Farewell Sporkos | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Of all the seasonal changes we prepare for—wind, leaves, snow, heat, weeds, drought, sunshine, and shade—the hardest and most expansive...
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FROM THE POOL
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Jordan Menzel
Jul 26, 2022
Sound Bath Series with Mountain Tribe Music | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Pioneer Day 2022 Another surreal soak for the history books from our latest Soundbath Concert Series with Mountain Tribe this past...
Jordan Menzel
Jul 21, 2022
Step Into Our General Store | Maple Grove Hot Springs
When you step into our General Store, you're stepping into a collection of wildly creative products that come from many of our fellow...
Jordan Menzel
Jul 12, 2022
Introducing Quartz Stone Shelter | Maple Grove Hot Springs
A Stone Shelter named Quartz. The first of its kind to hold refuge for Humankind. Harvested from the land it sits on. Dreamt by...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 30, 2022
Independence Day 2022 | Maple Grove Hot Springs
This upcoming holiday weekend is meant to be about freedom. A celebration of an adored American ideal—that the choices required to chart...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 8, 2022
The Business of Safe Space | Maple Grove Hot Springs
We are in the business of providing SAFE SPACE. This June, the idea of safe space has been on our minds. It’s a month colored in LGBTQ...
Jordan Menzel
Jun 5, 2022
Introducing the Gathering Pool | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Introducing our Gathering Pool. She's been on quite the journey over the last 50+ years... Once, so we've heard, she was a giant wooden...
Jordan Menzel
May 23, 2022
Unexpected Healing | Maple Grove Hot Springs
We often talk about the transformations that take place when we humans sit in silence up here in our mineral pools. You experience it....
Jordan Menzel
May 8, 2022
Mother's Day 2022 | Maple Grove Hot Springs
It’s Mother’s Day. So, who, or what, then, is a Mother? Around here, a Mother is a way to be. A way to make someone feel. A line of...
Jordan Menzel
Apr 22, 2022
Earth Day 2022 | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Listening to children reflect on Earth is like confronting a shockingly simple sermon: That it’s obviously the only one we will ever...
Jordan Menzel
Mar 25, 2022
Stone Shelters: Part Two | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Stone shelters week two—A foundation for your grandchildren. These days, so much of what is built is built to be replaced, thrown away,...
Jordan Menzel
Mar 18, 2022
Breaking Ground on the Stone Shelters | Maple Grove Hot Springs
After three years, almost to the date, of stepping in and observing this land, we have officially BROKEN GROUND on a new chapter that is...
Jordan Menzel
Mar 13, 2022
Our Stewardship Manifesto | Maple Grove Hot Springs
A crew that gongs together stays together. As a team, we have spent the last year refining one of the most important creations up here:...
Jordan Menzel
Mar 8, 2022
International Women's Day 2022 | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Around here, EVERY DAY feels like International Women's Day. But especially today. Over 80 percent of you reading this are women....
Jordan Menzel
Feb 28, 2022
Safe Space for Mondays | Maple Grove Hot Springs
A thought on why Mondays can feel overwhelming. Up here, we are constantly reflecting on how to create, protect, and share the feeling...
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