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- Birthing from Within — Pam England
- Ina May's Guide to Childbirth — Ina May Gaskin
- Magical Child – Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Punished by Rewards — Alfie Kohn
- Raising our Children, Raising Ourselves – Naomi Aldort
- Simplicity Parenting — Kim John Payne
- The Continuum Concept — Jean Liedloff
- Unconditional Parenting — Alfie Kohn
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What’s Been Going On
Dear Friends (including those I have yet to actually meet in any fashion): I’ve missed you, and I’ve missed coming here to commune with you, and to tell you what I’ve been thinking about and what the [current] “haps” is … Continue reading
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Tagged family, fun, kid world, life, now, parenting, simple pleasures
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Home Again Home Again
We made it back home yesterday. After winding through some of my favorite parts of America and sharing some of my favorite vistas with my family, and sharing my family with those same places, we drove into Montana yesterday afternoon, … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, Big Sky Country, family, home, life, Montana, now, simple pleasures, travel, YES!
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Death and Tenderness
Some cat killed a bird in our yard the other day. By some cat, I mean either one of our own two cuddly killers, or the strange new neighbor cat who was only a half-hour earlier shooed away from our … Continue reading
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Tagged children, death, emotional intelligence, empathetic parenting, family, family rituals, kid world, life, natural parenting, now, parenting, tweety
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Putting a Candle in the Window
Natalie and I recently watched the movie Everyday People. In it there is a scene in which a young man about to enter college, who is estranged from his father, is in a restaurant speaking to an older man who has … Continue reading
Up to our Armpits in Holiday Spirit
Well — we’ve officially hit the holiday season, and hit the ground running this year. Perhaps it’s been the unseasonably wintery winter that arrived with Thanksgiving. Perhaps it is the earlier observance of Hanukah this year. Or maybe just that … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, children, creative endeavors, family, now, parenting, simple pleasures, winter celebrations, winter holidays, yule
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pt VII of: ‘Member When
Hey – ‘Member when Andy Warhol did that photo piece on Echo? Not really. This is just what happens when Echo (model) and Natalie (photographer) are having exactly the right variety and amount of fun. Of course, the effort … Continue reading
Falling for Autumn
Xideka (pronounced “Zi’-da-ka” for those who don’t know) asked me the other day if I loved Autumn. I said that I did, but that it was a bittersweet love (of course, having to divert to explain what “bittersweet” meant) because, … Continue reading
When Sisters Marry
Our girls share a very active fantasy life. There are dragons and faeries, princesses and princes, mermaids and mystics, and magic in the ether around them, folding into their daily lives and influencing them as they move from one … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, children, children's imagination, creative endeavors, exploration, kid world, kids pretending, kids pretending to get married, make believe, natural drives, now, parenting, play, pretend, pretend wedding, simple pleasures, weddings, YES!
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