The John C. Campbell Folk School

What would you pick?

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Offering more than eight hundred week- and weekend-long classes across more than fifty disciplines, John C. Campbell Folk School has something for everyone. Located in Brasstown, North Carolina, it looks like a potential future trip for us.

Tucked away in the mountains of western North Carolina, the John C. Campbell Folk School offers weeklong and weekend classes for adults in craft, art, music, dance, cooking, gardening, nature studies, photography, writing, and more. Our non-competitive and small-sized classes are offered year-round on a scenic 270-acre campus, attracting students from all over the world.

There’s an e-catalog (here) that showcases weeklong, long weekend and weekend classes.

You can flip through it as if it were paper catalog - pretty neat to play with. When you land at the table of contents page you can click on what ever you’re interested in and it will take you to it.

If you click on the class name in a description in the e-catalog you get the description page, screenshot of the partial pages below.

Cooking: Italian Liquors & Gelatos looks interesting, except it’s waitlisted.

I can’t imagine why.

Decorative Weaving on River Stones also looks interesting.

Rock wrapping is believed to have a number of spiritual benefits, such as promoting a sense of calm and tranquility, enhancing positive energy, and helping to create a deeper connection with nature. Some people also find it can be a meditative and grounding practice that helps them feel more centered and focused. Overall, it's a great way to incorporate mindfulness and self-care into your daily routine. Having wrapped rocks in your home promotes well-being, improves overall mood, can help with depression, and even motivate. Japanese-style rock wrapping also provides a sense of accomplishment, gets the creative juices flowing, and the finished product is oddly satisfying. Shibari-style rocks look fantastic, and seeing your finished product makes you feel amazing. Master the Art of Japanese Rock Wrapping: Creating Zen Stones, Spiritual Benefits and Creative Ideas.

Hubby thinks Blacksmithing, Metalwork: Yard Art could be interesting.

The trick would be getting our interests lined up for the same long weekend.

There’s a campground on campus

So of course the Cool Kids would come with us!

Hey maybe I’ll open an Etsy shop!

Their Facebook page is also fun to look at.

Another fun thing to look forward to!

Remember.

Aging is not about decline.

It is about mastery.

What class would you pick?

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