T. had decided during this last Sunday’s Passages Service that he wanted to be dedicated to the church. This would be something similar to baptism is christian religions. He will be welcomed as an official extended family member to everyone of the congregants. It was pretty cool and kinda outta the blue that T. wanted [...]
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Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamaition of 1870
The first North American Mother’s Day was conceptualized with Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870. Despite having penned The Battle Hymn of the Republic 12 years earlier, Howe had become so distraught by the death and carnage of the Civil War that she called on Mother’s [...]
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Sunday I was hoping to actually be able to sit and listen to a sermon from Douglas Taylor our minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Binghamton and have B. in Religious Education class without any incedents, but I was way off base. I woke to find T. wanting to attend Spirit Play! I was [...]
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Posted in Waldorf, arts, community, family, religion, tagged Alpaca, Carding, community, Fiber, friends, MAY DAY, Spinning on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
My May Day began at 5:ooam as dawn was approaching. Showering commenced to wake and purify the body for the days events to come. Tummies grumbling we left the house at 6:30am with the arrival of our dear friend Jacqui. Her two children and the three of us piled into her vehicle for a rather [...]
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This weekend I was extremely fortunate enough to have been able to attend my local Unitarian Universalist Spirituality Retreat. The theme for this retreat was Sound and Music. Singing in front of others or even with others has been extremely difficult for me all throughout my life, even though I love singing and music is [...]
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