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I’ve been thinking about holiday gifts for my class. I have 8 students with my youngest at nearly three and my oldest who turned 6 at the beginning of August. I love autumn leaves and have wanted for several years to paint a whole wall of individual leaf portraits. Not there yet but someday… So on our nature walk the other day, I gave the directive that we could each gather a leaf for our lunch table. Well, as you might have guessed, we all came back with bouquets of leaves,

I go with my lantern. My lantern goes with me. Above the stars are shining, Below is shining me. So shine your light Through the darkest night. La bimba la bumba la boom So shine your light Through the darkest night La bimba la bumba la boom (A Playgarden Lantern Walk song) Each year, just as the days become noticeably shorter, and the stars appear a little earlier in the sky, friends and families of Playgarden gather together for our annual Lantern Walk; a tradition celebrat

Soon we will come again, in Earth’s ever-cycling movements, to autumn’s balance point. The circular dance of waxing and waning ~ of...