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“Hey! Wait a minute! Wasn’t that the title of his last talk?” you say.
And the same was said when Monet kept painting those haystacks. But were they, in fact, the same haystacks? The time of day was different. The light was different. The whole mood and tone of each painting expressed something entirely distinct. Back in June, the last time I gave a talk with this title, its irony might have caught your eye, but that’s about it.
Today, however, after a fiercely contested election, the suggestion that there could possibly be any good news seems, at best, grotesquely naïve and, at worst, deeply insensitive. So hang on a minute, while I share with you some truly good news about the world falling apart.
Ananda was born in Boston, attended Oberlin and Yale and later taught English in Brooklyn. In 1994, he went upstate New York where he worked as a carpenter and mechanic and started seriously following his bliss.
For the next 25 years, he worked as a carpenter, but never stopped teaching: twelve years guiding students of shamanism at Spirit Hollow, the nature and spirituality center he co-founded, and the last 13 years and counting as an adjunct instructor of anthropology, history, and mythology at the Community College of Vermont.

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Michele discusses what IS a Magical experience and how walking on the Path of Happiness increases our frequency, what these experiences teach us, setting the stage for even more Divine Magic in our lives.
Michele McCarthy, M.S. has studied Metaphysics since the age of 18. She started her own business in Washington D.C. designing Career Centers, and teaching Team Building and Surviving Job Loss. She authored “Evolving Stories in Retirement”. She met a spiritual teacher and sold everything she owned, learning to trust God incrementally ever since.

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As part of the research for my next memoir, tentatively titled: (Don’t) Make A Spectacle Of Yourself, I’ve been going through old letters, photographs, and family Bibles. Memories from the 40s, 50s, and 60s are taking on new meaning, appreciation, and understanding—not just about some of the “characters” in my family…but about TIME and its teachings. As an octogenarian (9 x 9), I discover that it is still possible to learn valuable lessons from those long-gone aunts, grandparents, and even a great grandmother who I met–only once–when I was barely three.   
  Linda Durham is a storyteller, author, and humanitarian. For thirty-three years, she was the owner and director of Linda Durham Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, where she supported the careers of scores of New Mexico Artists.
Her memoir, Still Moving, reflects her strong engagement with the world as does her small book, The Trans-Siberian Railway Journey: Chronicle of a Russian Adventure.
She resides off-grid–on Glorieta Mesa–with her partner (Francois-Marie Patorni), three cats, a very old dog, and four pampered chickens.   During the past year, with the help of two strong and talented rock workers, she and “FM” built a traditional New Mexican “capella” / chapel from rocks collected on their land.   At age seventy, Linda made a solo trip “around the world in seventy days”–planting seeds of peace. More recently, her travels have taken her to Ireland, Mexico, Poland and Ukraine—and to Paris, this past May/June, for a writers’ workshop.

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Lee Valentine came to Santa Fe in 2000. At some point thereafter (he does not remember precisely when), he came to The Celebration and later began attending regularly. He is a writer who focuses on personal recovery (because he has needed so much of it). He speaks about perspective and point of view. He looks forward to seeing you.

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Tom grew up in an army family, moving constantly. He never felt he had a home until he settled in northern New Mexico and Santa Fe, where he’s been for most of the past 42 years. He served the country as a scientist and manager at Los Alamos. He was diagnosed with a serious illness near the end of his career and retired shortly thereafter. Then he began his journey of recovery, learning, and returning. He shares his experience and his gratitude for the many people who befriended him, challenged him, taught him, and loved him.

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In 1990 Art Blue joined a lay Franciscan community called Bethany House. The community ministered to men with AIDS and children from broken homes. These liberal Franciscans followed the teachings of radical Catholic theologian Matthew Fox, who taught that all religions and pagan spiritual paths lead to the Divine aspect of God in many different manifestations. In 1991 the community split and Art left with the more liberal community members to start a Creation Spirituality retreat center called Field of Dreams. For 4 1/2 years retreatants came to learn about all of the world religions and pagan spiritual paths, such as Native American spirituality and Celtic spirituality.

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Having grown up in an inner-city ghetto area of Brooklyn, Saul’s early life was consumed with fear. Reading became an escape for him when he began reading books at around 8 years old. His older brothers started taking him to the library and he eventually discovered the classics. As much as he enjoyed the classics (he read over 100 of them,) it was the Tarzan 24 book series that impacted him the most, and still does to this day. He shares what gifts he got from this character.
Saul is a full-time spiritual healer for people and animals, and is an ordained New Thought Minister and licensed chiropractor for the last 49 years. He was a performance and healing consultant with The National Football League for 20 years with the Green Bay Packers, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs from 2003-2023 He has been a guest minister at over three hundred new thought churches in the U.S, Canada, and Great Britain. He has been a competitive track runner, weight lifter and body builder and now does it for fun and health.

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Mr. Tichenor’s talk is primarily focused on identity; specifically the spiritual versus the corporeal beings. The talk aims to target the juxtapositions, contrasts, paradoxes and parallels which often occur between the two entities.
Charles Tichenor is a long-time resident of Santa Fe. He is a piano instructor, vocal coach, performer, playwright, and published author. He derives most of his wisdom from hanging out with bartenders, drag queens and hustlers in gay bars. He is a native of Kentucky and after a couple of beers it really shows.

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Ken will describe his recent encounters with his ego, and what he is learning from it.
  Ken is a long-time Celebrant, and he considers The Celebration to be his family of choice. After years of self-help programs, and trying to absorb “You are just fine as you are,” he now is making friends with his ego. He is recently inspired by Christopher Murphey’s “Finding the Millionth Monkey,” Harriette King’s talk, and two books by Nanice Ellis, “Is There a White Elephant In Your Way,” and “Seducing the Field.”

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Richard, “Rumblin’ Ricky” as known by some, was born and raised in Santa Fe. His parents were Catholic and of course Richard and his brother were raised in the Catholic Church. Richard attended Cristo Rey school and was an altar boy with Cristo Rey Church.
After graduating from NMSU, Richard returned to Santa Fe and began working in the family business. Working side by side with his father, and often times his mother, he spent the next 12 years learning the business and more about himself.
Somewhere in 1993, Richard realized he needed to get out on his own and create his own shadow. That was the start of an amazing journey that continues to this day. Over the course of the next 30 + years, Richard has uncovered many of the facets of his life’s purpose and will share significant realizations from his journey.
Richard and his wife, Kim, live in Santa Fe. In their spare time they enjoy walks and hikes, good food, travel and pickleball. Richard loves golf, photography and quiet time for reflection.