Gnomekin Kits This Special Gnomekin comes to you in the form of a kit that requires only basic crafting skills to make and includes all the necessary parts to make a single Gnomekin – including pieces of wool-blend felt in 4 different colors and soft, white wool roving for Gnomekin’s beard. Little Gnomekin will love to explore […]
Christmas
A Winter Nature Story for Everyone
This is a wonderful secular seasonal story because it teaches the values of giving and kindness without talking about any particular holiday. Additonally, it can be told in countries where there are not fir trees because other kinds of trees are mentioned in the story as well and all children would be familiar with those […]
Advent Ribbon Craft & Cookie Tradition
This year Pagan Advent (the four Sundays before Winter Solstice on December 21st) and Christian Advent (the four Sundays before Christmas) coincide with both beginning on November 30. So, starting November 30, there are 4 Sundays until the winter solstice, or the end of advent, this makes 22 days until Yule. We created a special […]
What is an “Open Table”?
Today I took a look back in time. What were we doing on Thanksgiving five years ago? And how have things changed since then? What I discovered surprised me. Looking back I can see how what we did was very healing to our family as well as others and contributed to the way the children […]
Ten Things to Do with a Rosemary Tree
I was walking out of the grocery store today and I could not resist this adorable little rosemary tree! I have never taken the time to shape my rosemary plants and I thought this was such a wonderful way to display this herb! To keep the shape I will trim branches off to use to […]
Sir Winter: The Phlegmatic Temperament
“Sir Winter”, The Phlegmatic Temperament By Kristie Karima Burns, MH, ND, Ph.D. This was originally published in the ROTH Online Magazine. However, since the link is no longer available online we are re-publishing here until the link becomes available again. Like a down comforter the winter snow covers and protects mother earth in the same […]