November 28, 2021 We pause our Living Arts Blog twice a year to share what’s happening at LifeWays and ask for your support. This week, we have a message from our board president, Shanah Ahmadi, and a short video featuring some of the people who have benefitted from LifeWays’ support. Please read the letter and […]
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November 21, 2021 This week’s Living Arts blog post was written by Yael Raff Peskin, director of KULANU Playgarden. Yael writes: As we head into the darkest time of the year in the northern hemisphere–when days are short and nights are long–many cultures and religions have rituals to celebrate the returning of the light. In
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November 14, 2021 High and blue the sky, Trees are very tall, Wild geese flying, Seem so small. See, on silent wings in flocks they go, Never parting from the single row. We go through the land, Like a wild geese band, Brothers in one flight are we. Clear and dark the night, Stars are
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November 7, 2021 This week’s blog post is from Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture: Here’s what’s recent on the Stories for Children Podcast Lorenza’s Grandmother A beautiful and tender story about a little girl named Lorenza who dearly misses her grandmother who has crossed the rainbow bridge. One autumn morning, Lorenza was feeling sad because she
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October 31, 2021 Each day, in our farm education program at Paradise Farm in West Bend, WI, every person (adult and child) is given the task of a morning chore. It might be to muck out the sheep and goat pen, to harvest and chop vegetables for our soup, to turn the compost, to haul
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October 24, 2021 There once was a family of a mother, father and three sisters. The parents worked hard at providing for the family, but constantly had to beg the daughters for help. They also had to continually stop them from arguing and fighting. The three sisters were different from each other and also
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October 17, 2021 My youngest son began first grade this Autumn, ripe and ready for writing and reading. He brings home something new every day that he has hungrily taken in from his main lesson or other classes, excited to share what new skills and knowledge he has. In just this short amount of time,
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October 10, 2021 It’s been one of those times in which life just keeps throwing curve balls. I’m on my toes, and ready to move… out of the way? In to catch? Deflect with a hit to the outfield? Could be all three of those- or maybe taking a hit!- by the “end” of it
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October 3, 2021 Michaelmas Greetings from We Nurture! We continue to have so much gratitude to those who share their stories with us so that we may share Waldorf-inspired stories with families all over the world. Many of the stories we share have large audiences with over 700 plus listens often in a week or less.
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September 27, 2021 A Michaelmas message from Mary O’Connell, outgoing president of LifeWays North America: As Michaelmas approaches, I have been thinking a lot about the theme of courage. The qualities of courage are timeless, yet the way courage is manifested is as unique as each individual and the challenges they face. Harriet Tubman returned
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