So, sorry I've been distracted with life and work, but here's what's happening. I'll be doing a workshop with the Shine Foundation alongside Jorge and Dax and others. We're showing some kids the new "PhyreBoxes for Kids" with a hands on workshop so they can get their 1st Phyres. This will be Saturday November 7th. It's not my place to invite others, especially as children are involved. So, this is NOT PhyreCon. PhyreCon will NOT be on Sunday Nov 8th, nor the 15th. Also, the Shine Foundation is not available on Sundays (which we usually meet on) as they have those Sundays reserved for established religious/spiritual gatherings. So, for PhyreCon, we're going to do something else instead. We're going to move it to Sunday December 13th at my place. We're going to experience the 2 new PhyreBoxes: ACCESS (Small) PhyreBoxes, which only use Guanacaste wood, (for little kids and others with motor skill issues), and the EVERYDAY (Medium) PhyreBoxes, which just use Bow Drill hardness woods, (For Familes and older kids and probably adults' 1st Phyres). I'm now calling the large PhyreBoxes POTENTIAL PhyreBoxes because they show the potential of what the sets can do (i.e. Janka Woods up to 5000, etc.). I did not want to do anything in December, but life and work didn't allow me the capacity to keep to the November schedule no matter how hard I tried. If this date is a problem, it really doesn't matter to our main group because there will always be an opportunity for everyone who shows up next year to experience them.... So, no worries and no stress. I am working on the GREEN BELT DATES for 2027, and will have that by the end of this week. I am also working our 3 Families and Kids Workshops for 2027. One in Spring, Summer and Fall, and we'll just see what happens since all of this PhyreDojo stuff is just one big ongoing experiment. Gambarimasho Yo! Let's Keep Going!

It's been an epic summer for me for many reasons, one of which is a new level of personal achievement in the realm of phryction phyre. Thanks to new thinking from some awesome students at my phryction phyre workshops this year, I decided to try the "impossible" and used the Egyptian drill to successfully create coals with bulletwood, Quebracho, and finally Ipé. If you've tried Ipé, then you know it's difficult even on the toggle drill, but with dozens of students getting their Ipé coals under my belt as a teacher and with my own personal Ipé coals I've learned a thing or two about the right technique to use in approaching this resinous beast; with that kind of experience and dirt time, the "impossible" becomes possible. What else can we achieve together Phyre Dojo?!? What else is possible if we set our minds free from the limiting beliefs we currently hold? Let's fuck around and find out! Let's get after it!!! Gambarimasho yo! 🔥✌️😜✌️🔥

Creating pieces for PHYREBOXES specific for children 4 years old to 11 years old and PHYREBOXES for "everyday" use. Both are smaller sized sets than the PhyreBoxes we've been working with and making.

Hello Global Tribe of PhyreKeepers! Some PhyreDojo ANNOUNCEMENTS! Ø I would like to start working on doing more PhyreDojo Research & Development stuff. In order to do this I have to create more capacity (time & space) in order to do that, as my very few days off from my work as a nurse are few and far between… For the remaining 2026 White Belt Workshops… I will be CONDENSING (PP) Phyre Plow, (PS) Phyre Saw, & (PT) Phyre Thong into the August 2026 Workshop 08/16/2026 Sunday. So, instead of (PP) Phyre Plow in August, (PS) Phyre Saw in September and (PT) Phyre Thong in October, we’re just going to do all in one in August. For those “in the know,” I ordered a lot more GUANACASTE (Enterolobium Cyclocarpum) materials for August! https://phyredojo.com/events/ Ø Green Belt Workshops will continue as usual on the second Sunday of August, September & October, then we will be breaking until January 2027. https://phyredojo.com/events/ Ø For the 2027 Theme of the Year will be: ”Phyrekeeping With Children & Families!” Ø So, for "PHYRE-CON – Sunday, November 8th 2026", PhyreDojo will be introducing the 2 new Phyrst Phour (1st Four) PhyreBoxes for anyone & everyone to try: The ”ACCESSIBILITY PHYREBOX” which is for very young children (4 years old and up) and folks whose constitution requires the best technology to be successful at PhyreKeeping. And, the ”EVERYDAY PHYREBOX” for older children and parents for "everyday" PhyreKeeping like starting campfires and your fireplace at home! PhyreDojo will also demonstrate the 2 PROTOTYPES (The (AD) Alexa Drill & (JD) Jacob Drill) made in 2011 that got my then 4 year old daughter her 1st Coal, and my then 8 year old son his coal success! SEE YOU THERE! Ø There will be no “official” White Belt Monthly Workshops (All Known Basic Methods) in 2027. INSTEAD, I will be running THREE (Spring, Summer & Fall), ONE DAY, ”Phyrekeeping With Children & Families” Workshops. Dates: To Be Determined.

DATE: (SECOND) SUNDAY of JUNE 06/14/2026 THE PATH TO (GB) GREEN BELT – MONTHLY TRAINING/THEME: BEGINNING PRIMARY MILLING OF MAKING SETS – READY MILLING (RM2). We will begin by taking our rough, RAW MATERIALS (RM1) and Cleanly Squaring the Materials Into Pieces ready to be milled into Devices – READY MILLED (RM2). DATE: (THIRD) SUNDAY of JUNE 06/21/2026 THE PATH TO (WB) WHITE BELT – MONTHLY TRAINING/THEME: (HD) HAND DRILL – COMPETENCE TO COMPREHENSION REMEMBER: "Friends don't let friends spin NON-FLOATABLE (HD) Hand Drill Spindles!" Here is a Common Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) for your viewing pleasure.