What are you doing for the World?
Sue
Dick is reading "Balance Point" [available at
amazon.com and bn.com] by Joseph Jenkins to the kids and I, each night he reads
a couple of chapters. Last night he read the chapter where Joe mentioned
doing a search for "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" on altavista so
I did the same this morning and came up with
At the very end of this report it
says:
"The Union of Concerned Scientists sent the World Scientist's Warning for endorsement to all scientists worldwide who have been awarded the Nobel Prize; to members of 10 national science academies in Africa, Canada, Europe, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and to selected scientists in China, India, Japan, and Latin America.
Over 1670 scientists, including 104 Nobel laureates - a majority of the living recipients of the Prize in the sciences - have signed the Warning so far. These men and women represent 71 countries, including all of the 19 largest economic powers, all of the 12 most populous nations, 12 countries in Africa, 14 in Asia, 19 in Europe, and 12 in Latin America."
This report didn't even make the front page of newspapers.
So for this festive season I think we should all ask "What can we do for the World", every little thing that individuals do CAN make a difference.
What are you doing for the World?
Sue
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In a message dated 00-12-26 10:28:45 EST, sue.m.e@... writes:
<< What are you doing for the World? >>
Helping other people homeschool, which improves families and human peace and
progress. Homeschooling my own kids and setting an example for other
families which will result in fewer emotionally damaged adults some years
down the road. Helping thousands of families allow their children to grow up
full of hope and creativity.
Lots of people on this list are doing more in that area than I am, and have
been doing it longer.
Sandra
<< What are you doing for the World? >>
Helping other people homeschool, which improves families and human peace and
progress. Homeschooling my own kids and setting an example for other
families which will result in fewer emotionally damaged adults some years
down the road. Helping thousands of families allow their children to grow up
full of hope and creativity.
Lots of people on this list are doing more in that area than I am, and have
been doing it longer.
Sandra
Elizabeth Hill
Kerry Kibort
<< What are you doing for the World?
I am giving love and patience, understanding and
acceptance to as many people as I can.
Kerry
--- SandraDodd@... wrote:
I am giving love and patience, understanding and
acceptance to as many people as I can.
Kerry
--- SandraDodd@... wrote:
> In a message dated 00-12-26 10:28:45 EST,
> sue.m.e@... writes:
>
> << What are you doing for the World? >>
>
> Helping other people homeschool, which improves
> families and human peace and
> progress. Homeschooling my own kids and setting an
> example for other
> families which will result in fewer emotionally
> damaged adults some years
> down the road. Helping thousands of families allow
> their children to grow up
> full of hope and creativity.
>
> Lots of people on this list are doing more in that
> area than I am, and have
> been doing it longer.
>
> Sandra
>
Samantha Stopple
> What are you doing for the World?My husband and I are doing the Kamana Naturalist
>
Program (its a long distance/corespondence coursework)
through the Wilderness Awareness School(WAS). My
husband wants to mentor people using skils we are
learning in WAS. I want to use these skills and
extend them to Permaculture and more "natural" living.
Check out their site a natureoutlet.com. The school
has several workshops all over the US. Some of the
workshops that would interest homeschoolers especially
unschoolers is the Art of Mentoring and Coyote
Mentoring. All of the programs would interest those
who want to undertand out earth better.
The schools goal is to create a Stalking Wolf on every
corner. For anyone who doesn't know Stalking Wolf was
an Apache Indian who mentored Tom Brown who runs The
Tracker School in New Jersey. Tom Brown mentored Jon
Young founder of the Wilderness Awareness School.
My question would be: do you know the name of the
plant outside you fron door? Could you describe it
now without going and looking at it? Does is shelter
any animals? Does it have flowers. The Kamana Program
is about helping us be more aware of our environment
our place in it and everything else.
So...
"Get out of your house walk on the land the trees are
all talking you can undertand. The Mountains are
calling and the trees and the wind. The bear and the
deer are invinting you in"
"Can you hear it that whispering sound. Through the
treetops and up from the ground. Listen oh Listen and
when you the magical earth calls out to you."
