July 12, 2020 It was a pleasure-giving house and place, a place we were glad to be. – from Hannah Coulter, written by Wendell Berry I suspect that you, like me, have spent more time at home lately. This mere fact represents a season of hardship for many – job losses, canceled vacations, and summer […]
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July 8, 2020 Fly bright butterfly, fly to me You soar like a bird, you sip like a bee But you’re really just a flower that the wind set free…. This is a little rhyme we sing in parent/child classes with the children! Then the parents make wonderful, soft, wool felt bean bag and finger
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July 5, 2020 Oh beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountains majesty Above the fruited plain America, America God shed His grace on thee And crown thy Good with Brotherhood From sea to shining sea From Cynthia: These are the lyrics to America the Beautiful that I grew up with.
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July 1, 2020 Eat well. Live simply. Laugh often. As with everything else this year, the 4th of July and all that goes with it will be different than in the past. No parades, fireworks or large family BBQ’s. Every family will need to decide for themselves what will make that day memorable. Here are
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June 28, 2020 Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah La-la how their life goes on Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah La-la how their life goes on –The Beatles Hi Everybody, How are you? Michael (my husband) and I had an interesting conversation recently where we both noted that we felt as if we are
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June 21, 2020 If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die. -Leo Buscaglia A Blessing for a Father By John O’Donohue The longer we live The more your presence We
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June 17, 2020 Some of the best memories are made in flip flops. ― Kellie Elmore Here we are in the middle of June. The Summer Solstice is just ahead as is Father’s Day! The children have been home for three months already and unless you are fortunate enough to have childcare there are many
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June 14, 2020 Receive the children in reverence Educate them in love Let them go forth in freedom –Rudolf Steiner One of the most developmentally appropriate video tutorials I have seen to help us learn how to further our children’s understanding that Black Lives Matter is the one above by a young Black woman, Kimaya.
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June 10, 2020 May your home always be too small to hold all of your friends “I resolve to make my home welcoming! “ This is what I wrote in a notebook many years ago as I sat in a tiny English garden with my newborn son, who, amazingly was sleeping for more than
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June 7, 2020 A morning when you become a pure vessel For what wants to ascend from silence – John O’Donohue Dear Friends, Earlier this week we released a video urging each of us to find our call to action to support our brothers and sisters who are continuously being oppressed, suppressed, and denied access
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