Category: Connections
Let’s Raise a (Nature) Revolution in Our Kids
Fighting for a clean, healthy environment is my job. Literally. As a scientist for an environmental advocacy organization, I work to protect our endangered wildlife and wild lands on a daily basis. I find it challenging and rewarding, but it also means that I am acutely aware of the threats facing our world’s natural heritage [...]
Treat Yourself to a Learning Vacation and Make Friends to Last a Lifetime
As an artist, I’m always looking for classes to learn new techniques. I guess I’m what you would call a life-long learner. Presently, I’m concentrating my artistic efforts on making jewelry and paper arts. I’ve obtained my skills by reading technique books, taking classes at my local bead store, and experimenting with different materials. I [...]
We come. We go. We love.
It was a warm late-August afternoon when I sat down on the wooden front steps of my house to make the phone call. I had just come home from a long orientation at my brand-new teaching job, and I’d been watching the clock all day, knowing my parents should be returning from what may be [...]
The Gift of Homeschooling
As I watch my children shucking corn at a late 1800’s homestead underneath the vibrant blue Colorado sky, I smile inside at how blessed we are. After shucking the corn, we then walk over to hear a Navajo Indian share stories of her ancestors and learn of her craft-making skills that were her ancestor’s tools [...]
Get Your Marriage Mojo Back
Once upon a time my husband and I met, fell in love, and got engaged. Soon after the negative comments and predictions began. Time and time again people would see our affection or intimacy and say things like “Ooh, they’re newlyweds, just wait. The honeymoon will be over. Oh, that won’t last for long.” These [...]
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