-Sarah Pirtle "A Magical Earth" CD Check her other
titles at gentlewind.com ( I think)
Peace,
Samantha
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One thing I've been trying to do for the world for many years is to spread
the word about biointensive gardening and the work of an organization called
Ecology Action. Many of you probably know all about biointensive already,
but for those who don't, the quick explanation is that through the use of
double digging and composting you can get huge yields from a very small
garden plot with little to no input from artificial fertilizers. Practiced
on a local scale, it can help solve worldwide food distribution problems, as
well as resource squandering and pollution problems arising from the
trucking and manufacture of petrochemical fertilizers and use of pesticides
and herbicides. It conserves and actually restore lost topsoil. It is very
water-conservative -- important given the water shortages looming in many
parts of the world. In my (admittedly very idealistic) opinion, it offers
one of the fundamental keys to world peace, because when everyone has a bit
of productive garden to tend resulting in enough food for their family and
community to eat, the motivation for territorial aggression goes way down.
They have an impressive network of training workshops that operates
worldwide, and those they train are committed to teaching others. So that,
person by person, the word is spreading in Africa, Mexico, Russia, South
America, Asia.
They need all the money they can get, and whenever I have a little spare
money, I make a donation. They have almost no overhead and use every penny
for the work.
So, check them out at www.growbiointensive.org. Buy "How to Grow More
Vegetables: Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops" (formerly titled
"How To Grow More Vegetables on Less Land Than You Ever Though Possible") by
John Jeavons. (Amazon has it.) Make a donation. (Once you join, you get a
great newletter a few times a year.)
One of these days I'll write to Warren Buffet and Bill Gates and urge them
to support this organization. In the meantime, I have you guys to nag -- and
to think I only just joined this list. Oh, the cheek of me. Sorry -- I just
really, really believe in what Ecology Action does.
Oh yeah, we also homeschool, drive as little as possible, don't expose our
kids or ourselves to commercial advertising, buy and grow organic, don't buy
or eat packaged, processed food, and try to spread love and kindness with
every though, word and deed.
Thanks for listening! Best wishes to everyone,
Ashley
aharvie@...
the word about biointensive gardening and the work of an organization called
Ecology Action. Many of you probably know all about biointensive already,
but for those who don't, the quick explanation is that through the use of
double digging and composting you can get huge yields from a very small
garden plot with little to no input from artificial fertilizers. Practiced
on a local scale, it can help solve worldwide food distribution problems, as
well as resource squandering and pollution problems arising from the
trucking and manufacture of petrochemical fertilizers and use of pesticides
and herbicides. It conserves and actually restore lost topsoil. It is very
water-conservative -- important given the water shortages looming in many
parts of the world. In my (admittedly very idealistic) opinion, it offers
one of the fundamental keys to world peace, because when everyone has a bit
of productive garden to tend resulting in enough food for their family and
community to eat, the motivation for territorial aggression goes way down.
They have an impressive network of training workshops that operates
worldwide, and those they train are committed to teaching others. So that,
person by person, the word is spreading in Africa, Mexico, Russia, South
America, Asia.
They need all the money they can get, and whenever I have a little spare
money, I make a donation. They have almost no overhead and use every penny
for the work.
So, check them out at www.growbiointensive.org. Buy "How to Grow More
Vegetables: Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops" (formerly titled
"How To Grow More Vegetables on Less Land Than You Ever Though Possible") by
John Jeavons. (Amazon has it.) Make a donation. (Once you join, you get a
great newletter a few times a year.)
One of these days I'll write to Warren Buffet and Bill Gates and urge them
to support this organization. In the meantime, I have you guys to nag -- and
to think I only just joined this list. Oh, the cheek of me. Sorry -- I just
really, really believe in what Ecology Action does.
Oh yeah, we also homeschool, drive as little as possible, don't expose our
kids or ourselves to commercial advertising, buy and grow organic, don't buy
or eat packaged, processed food, and try to spread love and kindness with
every though, word and deed.
Thanks for listening! Best wishes to everyone,
Ashley
aharvie@...
