Grime lives on my windowsill And forgotten cheerios Some flies That did not escape the blinds And a spider, Still very much alive A puddle of orange juice From a sippy cup That should never Have left the kitchen Mixed with dust bunnies Cleaning is pointless Until my children move out Inspired by Karen, the … Continue reading My Windowsill
Pretending to be Furiously Happy
A few years ago I found myself sitting at the airport about to catch a flight that I didn't really want to be on, going somewhere I didn't really want to go, to undertake tasks that I'd rather have avoided. My father had passed away only a few months before, and I was flying across … Continue reading Pretending to be Furiously Happy
SOS: Lecture 2: The Three Worlds
This is one of a series of posts discussing Rudolf Steiner's Founding a Science of the Spirit: Fourteen Lectures Given in Stuttgart Between 22 August and 4 September 1906. Visit the tag Science of Spirit for all posts on this topic. This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support of Kindism.org. I hope everyone has recovered from … Continue reading SOS: Lecture 2: The Three Worlds
SOS: A note about Notes
This is one of a series of posts discussing Rudolf Steiner's Founding a Science of the Spirit: Fourteen Lectures Given in Stuttgart Between 22 August and 4 September 1906. Visit the tag Science of Spirit for all posts on this topic. This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support of Kindism.org. Part way through Lecture One: The … Continue reading SOS: A note about Notes
In the Beginning
This is another one of the books that has been sitting on my desk for longer than it should have. This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support of kindism.org A few times a year our Sunday School teacher would sit us down and have us open our Bibles to Genesis and we would read … Continue reading In the Beginning
Why do some people stay in Christian Science, despite its failures?
Why do we stay in Christian Science? Emerging Gently offers a theory: Intermittent reinforcement: “The name given to any pattern of reinforcement where only some responses are reinforced.” Sometimes the healing happens, sometimes it doesn't. Try harder, maybe it will this time.
SOS: Lecture 1: The Being of Man
This is one of a series of posts discussing Rudolf Steiner's Founding a Science of the Spirit: Fourteen Lectures Given in Stuttgart Between 22 August and 4 September 1906. Visit the tag Science of Spirit for all posts on this topic. This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support of Kindism.org. The first half of lecture one, … Continue reading SOS: Lecture 1: The Being of Man
Return of the Mormons Part 2: Religion, Guilt & Motherhood
For part one: Saint Kat of the Sparkling Water Mormon Missionaries often inspire unintended lines of thinking (I'm pretty sure they never intended to push me to secular humanism) and this time was no exception. Something about the afternoon's encounter bugged me, and it took some time to sort out why. Then I found it: They noticed that … Continue reading Return of the Mormons Part 2: Religion, Guilt & Motherhood
Surreal morning conversations at the play yard
I'm starting to think I need more coffee before I do the school run. (me) Today is Thursday, right? (a dad at the school play yard) Yeah, it's Friends, and Steinfield tonight, remember when we used to do that? Not really, I wasn't allowed to watch TV. I occasionally snuck some on Wednesday nights while … Continue reading Surreal morning conversations at the play yard
SOS: Introduction by Brien Masters
This is one of a series of posts discussing Rudolf Steiner's Founding a Science of the Spirit: Fourteen Lectures Given in Stuttgart Between 22 August and 4 September 1906. Visit the tag Science of Spirit for all posts on this topic. This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support of Kindism.org. The introduction of Founding a Science of … Continue reading SOS: Introduction by Brien Masters
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