Easton Mountain Blog

One of the guest facilitators at our first retreat for Polyamorous Men Who Love Men in March, was Damon L. Jacobs. Damon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and HIV prevention specialist who focuses his work on sexual health, polyamory, and harm-reduction. He also has a popular Youtube Channel featuring ‘Tub Talks” where he interviews people in his bathtub! While he was here, he took the opportunity to …

Big thanks to Wolfyy at wolfyy.com for including Bear Your Soul events at Easton Mountain in this great list of Bear events around the world. The list in includes bear gatherings boht big and small in every season and every …

Harry Faddis participated at the Han Wang International 2022 WorldWide Open Poomsae and Speed Kicking Championship held on September 27th, 2022, at Edinburgh, Scotland. He participated in the Under 85 category for 3rd Degree Black Belts…

Hunter Reynolds and Jerry Burke were two beloved community members who passed away this year. On October 30 at 12:00 noon, engraved stones bearing their names will be added to our Easton Mountain Memorial Garden. Both of these men were long-term residents of Easton. We wish to honor thei …

We sometimes play a game called “What if ?” It's a way to dream about the future, and imagine things that might not yet seem possible. It was an idea brought up by Harry when he and John were on the deck of Easton Mountain in the summer of 2000, when the place was in complete disarray and Harry lived in California and John lived in Boston. They were taking a bath with water heated on an electric stove and had a great conversation in …

We at Easton Mountain, like members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world, are conscious in a special way this month, of the many gains we have made over the years. We are grateful and we are aware that there is still work to be done. Pride is a wonderful word that captures the assertion of the dignity of all people across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and their allies. Some members our community remember back when we …

May is a very special time at Easton Mountain. Spring bursts with life and we take time as a community to remember our founding and to remember those who we have loved and those we have lost. The bookends of May start with a light shade of green on the sticks of the trees and by the end of the month it's bursting full of life, so green, you can no longer make out the branches. The Canadian geese return to their northern home in our pond, the flowers are in bloom, and we remind ourselves how grateful we are to be …

We are so grateful to the team of the Virtual Great Room. Please read thier letter of farewell below and join them for a final celebration next Wendnesday! Easton Mountain VGR Final Meeting is going to be Wednesday, May 25th, 2022! Nirmal Chandraratna and Jonathan Comisar initiated the Easton Mountain Virtual Great Room (EM VGR) in the early stages of the COVID19 pandemic and invited the Friends of Easton Moutain Retreat Center and anyone who looked at the Easton Mountain website to participate. Most of the original attendees were living alone in …

Here at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.

The holidays are an important time for everyone here at Easton Mountain. So many of us grew up with the holidays being a time with family and close friends, that now, we’ve found ways to continue that theme, even if the group of people we spend that time with have changed. As things have changed so drastically with the way these past couple of years have gone, we thought it might be nice to reflect on some of the ways we have used the holidays to connect with those close to us, thinking forward to a time …

Here at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.

Here at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.

Here at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.

"I just got back to California after my 5 ½ weeks living at Easton Mountain Retreat Center. I was there to facilitate a umbner of Easton Camps and some Body Electric programs, and what a journey it was for me. What did I learn from my time at Easton? Well, I can tell you that the people who live and work at Easton are a family, a chosen family, who have dedicated themselves to this magical place. It felt so good to be part of the crew of magical beings. I got to see first hand how the volunteers are the backbone of the operations"

Here at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.

In the spirit of staying connected during the pandemic, EM Chef Anna Connolly shares some of her most beloved recipes, so you can enjoy a taste of Easton Mountain while staying safe at home! Enjoy!

We have a wonderful independent book store in Saratoga Springs, NY; it is Northshire Book Store on Broadway. They have very kindly dedicated a window to Gay Pride Month, with many book selections; the three books I am going to mention are not, however, among the selections. I’d like to do what I can to bring your attention to these three young gay authors and support them by buying their books and telling your …

On this day twenty one years ago I was granted the opportunity and responsibility to act as the principal steward of Easton Mountain. I was given the keys on May 12th 2000, I had worked and prayed for nearly a year to put the pieces in place to launch. It was a project born of dreams and idealism, and out of the ashes of the …

Hammad Algarheeb, an attendee at our recent Sun Clad event, shared with us his experience at the retreat. This was our first in person event since the pandemic began. We thought is would be helpful to share …

We wanted to introduce you to new resident Jim Mercer. Jim brings a wealth of knowledge in the culinary arts as well as experience with creating ritual space, group process and facilitation. Here is Jim in his own words!