I am working on memorizing the Saint Francis prayer for Dante’s bedtime routine. Normally, we recite another lovely prayer, which I shall share with you some other day, but it’s good to learn new things I think, and this one is so beautiful. Read it out loud and really think about the words. [...]

Filed under: Child Rearing, Waldorf on August 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

If you’ve never been to a Waldorf birthday celebration, they are wonderful, imbuing a sense of wonder and awe in most children I’ve ever met. It is seen as a very special time, one in which the children are poingantly focused and aware. It’s beautiful. Long live Waldorf education! Wish Dante was starting First grade at an awesome Waldorf School…

Filed under: Authentic Living, Child Rearing, Dante & Zhenya - Journal de Journey de la vie, Education on August 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »

I want to keep this one in the archive as well:
My Mother said, I never should
Play with the gipsies in the wood;
If I did, she would say,
You naughty girl to disobey.
Your hair shan’t curl and your shoes shan’t shine,
You gipsy girl, you shan’t be mine.
And my father said that if I did
He’d rap my head [...]

Filed under: Child Rearing on July 17th, 2008 | No Comments »

Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
Onward, the sailors cry
Carry the lad that’s born to be king
Over the sea to skyeLoud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
Thunder clouds rend the air;
Baffled our foe’s stand on the shore
Follow they will not dareSpeed bonnie boat….

Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep
Ocean’s a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head…

Filed under: Celtic / Irish Roots, Child Rearing, Lullaby on July 14th, 2008 | No Comments »