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Wife / Mom! / Biodynamic Urban Farmer / Nutrition Science Buff / Ultra Frugal (Cheap!) Lifestylist / Avid Reader / Writer Extraordinaire / In Pursuit of Moral, Physical, and Intellectual Excellence.
If you do not possess a deep capacity for Anger, your Compassion or so-called Gentleness means nothing to me.
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Library, Growth in Journal
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...
Kingdom of Childhood Lecture 4 in Essays
“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...
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...
Kingdom of Childhood Lecture 3 in Essays
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...
The Kingdom of Childhood Intro in Essays
‘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...
Time Flies in Journal
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...
Kingdom of Childhood Lecture 2 in Essays
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...
The Kingdom of Childhood Lecture 1 in Essays
[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...
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...
Mental Illness and Morality in Essays
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,...
Free Association in Journal
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. ...
Humiliation in A Childhood Lost
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...
In Defense of Self-Knowledge in Essays
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...
Sickness, low energy, but Happy in Journal
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...
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...
It's never Personal in Journal
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...
Lately, WOW in Journal
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 ...
Good Friends in Journal
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...
Musings and in Journal
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...
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...
Double Entry... in Journal
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...
the Fucking Liar. I should have known all along. She’s always been a bitch. The only reason she ever asked me what I liked or wanted, was to punish me with it. After I had my son, about 4 month...
I’m a competitive person. I like being good. Not just good. I love and relish the pride, the confidence, the self-esteem of doing something difficult, well. So when I receive criticism, I love i...
Starting to Think I had the Ick in Journal
or something, since W is now coughing and acting fatigued, as I felt for the last 2 weeks. Thought it was just my preggo hormones/energy getting me down. I felt like a human yesterday for the fir...
I wrote a letter to FIL, and I don’t think I’ll share it, here. But here are my contemplative ruminations on it. After his wife, my DH’s mother, and my MIL, died last November, I have thought wi...
