Category: Blog

A Few of Our Favorites: Homebrews from Around the World

A glass vessel full of frothing, homebrewed mead, with herbs at the top for flavoring during the brew process

Meet a few of our favorite homebrews from around the world with our resident brew chef and fermentation enthusiast, Marissa Percoco.

An Equinox Prayer

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Although we live on an amazingly generous planet, we are inundated with messages of scarcity, greed and domination. At this time in our human experience, many feel a dire call for change.

Learning to Thrive: Survival & Outdoor Living Skills with Jason Drevenak

Portrait of instructor Jason Drevnak, dressed in hand-tanned buckskin clothes

Meet instructor Jason Drevanak, joining us for his 8th year at the Gathering this summer. Inspired by the joy of figuring out how our ancestors learned to thrive in their perspective environments, Jason is here to share survival and outdoor living skills for beginners and experts alike!

Wild Edible Plants: A Few of Firefly’s Springtime Favorites

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Spring is the perfect time for clearing our livers of winter’s heavier foods and hibernating energies. We’ve gathered for your enjoyment and exploration a list of some of our favorite wild edible plants to get you started!

Earthskills for Everybody: Firefly Gathering’s Equity Fund, Committee, and Growth

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With exciting expansions in our Equity Committee, Equity Fund, and plans for what this work looks like at the Annual Gathering itself, we invite you to read more about our current equity work and how to support these efforts.