo, and more in this class.
May 14, 2025
2 PM - 4 PM
Location: Education Center, room 112
Diane Parker, who majored in history once upon a time, is still passionate about it. While living in what she thought was a mundane town in the Midwest, she discovered its history to be not so mundane. The 1920s were anything but mundane. Bonnie and Clyde had one of their major shootouts there. That led Diane to delve into more history of the decade called The Roaring Twenties.
Hatha Gentle Yoga
with Sharon Jones
In-Person
4 Sessions
Gentle and easy Hatha Yoga with Shri (Sharon Jones) offers a rich tapestry of practices to enhance physical and mental well-being.
Hatha yoga, a traditional form of yoga, integrates asana (postures) and pranayama (breath control) to enhance physical and mental well-being, with pranayama serving as a bridge between breath and spirit, cultivating awareness and control over breath for greater energy flow.
Basic poses, including breath work (Pranayama), will be explored. One hour of class includes a 5-minute meditation to start and a 10-minute guided relaxation at the end of the class.
May 15, 22, 29, and June 5, 2025
2-3 pm
Location: The Landing, Olsen Learning Center, lower level.
Sharon is an experienced and certified teacher and has been practicing yoga for 50+ years. and has taught a Yoga Relaxation class recently at Gold LEAF Institute.
Our Animal Stories: Woof, Baa, La La La.
with Cathy Wimett
In-Person
In this class, we will gather to listen to and tell stories about our animals, including those that have amazed, loved, annoyed, shocked, attacked, and/or entertained us over the years. Lyn Terranova will be the lead-off storyteller because Cathy says so. Please join us, tell your own stories, or listen to other’s stories. Photos of your animals are welcome. This is a time to share experiences and relax. No formal storytelling experience is necessary. Just join us and enjoy the time together.
May 20, 2025
1 pm - 3 pm
Location: North Dining Hall East End C
Cathy Wimett has been amazed by stories Gold LEAFers, especially Lyn Terranova, have told about their animals’ antics over the years. Lyn has raised and lived with a wide variety of animals - and has the stories to prove it. She has welcomed cats, dogs, sheep, rams, turkeys, chickens, pigs, goats, and a llama into her home, barn, and fields for many, many years.
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The United States and China: Can this relationship be saved? photo credit by Pixabay
with Joseph McDonnell
In-Person
The course will examine the complex relationship between the world's two largest economies and explore four possible outcomes: how China wins, how the US wins, how both lose, and how both win.
Thursday, May 29th @ 10:00 A.M.
Location: The Landing, Olsen Learning Ctr, Lower Level.
Joseph W. McDonnell serves as the President of the University of Maine at Farmington. Previously he served as professor of public policy and management at the Muskie School at the University of Southern Maine (USM), and as a dean and provost at USM.
Dr. McDonnell has been a keen observer of China’s development over the last twenty years and has written and lectured on China. In 2013, he founded a Confucius Institute at the University of Southern Maine and served as its director for five years. More recently, he has developed a relationship between the University of Maine at Farmington and the Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China.
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Introduction to Brennan Healing Science
with Irene Bodendorf
In-Person
We invite you to an experience in Brennan Healing Science with Irene Rebecca Bodendorf. This modality is based on the study of bio-energy systems, the Hunan Energy Field, and applications for hands-on healing and personal transformation.
We will be introduced to Brennan Healing Science, enhance our High Sense Perception, and learn self-healing techniques.
June 10, 17, 24, 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Ed Ctr, room 103
Irene is a Brennan Healing Science Practitioner, a graduate of a four-year International College based in Florida and Oxford, England.
Irene has a 24-year practice and has staffed Dr. Barbara Brennan’s Intensives in the United States and Mondsee, Austria. She holds a Multidisciplinary Degree incorporating Business and Social Science Majors. Irene brings her experience in the Education, Medical, and Corporate Business world to her healing practice.