Well, many hard decisions were made and we have concluded we are moving to Cedar Rapids Iowa. This is a huge change for us. I have never lived outside New England, so I am more nervous than S. whom grew up not too far from our new destination. The boys are excited for only one [...]
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Playing Catch up.
Posted in arts, celebrations, family, parties, Pictures, religion, Unitarian Universalist, tagged all hollows eve, dumb supper, moving, moving to Iowa, ny to ia, pumpkins, Samhain on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Horror!!!
Posted in arts, community, friends, Pictures, religion, Unitarian Universalist, tagged 2009 July Vacation, Cathedral of Pines, friends, NH, religion, Rindge on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What an indescribably painful time. I picked up Christine, to join me in a jaunt up to Rindge, NH for a walk through , The Cathedral of Pines. I love this spot. It is beautiful and sacred. One of my all time favorite places in the world. If you don’t know what it is, go [...]
Happy Ostara!!!!
Posted in Animals, arts, celebrations, family, Pictures, religion, Unitarian Universalist, Waldorf, tagged coyote, ETSY!, exploding frogs, first day of spring, Hare, hare droppings, leather wrist cuff, Ostara, Ostara celebrations, Spring, Spring equinox, vernal equinox, wegmans frog cake on March 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The first day of Spring!! For us Pagan folk we celebrate the Vernal Equinox also called Ostara. I woke this morning to find my boys following the trail of Hare Poo (jelly beans) from their rooms to the baskets found on the couch. Each basket was brimming with all sorts of fun goodies. T. found [...]
I no Longer Recognize Your Marriage!
Posted in celebrations, family, friends, religion, Unitarian Universalist, tagged cultural, gay marraige, lgbt, marraige, please read this article, politics on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/sexandgender/755/
Mass Amounts of Greed
Posted in celebrations, family, Pictures, religion, Unitarian Universalist, tagged family, Greed, holiday, Presents, Winter Solstice, X-Mas on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We opened out presents on the 25th of December this year. Not our usual, as we celebrate the Winter Solstice, but this year S. was out of town for a wedding and since my parents celebrate Christmas, I figured it couldn’t hurt to do all on one day. My parents arrived at my home at [...]
Gingerbread houses
Posted in arts, celebrations, family, Pictures, religion, Unitarian Universalist, tagged candy, gingerbread house, holiday, winter season on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We had a great time on Dec. 23rd creating our Gingerbread house to be broken on X-mas day. Here is the outcome:
Blessed Yuletide!
Posted in celebrations, family, friends, Pictures, religion, Unitarian Universalist, tagged father winter, Winter Solstice, Yule on December 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sadly, we are without S. on this very special day of the Lights return, so we woke to find gifts from Father Winter, but we are holding off until Thursday when S. will be home and rested and my parents will over to share in the unveiling of greed. But until then we get to [...]
Old Testament Lessons
Posted in arts, family, homeschooling, religion, Unitarian Universalist, Waldorf, tagged bible, Noahs Ark, Old Testament, Third Grade, Tower of Babel, Waldorf Education on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week we have gone over Noahs Ark and Tower of Babel in my lessons for T. in the Old Testament Main lesson. After telling the story of Noahs Ark, we discussed the importance of animals for our existence. Then I brought out our watercoloring supplies, to paint the scene of the Flood. After painting [...]
Path of Felted Acorns?
Posted in arts, celebrations, family, homeschooling, religion, Unitarian Universalist, Waldorf, tagged acorns, Advent, Advent spiral, day 11, Felted Acrons, Fiber, fiber fun, holiday, Waldorf on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yup, you guessed it! For the second week of Advent, I felted acorns to represent the focus on plants. Next week I am getting slightly stumped by the focus of animals and am not sure what I will use. I do have an idea to use paw prints or beads in shapes of animals. but [...]
