Category : Children

Fostering Civic Engagement – using the Public Achievement Model (PA)
by Lisa Strahley and Tracy D’Arpino What does it take for democracy to work as it should? One might generate many responses to this...

Collecting in the Land of Oz
by D.E.Bentley – Barb Kennerson’s lifelong love of reading and all things OZ has ballooned into an eclectic collection of L. Frank...

Dragonfly Tales: Nature as a place of peaceful reprieve
by Steve Melcher – “In wildness is the preservation of the world.” ~Henry David Thoreau So spoke a true ‘Nature Boy’ over 100...

Simple Sustainability: Family essentials system for simplicity
by Sky Trombly – I am about to let you in on a little simplifying secret that no one is really talking about. I’m calling it the...

Dragonfly Tales: There be dragons
by Steve Melcher – “Magic is seeing wonder in nature’s every little thing, seeing how wonderful the fireflies are and how magical...

Dragonfly Tales: Charlotte’s Web (cam)
by Steve Melcher – I’m writing this when there is frost on the inside of our windows here at Odonata Sanctuary. Remember those...

Dragonfly Tales: Liberty Hyde Bailey
by Steve Melcher – The Father of Modern Horticulture – Liberty Hyde Bailey is one of my greatest influences and someone who I believe...