Even with more free time, if we are bound to patterns of thinking, feeling, and doing, we may not experience freedom. One of the areas where many of us struggle is when our children are sick or suffering in some […]
A Mother’s Day Gift! Read on...
What are you learning? Covid-19 has created a unique set of circumstances for conducting experiments and learning about our physical environment, our shared humanity and ourselves. Jarred out of automatic pilot, what was once invisible has became apparent.
Experiments at Home Read on...
During the last month, we experienced a profound shift in our day to day lives for the sake of community health and safety. We went from familiar turf to the unknown, where we are learning, day to day, moment to
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The way I see it, Life is the teacher and we are the students. We have a personalized curriculum called Karma with lessons to learn and opportunities to demonstrate both what we have learned and what we still need to
The Big Questions in the Pandemic Read on...
I love springtime – it carries the mood of mornings, babies and beginnings! It’s so hopeful. In the past week, I have spied pussy willows, aconite, snowdrops, green grass and yes, snowflakes as well. That’s spring; it’s a mash-up of
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February 2nd marks the midway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. It is a time of hope. I notice in the evenings, the days are getting longer. I sense the stirring of activity deep in the earth
I remember my first year of teaching, over thirty years ago, in a first-grade classroom. The social studies curriculum opened with a lesson on the difference between needs and wants. This is a topic I must admit, to which I
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It is the winter solstice when the sunlight begins its slow and steady return. Instead of each day getting shorter, each day gets a little bit longer. Like any incremental shift, it takes awhile before we notice the longer days
Words of Rudolf Steiner, “winter is the summer of the soul”, are excerpted from the Calendar of the Soul. I am grateful for Steiner’s insights, linking the natural world with the soul life of the human being. Today, I look
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Sometimes life gets tough and the big things feel unmanageable. How will I move forward? How can I reduce suffering? What will make this situation better? Those are hard questions with no easy answers.
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