March has been such a hard month these past few years! Winter never ends early anymore, we have all the blizzards and grey skies in March now and keeping our motivation in schooling is hard when all we want to do is sleep, drink coffee, and cry over each new foot of snow. But we’re…
Tag: Motherhood
Becoming Acquainted with The Night
The darkness here is soft and quiet. Sometimes night is so still we can hear the voices of faraway neighbors over the snow – soft, murmuring voices without words. Sometimes the night is loud: pouring rain on the yurt-roof, coyotes howling, owls, foxes, the wind in the tall pines. Out under the moon the darkness is…
Making Space for Small Hands in Daily Life
I’m often asked: “How do you keep the kids away from the stoves? The altar? The candles?” I don’t have an answer, because I don’t keep them away. We live in one large room, one tiny house; and my children run free within it. They know the stoves are hot, they’ve always known, because in…
Tea for CoughsÂ
Mr. Tenderness caught a rough cough this week. Tuesday and Wednesday saw him sad and sick – trying to run around the house like his usual, crazy self – but ending up nestled on thd big bed, looking at “The Happy Man and His Dump Truck ” and “Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear” while sipping homemade…
Children’s Books for the Garden
We’re a bookish family. Reading is a big part of everyday life for all of us, even illiterate little Ilya! In the summer, much of our reading is done outdoors – in the front garden, under the bee balm, or on The Rock alongside the driveway. It’s a fun, fairy season to read in, and…
Y is For Home! 