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This lecture begins with an overview of methods for the 9-and-a-half or 10 year old through puberty, or around age 14. Steiner again emphasizes the importance of relationships in presenting these...

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Boundaries, I have without exception experienced, are useful only as an internal asshole radar system. It’s fine (I guess) to “have” boundaries- but no one who you would actually need to have the...

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This lecture is dedicated to a rough outline of methodology to accomplish the objectives defined in the previous lectures. Namely, this lecture is about the how in bringing experiences to childre...

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“It is essential that you have some understanding of the real essence of every subject that you teach, so that you do not use things in your teaching that are remote from life itself. Everything ...

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Walked to the library today with W, and it was a fun trip. It is not air conditioned, which was disappointing, but we spent a good 2 hours there anyways. Signed up for a card and checked out a bu...

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“People who cannot endure being clumsy and doing things stupidly and imperfectly at first never really will be able to do them perfectly in the end out of their own inner self.” Childhood is noth...

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I don’t get this type of behavior. I really don’t. It’s just that, if you bully someone into doing what you want, you know in your bones always and forever that nothing between you is real. It’s...

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General Principles of Waldorf Education Steiner spends quite a lot of this lecture describing in strictly Anthroposophical terms the process of child development. It is a difficult and unclarifyi...

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‘He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.’ ~Friedrich Nietzsche It is with this idea in mind that I aim to review Steiner’s lectures on education. It is to fulfill my own need for cl...

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When you’re having fun. I can’t believe I’ve already entered the third trimester. This pregnancy is moving by so quickly, it seems. It’s odd that I barely notice that I’m pregnant, but I think ab...

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Pg 18 Quote; ” But is is what you are that matters: if you are good this goodness will appear in your gestures; and if you are bad-tempered this also will appear in your gestures- in short, every...

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[Intro] Pg 4 Quote; “Those who are truly the worst theorists are the least practical in life. A bank today is entirely composed of thoughts arising from theories. There is nothing practical in i...

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Of things I’d like to write and so little time to do it. I’ve been mulling over a philosophical analysis of Steiner’s educational lectures. I think I will do that. Anthroposophy is a mystical wo...

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Is the cure to mental, emotional, psychological illness a moral assessment of the people in our lives? Does our inner experience, feeling life, or our true self rely fundamentally on moral truth,...

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Means, in essence, the right to ostracize. It really boggles my mind that by far the most common complaint I have read from parents is the direct result of forced association for their children. ...

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This will be a quick entry because it’s DH’s birthday(woo!) and I’m running him lunch in an hour. But the thought that struck me this last couple of days- since my mother has for the past 3 years...

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This post is a criticism of the recent interview of Kelly Brogan, MD as printed in the Wise Traditions Summer 2022 Journal. This article may be found at WestonAPrice.org under Journal Articles ta...

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Well I spent yesterday morning shivering (even though it’s 80F here) and barfing. The rest of the day sipping liquids and laying down to keep the stomach cramps at bay. Today I’m feeling better b...

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There are two kinds of certainty. There are the coffee shop philosophers who have the answer to everything and it’s just that simple, period. They’re the period people. They are certain about sp...

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Abuse, that is. It is we, the victim, who personalizes abuse. It’s just easier that way. It’s easier when we convince ourselves that we have some kind of influence over what is happening. It’s a...

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So much happening. Crypto markets are bleeding out so there isn’t much to do atm except try to ignore it and wait. No point messing around with a portfolio ~60% down lol DH got another raise the ...

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make life a whole lot better. It’s not just that I enjoy the time and connection that we have together, but that I feel equally valuable and valued by another person who has zero obligations or n...

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boring predictability. Does anyone else find the predictable insufferably boring? I suppose in a melancholic way, it can be reassuring. Mostly for fear of change and moral clarity. I am currentl...

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I entered the college dorm common room and sat on the far end of the single couch, next to the end table and lamp. I settled in to write. I had my laptop and also old fashioned pen and paper note...

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I made lasagna and it smells so freaking good. 2 for 3? Crypto market is down, but not for 2 of 3 of the new assets I decided to dabble in. The 2 are up slightly. win? Things have been… interest...

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