Dec 31 2009
It is so interesting to me to have these two back to back days, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, that inspire in me to think in two such completely opposite ways. Today feels like a day to look back over the year that was 2009. Though I usually find it much more difficult to look backwards [...]
Dec 28 2009
Last night I attended a Holy Nights gathering with some good friends. We read and shared reflections on a Steiner lecture and generally discussed the significance of the Holy Nights. It was lovely to share this introspective time with others who are holding the Holy Nights with such consciousness.
I’ve heard it said that during the [...]
Dec 26 2009
What a lovely holiday we had! We had some interesting philosophical conversations around the dinner table, initiated by my sister, who wanted to hear everyone’s take on the story of the birth of Jesus. She’s considering what aspects of the story to bring to her children and looking for what part of it lives most [...]
Dec 23 2009
A little over a week ago I set up an account with Google Analytics, and I just have to rave about it here. It is so cool! Because of this blog tracking service I know that people as far away as India, Norway, and New Zealand have visited my little blog! I know that most of [...]
Dec 22 2009
It seemed to David that he heard voices singing in the wind among the olive trees, as though the trees themselves were singing, voices that sang not to the ear but to the soul. ‘He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them.’
I am reading [...]
Dec 21 2009
Alice asks me at least three times a day how many days until Christmas. I’m not sure if it’s a memory thing (Calvin would attribute it to the brick that the neighbor kid threw at her head when she was 2) or just wanting confirmation that I wasn’t just tricking her the first time I [...]
Dec 19 2009
Ooh, six more days!
Tonight we went to get our tree. I can never get my tree before school gets out, so we always head out the Saturday after school gets out and get it. This usually means that we get a GREAT deal, and this year was no different. We went to a small locally-owned [...]
Dec 17 2009
I’m famous for putting off holiday shopping. The knitting needles were pulled out and the list of handknit gifts was made months ago, but when it comes to actually shopping at the store I delay for as long as possible. Tomorrow I head home and back to full-time mothering so tonight was my last chance. [...]
Dec 17 2009
Today I gave the girls I’m working with a block test. it was challenging, but they did an amazing job. I was quite curious to watch what happened when I gave them their tests back. It seems that having such a small class, the scrutiny that a student feels when being compared to his or [...]
Dec 16 2009
Tomorrow and Friday are my last days as a guest teacher at the not-so-nearby school I’ve been visiting. I’ve had such a wonderful time teaching this small class of two and I’ve been so struck by how much we’ve been able to do in our lessons. I feel like, more than most waldorf students, these [...]