[email protected]
Uummmm . . . I'm planning on straightening up the living room soon . . .
feeling unworthy but I don't have the energy to save the world today.
Tomorrow . . .
Nance
feeling unworthy but I don't have the energy to save the world today.
Tomorrow . . .
Nance
[email protected]
In a message dated 12/26/00 3:09:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
marbleface@... writes:
<< I'm planning on straightening up the living room soon >>
hear, hear ;>)
marbleface@... writes:
<< I'm planning on straightening up the living room soon >>
hear, hear ;>)
Samantha Stopple
>That's what I do too! Well it's what I did when I
> Hmmm. I guess my latest tiny contribution to the
> world is that
> instead of poisoning the snails & slugs, I've been
> stepping on them
> instead. A tiny step towards preserving the planet.
> <<g>
still had a garden :( You can also put out bowls of
beer and slugs and snails are attracted to it. A
friend of mine thought if you're gonna die it could be
a pleasant way to go;)
Here's a funny snail story. Dd when 2yrs got a puzzle
with things in the garden that had snail in it. She
would put the snail peice on the floor and stomp on it
when she was working on the puzzle.
Peace,
Samantha
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Lynda
Cindy,
You might contact Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Education Center in Sonoma County and
Freshwater Farms up here. They both specialize in native plants and don't
remove them from the wild. They collect seeds and start all their own or,
in some cases, do air grafting or collect suckers. Both have worked at
bringing back some really endangered plants and have also done plantings on
the land swaps to return areas to natural plants.
Lynda
You might contact Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Education Center in Sonoma County and
Freshwater Farms up here. They both specialize in native plants and don't
remove them from the wild. They collect seeds and start all their own or,
in some cases, do air grafting or collect suckers. Both have worked at
bringing back some really endangered plants and have also done plantings on
the land swaps to return areas to natural plants.
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Ferguson" <crma@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] What are you doing for the World?
>
>
> > Sue wrote:
> >
> > Over 1670 scientists, including 104 Nobel laureates - a majority of the
living
> > recipients of the Prize in the sciences - have signed the Warning so
far.
> > These men and women represent 71 countries, including all of the 19
largest
> > economic powers, all of the 12 most populous nations, 12 countries in
Africa,
> > 14 in Asia, 19 in Europe, and 12 in Latin America."
> >
> >
> >
> > This report didn't even make the front page of newspapers.
> >
> > So for this festive season I think we should all ask "What can we do for
the
> > World", every little thing that individuals do CAN make a difference.
> >
> > What are you doing for the World?
> >
> > Sue
> >
> Thanks for posting this! One of the columnists for the Newshour did an
> essay on something similar - how we lose sight of the poor in this season
> of excess. The visual at the end was stunning in its poignancy. She had
> all these images of excess (furs, yachts, etc.) and in the upper center
> outlined by a strand of pearls was the face of a small African child.
>
> So what am I doing for the world : I am homeschooling my children, I am
> working on recycling more, simplifying more, consuming less, composting
> more, using organic products and planting more plants. I am particularly
> interested in getting some rare (endangered) native CA plants to put on
> my land. I know a native plant nursery which sells them so I won't take
> something from the wild! I am working on being a good steward for the l
> and where I now live - I have 12 acres of redwoods, live oaks, madrones,
> and lately lots of mushrooms! Spiritually I am working on developing
> more compassion and in May I have tickets to see/hear the Dalai Lama
> teach. I hope from that to learn what more I can do to heal the world.
>
> BTW Sonoma State University (part of the California State University
system)
> used to publish a report of the ten most under-reported news stories of
the
> year. It was a project that a journalism professor did every year. There
> were some surprising stories on it!
>
> --
>
> Cindy Ferguson
> crma@...
>
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This one is fun <g>
It is well after 10 p.m. and I'm upstairs and not cheating <g> Outside the
front door is a sword fern. It stands about four feet tall and has rather
hardy looking fronds. It doesn't flower, however, a frog jump to the south
are native Columbines which do flower. Under the sword fern we have lots of
bugs, an occasional mouse (cats don't allow too many of them or maybe they
are just smart and go next door <g>), and on occasion a tree frog (they
sometimes seem to get confused about where they belong).
