Threads Mary Lou Sanelli It’s a familiar story: I met someone who became my friend. And though this someone was a man, we were never more than a friendship. From his first dance class in my studio, there was something between us that might have made people think we were more, but it was never like that. I remember ... Read More ►
Grief is the Price of Love Excerpt from See No Stranger by Valarie Kaur[1] Grief is the price of love. Loving someone means that one day, there will be grieving. They will leave you, or you will leave them. The more you love, the more you grieve. Loving someone also means grieving with them. It means letting their pain ... Read More ►
At this time, especially in the United States, many people are working to identify long-standing racial biases and consequent injustices that have imposed enormous suffering on those born into what are often labeled as minority races, as well as inculcating unconscious habits of thought and action in the people born into what is considered the majority race. This climate of ... Read More ►
Bean bags. Yellow. Red. Blue. Anyone familiar with a Waldorf curriculum knows the value of bean bags in helping children to strengthen vitality and develop physical coordination by passing bean bags around a circle without looking. In the foundations program of the Association for Anthroposophic Psychology (AAP), bean bags play a different role. Students receive a bean bag, then are ... Read More ►
Chester County, Pennsylvania is known for many things – jobs, quality healthcare, infrastructure – but perhaps the vision that first comes to mind is its scenic natural landscapes, which play a major role in residents’ decisions to locate and remain in the county. A 2017 survey issued to Chester County residents found that eighty-five per cent of respondents ranked open ... Read More ►
Suppose for a minute you once wrote a book entitled Women in the Garden. And after a few decent reviews, low and behold, you are invited to sign copies at a prestigious garden show. Since that initial invitation, I learned that garden shows are numerous as the charities they support. And for two summers, I packed up my books, covering freeways ... Read More ►