Cozy Warmth for Fall
Waldorf Education puts a high priority on warmth as a quality we want to imbue into the lives of children for their health and ours. And whether or not you follow Waldorf Education, I do think there is...
View Articleglorious candlemas
I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating The Feast of St. Brigid on February 1st and Candlemas/The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ/Groundhog Day yesterday on February 2nd. This is the time of...
View Articlebeautiful january
I love January – the possibility of cold and snow, the bright days perfect for walks, the many possibilities of decluttering the physical environment and the body and the soul in January! It’s going...
View ArticleThe Minimalist Journey
Sometimes as mothers, we aspire to minimalism because things in our own lives seem complicated. I recently started a thread on a Facebook group I am on, about paring things down for the school year,...
View ArticleGetting Ready for Winter!
The temperature has finally dropped here in the Deep South. It feels much colder than it acutally is, because we have been living with temperatures above 85 degrees F for so many months. This is a...
View ArticleMy Favorite Natural Products For Your Healthy Family
One thing that many Waldorf families have in common is a love of things that support total health. Many families choose Waldorf Education and Waldorf homeschooling because they feel this supports the...
View ArticleMy Top 5 Tips – Thriving in Homeschooling and Homemaking
We are starting our third week of homeschooling this week and I was reflecting on the fact that I have been homeschooling for ten years (I am counting my oldest child’s six year old kindergarten year...
View ArticleFinding Rhythm With Littles
I think this is the time of year where many mothers of tiny children are re-thinking rhythm. Rhythm is that elusive thing, that when done in a healthful way, feels nourishing and peaceful and helpful....
View ArticleMeal Planning for January
I love these cold January days. We have been hiking numerous days in a row, the sun shining through the bare trees, the hawks flying around us, the rivers running fast and high. We have also been...
View ArticleThe January Book Box
These are the books we are diving into this month. I hope to hear what you are reading to your children, too! (For those of you home educating with Waldorf Education, please do remember that small...
View ArticleThe Cost of Overscheduling Your Children
There was a very good post recently over at “Becoming Minimalist” entitled “How To Slow Down Your Family’s Schedule” which did a great job in pointing out some of the problems with over-scheduling...
View ArticleThree Reasons I Need Rhythm…
I find many of us are still trying to get our rhythm back at this time of year. I know I am! Actually, in my world of the Anglican Communion, we are still in the season of Epiphany and now coming up...
View ArticleThese Are A Few Of My Favorite Things: January
I love January with its beautiful and cozy inner light. The lights of Christmas, the candles and outside lights are still up and we begin this month still within the Twelve Days of Christmas and the...
View ArticlePeace In An Ordered Home
There are many sayings to the effect of you can have happy children or a clean home but not both. I think there is some truth in that in a small way. Right now, I have gymnastics mats that have been...
View ArticleMinimalism
My house is officially on the market. It is bittersweet to me. We have lived in this home for fourteen years, and I adore my neighbors. I know them so very well. I know every nook and cranny of the...
View ArticleRhythm: Part Seven
In Part Five of this series on rhythm, we looked at the number one challenge toward establishing rhythm: going out too much and saying “yes” to too many things outside the home. Today, I want to...
View ArticleRhythm: Part One
When I see homeschooling mothers who feel burdened, depressed, as if there is not enough time, that they are buried under their homes and chores – well, I feel terrible. It really is a difficult thing...
View ArticleMealtimes: Eight Facets Of A Healthy Family Culture
Bless, O Lord, this food to our use and us to Thy service And make us ever mindful of Thy many blessings Amen (Blessing from my husband’s side of the family) Father, we thank Thee for this food before...
View ArticleAnother Question From The Field: Balance In Homemaking
This question came in awhile ago and I have been pondering it since in the back of my mind. I was not certain I had anything valuable to add; some things ”just are” in life, but then I did think of...
View ArticleThe Sacred Art of Self-Care
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. –From William Shakespeare’s Henry V I am so pleased that Kyrie is doing a series on “The Ordinary Arts” that make up the fabric of our...
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