Welcome

This website doesn’t need to exist.
But it also doesn’t need to not exist.
I’m not building it because it’s needed.
I’m tending it because it feels true – for now.
And that’s a good enough reason.

Welcome to my playground 🤗🌱🐞🌦️🧑🏾‍🍀💩🐜🦋👵🏼🍃

Willkommen auf meinem Spielplatz 🤗🌱🐞🌦️🧑🏾‍🍀💩🐜🦋👵🏼🍃

What am I becoming?

A drop of dew in the morning, a rainbow in the sky, compost for the earth.

A mother, a daughter, a lover, a being.

Broken open, stitched up, scarred, wise, beautiful.

An elder, a child, a seed, the wind.

A mountain, a river, a tree, moss.

A bee, a flower, thousand flowers, thousand bees.

Open-hearted, reaching out, taking in, scared, grateful.

In the earth, under the earth, in the sky, gone.

Still here, everywhere, laughing, crying, being.

Everything, anytime, connected, loved.

Grace.

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Rethinking Rights: From Entitlement to Relationship

There is a word that frequently makes me stumble when I hear or read it. Even though it is being used in different contexts, there always seems to be an underlying sense of urgency, importance, and certainty. It is the word birthright. I have come across humans’ ‘birthrights’ to: freedom, a liveable environment, protection from … Continue reading Rethinking Rights: From Entitlement to Relationship

Letting Go of the Future: On Time, Modernity, and the Costs of Living Elsewhere

For most of human existence, the future was not a destination. It was more like the weather — something that arrived, departed, returned, surprised, and could not be owned. The modern fixation on “the future” as a project, a promise, or a debt is a recent invention, tightly braided with modernity’s desire for control and … Continue reading Letting Go of the Future: On Time, Modernity, and the Costs of Living Elsewhere

Beyond Self-Directed Education: Composting the Myth of the Independent Learner

In family homes, democratic schools, and alternative learning groups, something beautiful is unfolding. Families are stepping away from standardized schooling and letting curiosity lead. But even as we celebrate self-directed learning, it’s worth pausing to ask: What kind of “self” is directing — and being directed? Self-directed education invites the learner to steer their own … Continue reading Beyond Self-Directed Education: Composting the Myth of the Independent Learner

Adultism as a Cultural Blind Spot: How Young People Learn to Hold Themselves Back

What is adultism? Adultism is discrimination against young people because of their age. It is probably the most widespread form of discrimination worldwide, and it is based on the assumption that children and adolescents have less to say, that they are less intelligent, or less valuable. If you take a closer look, you can see … Continue reading Adultism as a Cultural Blind Spot: How Young People Learn to Hold Themselves Back

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