A few jumps to the south east we have a large holly tree and it is covered
with red berries. The sparrows and robins love it! Of course, right now
the robins are busy getting drunk off the pyracantha in the backyard. Up
here the fuschia are still blooming (even after this miserable frost we have
been having) and the Anna's still flit about under my kitchen window.
We are all nature and animal nuts here. Even living in the city, we still
see plenty of deer, raccoons, every once in awhile a yucky skunk <g> and
lots of birds. A redtail hawk sits in the top of the tree outside the
window next to my computer. About once or twice a year a bear wanders
through some part of the city (we have greenbelts that make it possible for
you to walk in wilderness from one side of town to the other).
Lynda
It is well after 10 p.m. and I'm upstairs and not cheating <g> Outside the
front door is a sword fern. It stands about four feet tall and has rather
hardy looking fronds. It doesn't flower, however, a frog jump to the south
are native Columbines which do flower. Under the sword fern we have lots of
bugs, an occasional mouse (cats don't allow too many of them or maybe they
are just smart and go next door <g>), and on occasion a tree frog (they
sometimes seem to get confused about where they belong).
A few jumps to the south east we have a large holly tree and it is covered
with red berries. The sparrows and robins love it! Of course, right now
the robins are busy getting drunk off the pyracantha in the backyard. Up
here the fuschia are still blooming (even after this miserable frost we have
been having) and the Anna's still flit about under my kitchen window.
We are all nature and animal nuts here. Even living in the city, we still
see plenty of deer, raccoons, every once in awhile a yucky skunk <g> and
lots of birds. A redtail hawk sits in the top of the tree outside the
window next to my computer. About once or twice a year a bear wanders
through some part of the city (we have greenbelts that make it possible for
you to walk in wilderness from one side of town to the other).
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Samantha Stopple" <sammimag@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] What are you doing for the World?
>
>
> > What are you doing for the World?
> >
> My husband and I are doing the Kamana Naturalist
> Program (its a long distance/corespondence coursework)
> through the Wilderness Awareness School(WAS). My
> husband wants to mentor people using skils we are
> learning in WAS. I want to use these skills and
> extend them to Permaculture and more "natural" living.
>
> Check out their site a natureoutlet.com. The school
> has several workshops all over the US. Some of the
> workshops that would interest homeschoolers especially
> unschoolers is the Art of Mentoring and Coyote
> Mentoring. All of the programs would interest those
> who want to undertand out earth better.
>
> The schools goal is to create a Stalking Wolf on every
> corner. For anyone who doesn't know Stalking Wolf was
> an Apache Indian who mentored Tom Brown who runs The
> Tracker School in New Jersey. Tom Brown mentored Jon
> Young founder of the Wilderness Awareness School.
>
> My question would be: do you know the name of the
> plant outside you fron door? Could you describe it
> now without going and looking at it? Does is shelter
> any animals? Does it have flowers. The Kamana Program
> is about helping us be more aware of our environment
> our place in it and everything else.
>
> So...
>
> "Get out of your house walk on the land the trees are
> all talking you can undertand. The Mountains are
> calling and the trees and the wind. The bear and the
> deer are invinting you in"
>
> "Can you hear it that whispering sound. Through the
> treetops and up from the ground. Listen oh Listen and
> when you the magical earth calls out to you."
>
> -Sarah Pirtle "A Magical Earth" CD Check her other
> titles at gentlewind.com ( I think)
>
> Peace,
> Samantha
>
>
>
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The Mowery Family
Well, we are in the city - we homeschool, compost and
recycle. Our plants out front are covered under 27 inches of snow, but all
that is left is Rosemary I forgot to bring in the house, some bushes, a
perennial geranium and yarrow, on the side buried are my everblooming rose
hedges and my lavender.
