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An Ode to Spring
My heart was still lovesick for Spring. She is here now and has scattered her pearls on the figs, mulberries, and strawberries in my garden.

Angelique Knaup
Aug 9, 20242 min read
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Sustaining our Connection with Nature: The Why and How of Nature Study
Kate Bridges I am typing this whilst watching my seven year old son from my window, hugging his knees in a corner of the garden, silent...

Kate Bridges
Apr 26, 202410 min read
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Nature Calendar - September 2023
We hope you enjoy this nature calendar for September. Please post and comment if you follow any of the suggestions in the month ahead.

Robyn Doyle
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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On Glorious Things in Parking Lots.
Did you know that the moon follows a two-week cycle of waxing and waning? While I have always marveled at the moon in its many phases, I...

Sarah Spring
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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Nature Calendar - August 2023
We hope you enjoy this nature calendar for August. Please post and comment if you follow any of the suggestions in the month ahead.

Robyn Doyle
Jul 28, 20231 min read
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Nature Calendar - July 2023
We hope you enjoy this nature calendar for July. Please post and comment if you follow any of the suggestions in the month ahead.

Robyn Doyle
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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On Training Your Eyes to See
Before encountering mushrooms as part of our curriculum, they didn’t hold any particular meaning for our family. While we had enjoyed...

Sarah Spring
Jun 16, 20232 min read
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On Loving Where You Live
Mothers everywhere should take their children outside. This is something Charlotte Mason implores us to do in the early pages of Home Education. She envisioned us being out with our children in wide open spaces, for long stretches of time. This sounds wonderful in theory to most mothers, but if like me you live in a big busy city, this vision might leave you feeling more frustrated than inspired. Yet the reality of city life was not lost on Mason, she suggested that a train

Sarah Spring
May 19, 20233 min read
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