To School or To Educate?
As a parent to a nine-month-old, I never thought I would already be considering my child’s education. Before she was born, though, people…
Parent Guilt – A Silent Epidemic
Imagine yourself as a fly on the wall of a confessional booth in a small hamlet of devout churchgoers. In just a few Sundays, you discover, to your…
How To Create A Well Society
(Read Chris' alternate piece, How To Create a Sick Society.)
I’ve begun writing this on a…
Dancing Babies and World Peace
The magnificent blues guitarist Robert Lockwood, Jr., performed regularly not far from my childhood home. But the divides of race and radio kept me…
The Woman On the Cover Is Both Madonna and Whore
I've been radio silent for a while, mostly because I see and hear so many things that need addressing that I tend to get overwhelmed and not sure…
What Babies Know About Living In Our Bodies
How do you sit? Are you hunched? Do you feel a twinge in your neck or do your legs go numb?
How do you stand when…
New Study Shows Benefits of Long Term Breastfeeding
BREASTMILK ADJUSTS FOR OPTIMUM GUT BACTERIA OVER TIME
(If you have missed the national dialogue about the TIME…
Beyond Sustainability – The Regenerative Promise Of Biodynamics
Caption: Butterfly garden and barn on Ceo Maidin Feirm, the author's home. See more photos here. Photo by Lisa Reagan.
Standing under the news-making…
Gainful Unemployment, by Radical Homemaker Shannon Hayes
It was just getting dark the night of November 1st, 1999 as I locked my bike outside my Ithaca apartment, walked inside and learned from my roommate…
Bonding, Mind and Spirit – in Childhood
Bonding, Mind and Spirit - in Childhood
(Excerpt from Natural Baby and Childcare)
Since philosophy shows us how to…