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February 2015

February 23, 2015

What Nights Are For

I lie awake in the dark with my children beside me, one on each side....

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Review: Parenting with a Story

Paul Smith, Parenting with a Story: Real Life Lessons in Character for Parents and Children...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Enchanted Composting

Composting has done more to create a sense of intimacy with the land than our...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Of Children, Paint, and Unplanned Sabbats

Every Sabbat, I read other people's plans and suggestions for celebrating with children, think about...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Off to School Altars

Building altars together is part of how we deal with life transitions and other situations...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

To The Gates of Dreaming: Using Guided Meditation to Help Young Children Sleep

I've spent countless hours helping my daughters fall asleep, nursing and bouncing, massaging and singing...

September 2011

September 15, 2011

Responding to Ina May: The sacred is multiple

Like Gaskin, I feel the sacred in some of our most basic biological processes: in...

July 2011

July 05, 2011

What color is your pain? Magic for pregnant aches

By C. B. Cabeen Midway through the second trimester, my ribs started hurting around the...