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Making History Relevant
When children ask “why” we often realize we don’t know. The answer invariably leads us back to history. Let’s learn about history in ways that unlock curiosity and lifelong interest. Continue reading
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Grateful For The Dark Stuff Too
A life lived fully means embracing your mistakes, doubts, and crises. Continue reading
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9 Amazing Reasons To Be Optimistic
Right now, our world situation gives us fantastic reasons to be optimistic. You probably didn’t know there’s less hunger, greater literacy, better health, and fewer wars across the world. It’s true. Continue reading
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Me, a Radical Homemaker?
Okay, radical sounds hip. I can live with that. But homemaker? The last few decades that word has been a synonym for drudgery. Besides, ask my kids who really does the dusting and vacuuming around here. They do. Continue reading
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Is Nature Somewhere Else?
When we define nature as separate from us it’s easier to push it aside as something apart from our very life force. This disconnect isn’t healthy for us or the planet. Continue reading
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How Big Are Your Moments?
Our lives are constructed of what we notice and remember. Continue reading
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Tagged attention, family, meaning, memory, mindfulness, mothering, perspective, simple living
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On the Beating Death of a Snapping Turtle
This encounter with a snapping turtle was one of those pivotal moments. Do we show our children we are part of nature—-to experience with wonder, to treat with respect and to embrace as a unifed whole. Or do we show them that nature is separate from us—-to use for our amusement, to treat with distain, to attempt to control? Continue reading
Don’t Bother Mom, She’s Blogging About Motherhood
Motherhood is oriented to firsts. The secret only older women dole out is that motherhood is also filled with lasts. Continue reading
Going to Hope in a Handbasket
“Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy * * * Fear sells. Blood and guts sell even better. What really … Continue reading
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Getting and Giving, Big Time
Cooperation, curiosity and cleverness. These are the foundations of our early survival and the building blocks of our shared future. Continue reading
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