Hot Buzz: Beekeeping
Judging from the popularity of this spring’s Lifelong Learning beekeeping class, the people want to know about bees! After all, being a caretaker for a
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Judging from the popularity of this spring’s Lifelong Learning beekeeping class, the people want to know about bees! After all, being a caretaker for a
Class: Letterpress Oh the loveliness of letterpress — the paper texture and heft, the tack of the ink, the artisan aesthetic, the historical technology, the
Classes: Options Markets & Executing a Trade Back in the day, I briefly worked in downtown NYC. Sometimes I would wander around Wall Street during
Class: African Drumming As I walked down the long hallway to my African Drumming class, this is what I heard and then saw. I had
Class: Creating Effective Characters Thumpthumpthump…this was one of the Lifelong Learning classes that made my heart race. The anxiety kind, not the overjoyed and giddy
Class: Starting a Craft Food Business I can’t tell you how many people have told me, “wow, you really heated up those frozen organic peas
Class: Native Plant Propagation I’ve been burned countless times after discovering cute new unfamiliar sprouts in our yard. At first, I would get hopeful that
Class: Bike Workshop II For my second bike workshop, Bike Workshop II, I again had to select a bike to bring to class. My cat
Class: Improve your Photography in Ten Easy Steps Hello class, meet your camera. Don’t be shy — getting to know your camera is the first
Class: Waterwise Landscaping You’d think we live in an arid climate with my water fixation. Oh wait, we do. Doesn’t it feel like this year
Class: Fused Glass My heart’s all aflutter for the sparkly, colorful meltiness of fused glass. I knew I was crushing about 30 minutes into the
Class: Pistol Marksmanship This was one of the classes where I secretly thought I might have a natural talent. Nothing in my leisurely pursuit of
Class: Bike Workshop I For the Bike Workshop class, I had to choose one of my bicycles to bring to the shop. That makes me
Class: Mastering Martinis I’m hoping some of you know what a martini looks like because I only got one photo from this Lifelong Learning class.
Class: Cheese Making 101 Having great teammates definitely boosted my confidence for our Cheese Making 101 class. “Am I doing this right?” sounds needy. “Are we doing
Class: Irrigation Basics Our yard/garden/plants/piles of dirt think that I’ve been a bit stingy with the water over the past few years, and the survivors are
Class: Grow Your Own Mushrooms Oh Beer, Scotch, and Sake classes — you lured me into the Kingdom of Fungi with your tales of yeast
Class: Sushi and Sake Pairing To conclude what turned out to be alcohol awareness appreciation week at Brainfueling, I bring you last Friday’s class, Sake and
Class: Scotch for the Sophisticate I practiced not wincing in preparation for this class about Scotch for the Sophisticate. I know, I know. That probably makes
Class: How to Brew Beer I lived in Prague for a short spell after I finished college. At the time a pint of Czech pilsner cost about
Class: Yoga Experiential Retreat Yoga is a friend of a friend, but I’ve been shirking its invitation to a healthier mental and physical self. I love the
Class: Fearless Knitting Fearless Knitting was the first Lifelong Learning class I signed up for as part of the 30 Class Challenge. My knitting classmates
Class: Conversational Italian Something happened to my brain last week, something I’m calling “zucchero.” I attended my first Italian class and THAT, my friends, opened
Class: Steep, Sip & Savor — An Intro to Tea First off, a disclosure: I am writing this a few days after my tea class
Class: The Art of the Macaron During tonight’s two-hour class, The Art of the Macaron, I realized that I have never tasted a macaron before.
What is Brainfueling?
A random and fun learning experiment.
I’m Jenn Blum, former Champion of the Alpine Slide*. For one very busy semester, I enrolled in over 30 classes through Lifelong Learning and Continuing Education at the University of Utah.