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A New Book with a message from our deep and distant human past: The Shoemaker and the Elves, presented by Leni Smith Covington.

June 11, 2021 by Kate Walter

Once upon a time it happened, when indeed did it not happen, a teacher telling a fairy tale to a class at school was deeply touched by the power of the story. She saw it in the eyes of the children, and she felt it in her own heart. That experience awakened her interest in…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Articles, Books, Children, Education, History Tagged With: early childhood, fairytale, Kenyon Avenue Press, new publication, teacher, Waldorf

My Virtual Coffee House Show

August 9, 2020 by Kate Walter

Back in the day, when my friends and I were young and eager to be out sharing poetry and music, the coffeehouse beckoned. Public, legitimate, no age limits, no alcohol licensing requirement, coffee houses in the Chicago area often had a stage as well, many with hours scheduled for drop in performers on the “Open…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Articles, Education, Food, History, Painting, Small Business

In These Times – A Window for Healthy Changes

April 26, 2020 by Kate Walter

I remember one day in a Waldorf school in a big city where I worked as a class teacher, finding my way down long hallways and flights of stairs to a basement room, with a door, that held a couch, a bookshelf, and a small table with coffee supplies. A colleague was sitting on the…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Conservation, Education, Farming, History

The Rule of Law

August 29, 2018 by Kate Walter

Environmental Lawyers are at work in 2018 to exercise and strengthen the laws that protect earth.   A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. –Benjamin Franklin  I’ve heard a lot of lawyer jokes. I’ve read some history and enjoyed conversation with friends and family who practice law, and I know…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Conservation, History, Sustainability, Water

PIECE BY PIECE

August 4, 2014 by Kate Walter

There was still clothesline tied to the old laundry poles in the sideyard of the Bakke Farm house, so I hung up my new quilt for a view, an art piece in an artistic setting. Quarter square triangle blocks, a standard in quilt piecing design, make up this subdued and yet vibrant piece, and I…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Craft, Fiber, History, Textiles

Getting Out the Word

February 1, 2014 by Kate Walter

Letters, the foundation of our literacy, the beginnings of our intellectual technology, lead the way in the study of history and art, traditions of the intellectual life of people on earth. The western Roman alphabet, A to Z, reached a design pinnacle with 23 letters in second century Rome. For 2000 years the identifying shape,…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Books, Craft, Education, History Tagged With: alphabet, craftsmanship, letterpress, printing

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by Michael Wright

Garden of Radio Delights

Roll back the tape: 1960, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3 am. My upstairs bedroom.  Headphones on, I’m squinting in the dark at the lighted dial of my Hallicrafter S-38e short wave radio, with a Q-multiplier attached that I built from a Heathkit. The S-38e was produced from 1957 to 1961, making it the end of the Hallicrafters S-38 line of shortwave…READ MORE >

Music in the Wood: Harmonic Forms by Paul Fairchild

I climbed down out of the Crow’s Nest and spent a recent Saturday afternoon worrying a pile of knotty red oak rounds with a maul and wedge, whittling them down to size for the wood stove. As I split them open, I enjoyed seeing the beautiful swirling grains in the wood, exposed to the sunlight…READ MORE >

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