Our sweet Ella Rose is five today! Sharing her birthday with the beginning of winter, she has indeed brought more light into our lives. What a sweet, spirited, creative, strong girl she has become.
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Creating.
In the wake of the Newtown, CT tragedy, it has felt somewhat trivial to imagine sitting down at this computer to share crafts or stories about my children; like everyone else, I'm just trying to make sense of this senseless tragedy. Yet when I think about the ways in which I bring peace and joy and ...
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Girls and Dolls
There has been a lot of crafting going on this week, as Ella and I decided to make some dolls. I took a great introductory dollmaking class last year at the Eugene Waldorf School, and used my notes from that class, and the book Making Waldorf Dolls by Maricristin Sealey to guide us.
Ella was able ...
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Touring the Tri-Communities
After years of hearing about the "tri-communities" of Northern Missouri - Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Red Earth Farms, and Sandhill Farm - we finally had the opportunity to visit the three communities yesterday. To say that it was an inspiring day would be an understatement. The three communities ...
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