We watch out for our elderly neighbors who don't have
family nearby - we are kind to those we don't know, we give to those in
need. We adopt the unwanted pets, we don't declaw our cats, we treat each
other with respect. We have tried to show dh parents what unconditional
love is, but they don't get it - so we try to heal the pain.
These are our attempts to help the world, and we have
seen a difference.
Happy Merry,
Karen
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Well, thanks, I guess. But we're really not hsing for any altruistic reason.
We started doing it because the school system around here stinks and it is
working and that's all the reason there is. No big philosophy behind it. No
thought that "if only others would hs, the world would be a much better
place."
But I did get the top layer of the living room picked up!! :)
Nance
In a message dated 12/27/2000 2:34:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!, crma@...
writes:
<< Little things *do* count and they add up!
And I know you homeschool your kids so you are doing more than a little
thing!<g>
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@... >>
We started doing it because the school system around here stinks and it is
working and that's all the reason there is. No big philosophy behind it. No
thought that "if only others would hs, the world would be a much better
place."
But I did get the top layer of the living room picked up!! :)
Nance
In a message dated 12/27/2000 2:34:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!, crma@...
writes:
<< Little things *do* count and they add up!
And I know you homeschool your kids so you are doing more than a little
thing!<g>
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@... >>
Carolyn
My question would be: do you know the name of the
bushes. Many of them are different shades of green. They have leaves.
Green leaves. Sometimes one of them, the trees I think, have light
purplishish flowers. Or maybe they're pink. Sort of cone shaped. No,
maybe not. Cats take shelter there. Neighborhood cats. They were each
given a name by my husband. They also have names given to them from the
people who feed them. I can almost remember one of the names, it starts
with an M. I'll get this later. Anyway, there is always at least one
in the front yard when I open the door. Unless they're all on top of my
car. It's "cashmere" but it looks beige to me.
Mandy. No, Mindy. No. I know it's going to come to me. I'm no good
at this. I'm probably the least observant person you ever met. But I
do have an incredible eye for what interests me. I like the color
green.
Carolyn
> plant outside you fron door? Could you describe itThere are green plants outside my front door. Some trees. Some
> now without going and looking at it? Does is shelter
> any animals? Does it have flowers. The Kamana Program
> is about helping us be more aware of our environment
> our place in it and everything else.
bushes. Many of them are different shades of green. They have leaves.
Green leaves. Sometimes one of them, the trees I think, have light
purplishish flowers. Or maybe they're pink. Sort of cone shaped. No,
maybe not. Cats take shelter there. Neighborhood cats. They were each
given a name by my husband. They also have names given to them from the
people who feed them. I can almost remember one of the names, it starts
with an M. I'll get this later. Anyway, there is always at least one
in the front yard when I open the door. Unless they're all on top of my
car. It's "cashmere" but it looks beige to me.
Mandy. No, Mindy. No. I know it's going to come to me. I'm no good
at this. I'm probably the least observant person you ever met. But I
do have an incredible eye for what interests me. I like the color
green.
Carolyn
DiamondAir
This is a great topic! I'm saving the digests with people's answers because
there is so much great info in there.This is something I think a lot about
at this time of year, because I try to make at least one New Year's
resolution that has to do with being a better steward of the planet. Last
year it was to cut down on my car driving by 50%, and I got a bicycle
trailer for the kids and dropped the average number of weekly miles I put on
my car by about 75%, using my bike for all trips under 6 or 7 miles (which
are the most polluting ones anyways because your car is firing up and
stopping). The year before it was to buy at least 50% organic. I've found
that usually when I start at a "doable" level, I find myself working up from
there anyways as I find that it is not that hard to change. I agree with the
person who said that if we all just make incremental changes it can make an
enormous difference. I used to be involved in the "Ecoteams" project which
was exactly that idea - people would go through a 6 week class that focused
them on changing the things that make the *most* difference in areas like
energy, food, transportation, water, etc. and you committed to doing certain
activities in the workbook (like replacing your shower heads with low-flow
showers) or making certain changes (like turning off the faucet when you are
brushing your teeth, or carpooling once a week). They found that once a
person changes a habit for a few weeks, they have developed a new habit and
it usually sticks. People could set the level of commitment wherever they
were comfortable. Then, each ecoteam was supposed to go out and
recruit/spawn two more ecoteams in their neighborhood., thus it would grow
to a critical mass.You can find out more about ecoteams and starting them
at: http://www.globalactionplan.org/. I really urge people to read this
website, it is a great program for instituting real change, household by
household!
