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How Does Your Garden Grow?
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~William Shakespeare (Columbine, out back) I've tended a garden – of some kind – for as long as I can recall. As a child, we had a great big garden –...
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Being Present
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. ~Thich Nhat Hanh As the afternoon arrives with my children’s school...
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Cesarean Birth: Choose Your Words Carefully
Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything. ~William...
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Nature, Technology, and Being Human
Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. ~Thomas Berry (The Dream of the Earth) In late August, early September, we went to Maine...
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I Imagine a Future of Compassion - On Becoming Vegan
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. ~Albert Schweitzer It's not too often in this short life you have truly life-changing experiences. Maybe the opportunities...
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Montessori - Natural Life Learning
Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants - doing nothing but living and walking about - came to know all things, to carry in their...
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Why We Chose Montessori
Today I'm writing at Natural Parents Network about Montessori Schooling. Here's an excerpt... “… Children learn through doing: working with their hands, washing, folding, buttoning, tying,...
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Life Without Status Updates
I saw this the other day on (ahem) Facebook, and it got me thinking: {Calvin & Hobbes are awesome} We were blessed to have a lot of time to be together as a family this summer, away from hectic...
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Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide
Welcome to the Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide!If you need to complete your holiday shopping, find a birthday present for a friend, or just treat yourself to something special, the NPN...
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Earth Day: Outside-In
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. - John Muir, Preservationist (1838-1914) For indeed, when we walk into the...
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