Issue #74 – Winter 2014

Winter 2014: The Garden – Issue #74, Vol. 19

Editor’s Note, Christy Korrow

Quality Time: Seeds Saved, Lessons Learned, Coree Entwistle
Author, mother, and farmer—one of the three Radical Farmwives

Compost Lessons from the Earthworm, Evelyn Speiden
A thoughtful gem from the 1947 edition of the journal, Biodynamics

Soil, Deb Soule
Become friendly with your garden soil

Helping the Honeybee: Twelve Tips (Even if You’re Not a Beekeeper), Jacqueline Freeman
Let’s all do our part for these little creatures

Beginning Biodynamics for the Backyard Gardener, Abigail Porter
Start using the biodynamic sprays on your garden

Six Tips for Organic Pest Control, Chris Korrow
Non-toxic ideas that require little effort

Humans and Elemental Beings: Working Together to Heal the Earth, Basil Williams, DO
New ways to celebrate and honor natural rhythms

Thoughtful Food with Food for Thought, Karen Flores
A local, organic and whole foods-based school lunch program

THERAPIES

The Embryo in Us: A Phenomenological Search for Soul and Consciousness in the Prenatal Body, Jaap van der Wal, MD, PhD.  Journey with this Dutch physician as he sees the body as a vehicle for the soul
A Drinking Problem—Part Two, David Tresemer, PhD
Second in a series exploring transpersonal and anthroposophic psychology

From Darkness to Light: Illness as a Bridge to Health, Robert Kellum, ND
New insights into death and the role it plays in life

AWAKENINGS
Star Wisdom: A Geocentric versus a Heliocentric Outlook, Finbarr Murphy
Sun, Earth, galaxy, which is at the center?

Seasons of the Soul: Awakening Your Impulse to Germinate, Lynn Jericho
Enter the rhythm of winter

Falling Awake: Speaking On, Mary Lou Sanelli
Laugh and cry with Puget Sound-based author and poet
CULTURE PULSE
Transformation Soup: Identifying My Body’s Gender, Ewan Duarte
can you think of a good line here?

EDUCATION AND CHILDHOOD
Overload: Overstimulated and Underprotected in the Modern Media World, Nancy Blanning
Keeping the child’s life simple is healthier

The Public Schools Institute of Rudolf Steiner College: A Source of Renewal and Inspiration in Education, Elizabeth J. Beaven, EdD
“What can Waldorf education offer to children in public education?”

ARTS
The Daily Practice of Creativity, Jennifer Thomson
A colorful adventure with a watercolorist from Crestone, Colorado
POEMS

Listen to the Snow, Christine Swanberg

Visiting Dead Uncles, Lynn P. Elwell

Ode to a Carpenter, Julia Alter

BOOKS
The Multifaceted Life of Emil Molt, Father of the Waldorf School
Entrepreneur, Political Visionary, and Seeker for the Spirit, Caryl Johnston reviews a new book by Sophia Christine Murphy

Letters to LILIPOH