November 22, 2020 Your life matters. You can’t live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what’s most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you. -Jane Goodall Last Christmas I participated in Lynn Jericho’s Inner Christmas over the 12 Holy Nights. As a […]
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November 15, 2020 Have you ever heard the story of Fiochetto Bianco? It’s a beautiful tale from the publication Tell Me A Story, that fits the mood of Martinmas perfectly. In full form, I would tell it to five and six year olds, and even four year olds if there were older children present to
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November 8, 2020 Mankind has advanced in the footsteps of men and women of unshakable faith. Many of the great ones … have set stars in the heavens to light others through the night.–Olga Rosmanith The festival of Martinmas comes this next week, on November 11. Martinmas is the feast day of Saint Martin of
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November 1, 2020 One misty, moisty morning on a cool October day, Ran two little ghouls through their old church yard Who were coming out to play Said one ghoul, with a sneaky grin, “Come hither, my sister dear! Let us make some mischief and run amuck for Halloween’s drawing near! My youngest son and
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October 18, 2020 I found I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way. Things I had no words for. – Georgia O’Keefe The kids were really eager to see our results from last week’s solar dyeing project. One of them asked immediately upon arrival, “What do the
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October 11, 2020 Nature always wears the color of the spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Every Friday, City of Fountains School in Kansas City, Missouri holds an Enrichment Day for grades-age children that attend the school or homeschool. This year I began teaching the upper grades class (which is currently 5-7th grade) and we are
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October 4, 2020 Go, sit upon the lofty hill, And turn your eyes around, Where waving woods and waters wild Do hymn an autumn sound. The summer sun is faint on them— The summer flowers depart— Sit still— as all transform’d to stone, Except your musing heart. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning I have spent an
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September 27, 2020 Have you ever tried twizzling? It’s a fun, magical process that creates a braided rope of yarn; easy enough for young children to do. Step One: Cut two lengths of yarn in different colors, about twice as long as you need your finished rope to be. Step Two: Each person holds the
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September 20, 2020 It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple-tree is connected with that of man. – Henry David Thoreau, from Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree Ah, the apple! Is there any other fruit so widely exalted in the history of symbolism and mythology? Apples have a prominent place
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September 13, 2020 The autumn wind’s a pirate, Blustering in from sea; With a rollicking song, he sweeps along, Swaggering boist’rously. His skin is weather-beaten; He wears a yellow sash, With a handkerchief red about his head, And a bristling black mustache. He laughs as he storms the country, A loud laugh and
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