This year, my goal is to plant and tend my own organic garden. I can
sympathize with you Carol because I hardly got any gardening done last year
after my little girl started crawling! Before that I could set her in the
garden on a blanket, but after that it was chasing her and pulling rocks,
bugs, twigs, dirt out of her mouth. This year we're going to re-do and
terrace our backyard and put in a swingset. Hopefully she and her brother
can then entertain themselves while I get some gardening done! My son loves
to help me garden and this year we did manage to plant and harvest our own
Halloween pumpkins and pie pumpkins. Next year I hope to grow a much bigger
percentage of food. I'm also trying to reclaim my knowledge of sustainable
practices, things like canning and sewing. This year I managed to can some
blackberry jam from our wild blackberries, next year I hope to put up some
of the food from our garden and reduce our dependence on food that is
trucked to us.
Other things we try to do in our household are eliminate household chemicals
and bleach-containing products, eliminate buying bleached paper products,
reduce, re-use, recycle, use cloth diapers, breastfeed, eat whole foods,
reduce consumerism, etc. etc.
Blue Skies!
-Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) who is playing his Christmas guitar
and Asa (10/5/99) who is playing the harmonica to accompany her brother
http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family
there is so much great info in there.This is something I think a lot about
at this time of year, because I try to make at least one New Year's
resolution that has to do with being a better steward of the planet. Last
year it was to cut down on my car driving by 50%, and I got a bicycle
trailer for the kids and dropped the average number of weekly miles I put on
my car by about 75%, using my bike for all trips under 6 or 7 miles (which
are the most polluting ones anyways because your car is firing up and
stopping). The year before it was to buy at least 50% organic. I've found
that usually when I start at a "doable" level, I find myself working up from
there anyways as I find that it is not that hard to change. I agree with the
person who said that if we all just make incremental changes it can make an
enormous difference. I used to be involved in the "Ecoteams" project which
was exactly that idea - people would go through a 6 week class that focused
them on changing the things that make the *most* difference in areas like
energy, food, transportation, water, etc. and you committed to doing certain
activities in the workbook (like replacing your shower heads with low-flow
showers) or making certain changes (like turning off the faucet when you are
brushing your teeth, or carpooling once a week). They found that once a
person changes a habit for a few weeks, they have developed a new habit and
it usually sticks. People could set the level of commitment wherever they
were comfortable. Then, each ecoteam was supposed to go out and
recruit/spawn two more ecoteams in their neighborhood., thus it would grow
to a critical mass.You can find out more about ecoteams and starting them
at: http://www.globalactionplan.org/. I really urge people to read this
website, it is a great program for instituting real change, household by
household!
This year, my goal is to plant and tend my own organic garden. I can
sympathize with you Carol because I hardly got any gardening done last year
after my little girl started crawling! Before that I could set her in the
garden on a blanket, but after that it was chasing her and pulling rocks,
bugs, twigs, dirt out of her mouth. This year we're going to re-do and
terrace our backyard and put in a swingset. Hopefully she and her brother
can then entertain themselves while I get some gardening done! My son loves
to help me garden and this year we did manage to plant and harvest our own
Halloween pumpkins and pie pumpkins. Next year I hope to grow a much bigger
percentage of food. I'm also trying to reclaim my knowledge of sustainable
practices, things like canning and sewing. This year I managed to can some
blackberry jam from our wild blackberries, next year I hope to put up some
of the food from our garden and reduce our dependence on food that is
trucked to us.
Other things we try to do in our household are eliminate household chemicals
and bleach-containing products, eliminate buying bleached paper products,
reduce, re-use, recycle, use cloth diapers, breastfeed, eat whole foods,
reduce consumerism, etc. etc.
Blue Skies!
-Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) who is playing his Christmas guitar
and Asa (10/5/99) who is playing the harmonica to accompany her brother
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Samantha Stopple wrote:
doing things with them for a number of years, and she has been doing the
Kamana program for over a year. She also goes to the tracking club up in
Gold Bar (where are you located?) and last summer she was part of the
wolf-tracking expedition in Idaho. The program has done wonderful things
for our entire family.
And dear Sarah Pirtle! in my former life as a publisher, I published her
superb novel "An Outbreak of Peace". Still hear from her occasionally.
On Christmas Day we did our usual. No presents. No special dinner. No
"entertaining". As Friends, we don't celebrate a traditional Christmas. The
two girls and I went to the local hospital, and they went from room to room
playing Christmas carols (violin and flute), and rejoicing when we came to
empty rooms (meaning no one was stuck there for Christmas.)
Then, last night we traveled to Seattle for our one family tradition -
singing and playing the entire Handel's Messiah with 500 folks at the
University Unitarian Church.
Now I am full.
David
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> > What are you doing for the World?The Wilderness Awareness School is wonderful! My older daughter has been
> >
> My husband and I are doing the Kamana Naturalist
> Program (its a long distance/corespondence coursework)
> through the Wilderness Awareness School(WAS). My
> husband wants to mentor people using skils we are
> learning in WAS. I want to use these skills and
> extend them to Permaculture and more "natural" living.
doing things with them for a number of years, and she has been doing the
Kamana program for over a year. She also goes to the tracking club up in
Gold Bar (where are you located?) and last summer she was part of the
wolf-tracking expedition in Idaho. The program has done wonderful things
for our entire family.
And dear Sarah Pirtle! in my former life as a publisher, I published her
superb novel "An Outbreak of Peace". Still hear from her occasionally.
On Christmas Day we did our usual. No presents. No special dinner. No
"entertaining". As Friends, we don't celebrate a traditional Christmas. The
two girls and I went to the local hospital, and they went from room to room
playing Christmas carols (violin and flute), and rejoicing when we came to
empty rooms (meaning no one was stuck there for Christmas.)
Then, last night we traveled to Seattle for our one family tradition -
singing and playing the entire Handel's Messiah with 500 folks at the
University Unitarian Church.
Now I am full.
David
--
I will be speaking in Florida in January. To check out my speaking schedule,
read a sample chapter or reviews of "And the Skylark Sings with Me", or find
ordering information, visit my website -- www.skylarksings.com -- or send an
e-mail to shantinik@...
Samantha Stopple
program for over a year. She also goes to
you go to the tracking club. You can't miss us we are
the family with two young kids 5yrs and 2yrs.
and last summer
kids get older or want to go stay with grandma :)
always use a good inspirational read.
the morning. The Sun Returned and its light will just
get stronger and stronger. I also hung stockings on
Christmas Eve for the kids. Dd is very fascinated with
Santa this year. So we read many stories about Santa
and Christmas and what it means for Christians.
Peace,
Samantha
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> the tracking club up inWe live in Monroe, WA. Maybe we will see yah next time
> Gold Bar (where are you located?)
you go to the tracking club. You can't miss us we are
the family with two young kids 5yrs and 2yrs.
and last summer
> she was part of theDrool. Drool. WE are going to have to wait until the
> wolf-tracking expedition in Idaho.
kids get older or want to go stay with grandma :)
>I am going to have to check this book out. I can
> And dear Sarah Pirtle! in my former life as a
> publisher, I published her
> superb novel "An Outbreak of Peace". Still hear from
> her occasionally.
always use a good inspirational read.
>We Celebrated the Longest night and woke the sun up in
> On Christmas Day we did our usual. No presents. No
> special dinner. No
> "entertaining". As Friends, we don't celebrate a
> traditional Christmas.
the morning. The Sun Returned and its light will just
get stronger and stronger. I also hung stockings on
Christmas Eve for the kids. Dd is very fascinated with
Santa this year. So we read many stories about Santa
and Christmas and what it means for Christians.
Peace,
Samantha
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