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Protected by a Child

March 2, 2008

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood

How many times do my children protect me from harm? How does their innocence move me to seek innocence? Their natural desire to explore, learn, grow and create often protects me from losing context.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Reading the Land|| Parenting
Tagged With: Food, Alaska, Environment, Illinois, Parenting, Pregnancy, Reading Circles, Sandra Steingraber, Snow
By nicole 2 Comments

A Good Day for the Beginnings of Journeys

January 27, 2008

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood

I must admit that I think it a bit ironic that the maiden book discussion here at RCB is about a journey to birth. This has been a dream of my husband’s for a while, but I never thought I would be leading the first discussion! I first began reading Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey […]

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Shelved with: Reading the Land|| Parenting|| Hearts & Minds
Tagged With: Parenting, Reading Circles, Sandra Steingraber, Having Faith, Book Clubs, Environment
By nicole 7 Comments

What Are Blogs? Not Monologues but Conversations

January 20, 2008

Here at the beginning of the 21st Century, the internet connects us (however imperfectly) across barriers of geography, race, class, age, ability, family situation, income, education, religion, culture, and even language. The monologue of the powerful few, for good or ill, is overcome by connections among the many. With those connections come power — ordinary people like you and me are given the power (and therefore the responsibility) of participation in each others’ lives.

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Shelved with: The Reading Life|| Science & Technology|| RCB
Tagged With: Community, Digital Literacy, Education, RCB, Reading Circles, Sandra Steingraber, Timothy Tyson
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Our first Reading Circle!

January 15, 2008

Kriss over at Circle M Farm suggested Having Faith after reading author Sandra Steingraber’s earlier book, Living Downstream. We’ll be reading it together beginning in January, 2008, with Nicole Five Pennies as our host. So go look up Kris’ wonderful invitation to read together, get your copy (the little blue box by the title will […]

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Shelved with: RCB
Tagged With: Book Clubs, Environment, Having Faith, Reading Circles, Sandra Steingraber
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