It sounds like I would have benefitted from the DC meetings, but, yet again, I'm late to the party. I'd love it if you continued to share some of what you are learning/hearing each week.
I did enroll myself in a class, but one that I hadn't even considered until I saw an announcement for it last week. It's less a class than a discussion group, but the topic is Caring for Your Own Piece of the Earth. It's a group learning format where we learn about caring for our land (in this case it's about our yards, not large tracts of land) in a more holistic manner that benefits both humans and wildlife. I've only been to the first of 5 meetings, but I really enjoyed it. It's also really nice to spend time with some like-minded gardeners, as opposed to my neighbors who happens to think that sprinkling Sevin dust on his cucumbers is a good answer to a few bugs. Yummy..
I'm glad to read your update.
H: 44, Me: 45 Married: 20 y Together: 25 y no kids Walk away: 12/15 Asked for temp separation 12/25/15 PA confirmed 3/16 (apparently neither the first, nor the last PA he has had) H filed for D 5/16