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Potato

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joined on 03/09/07
last updated 03/30/09
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I Phound Phellow Phreaks!

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Hooray for the little guy

Yeah Monsanto, the pooch is YOU!
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E Komo Mai!

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about me
Artist, musician, poet, lover, fool, priest, warrior, vagabond, lunatic, philosopher, wizard's apprentice, homo sapien.
Sun Sag, Aquarius Moon, Cancer Rising
Thunderbird Clan
Year of da Rabbit
Yellow Cosmic Star
I endure in order to beautify
Transcending art
I seal the store of elegance
With the cosmic tone of presence
I am guided by the power of free will
I am a Waldorf teacher living and teaching at a Steiner inspired charter school in the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon. This is my third school in three years, Robert's Creek, Pahoa, and now Medford. Sagittarians don't have roots, we have hooves. Waldorf is simultaneously my blessing and my curse. It takes almost everything I have and gives me most everything that I need. We are providing therapy for new humans in a fractured and splintered society obsessed with materialism and independence (What a paradox, as if more "stuff" gave us more "freedom"). We strive to create whole and integrated humans by educating the head, hands and heart in balance with each other. In other words, we focus on music, singing, dancing, painting, drawing, listening, creating, knitting and building with the same emphasis as the language of letters and numbers. I attempt to allow the music of the celestial spheres to float through my classroom in subtle and not so subtle ways.
I struggle to maintain my own life independent from my school and my students. I strive to practice my Vipassana, Yoga, Qi Gong and Reiki on a daily basis. Luckily alot of what I require in my life is provided by my vocation.
I'm pretty stoked to be in the driest part of the PNW! And what a great community! Ecstatic Dance, Dances of Universal Peace, Hula!
I think I'm going to like it here.
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The Revolution is NOW!
Thu, February 7, 2008 - 11:27 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
From the Lakota Tradition, I think...

Oh Great Spirit,
whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world.
Hear me!
I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty and let my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand the lessons that you have taught my people.
Let me discover the meanings you have hidden i... read more
Fri, November 23, 2007 - 9:00 PM permalink - 1 comment
 


One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought ab... read more
Tue, November 13, 2007 - 3:50 PM permalink - 2 comments
 



Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year, for the Celts divided the year into two seasons: the light and the dark, at Beltane on May 1st and Samhain on November 1st. Some believe that Samhain was the more important festival, marking the beginning of a whole new cycle, just as the Celtic day began at night. For it was understood that in dark silence comes whisperings of new beginnings, the stirring of the seed below the ground. Whereas Beltane welcomes in the summer... read more
Wed, October 31, 2007 - 12:34 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
A 2nd Grade Play
Spring 2007

Based on tales by the Haida and Salish Peoples
Dedicated to the people living in British Columbia, now and in lifetimes past.

Narrator: Raven’s land was lush and green,
Greener lands could not be seen.
But once the water went away,
It happened on one terrible day.

Raven: The rain from the sky fell no more
And all the lakes shrank from their shores.
The rivers and ponds dried up too
And the animals knew not what to do.
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Thu, October 18, 2007 - 11:31 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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Ah Hui Hou! ( community » sound off ) Aloha Ohana,
It is with heavy heart that I send out this message. Shor... read more
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May Day Celebration ( events » arts ) Aloha Ohana,
despite the ridiculous obstacles we have met with in birthing Hawaii's first charter Waldorf school, we are still managing to instill our keikis with a love for music and we would be honored to share that with you. On Monday the 5th... read more
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We NEED more schools in Puna! ( events » community ) Aloha aina ohana,
Puna is the size of Oahu and growing fast. However there is a large resistance here to creating more schools! And, the educational system in Puna is err, to say a little backwards would be putting it nicely. Tomorrow, April t... read more
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Ah Hui Hou! ( community » sound off ) Aloha Ohana,
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