{"id":6040,"date":"2011-11-01T01:10:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T06:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2011-10-22T19:01:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T00:01:36","slug":"interweavings-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/11\/01\/interweavings-14\/","title":{"rendered":"InterWeavings"},"content":{"rendered":"

November Musings<\/strong><\/p>\n

November in the US brings thoughts of Thanksgiving Day.\u00a0 Although it is an American holiday, the idea of devoting a day to gratitude is nice. Especially since it is the kick off weekend to the madness that is Christmas shopping!<\/p>\n

Eating meals together around a table.\u00a0 I will admit when we had all three kids at home it was easier to institute the ritual of coming to<\/p>\n

the table for a meal.\u00a0 We ate at six o\u2019clock each night at the table. No eating in the family room in front of the television (unless mom was not home that night).\u00a0 Everyone waited until the last person was seated and then a blessing was said and usually a candle lit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now we have only three of us at home and it is awfully tempting to just grab food and sit in front of a computer screen or a television.\u00a0 But it is a matter of the heart.\u00a0 We come together and join in the sacrament of breaking bread together.\u00a0 All four elements have been called forth and utilized in the preparation of the meal.\u00a0 We breathe in and bless the food and enter into the circle of family.<\/p>\n

Our kitchen table is a sixty inch round lazy susan table.\u00a0 I have the chairs placed at the four directions and a candle in the middle.\u00a0 Cloth placemats and napkins are used instead of paper.\u00a0 Cloth is kinder to the environment and to our dining experience.\u00a0 They are very easy to make and cheap.\u00a0 I have used worn out men\u2019s oxford shirts to cut out 12×12 inch squares.\u00a0 Either hem the edges by turning under twice and hand stitching or use pinking shears and let them frey.\u00a0 Any cotton or cotton blend fabric can be used.\u00a0 Thrift stores and garage sales are great places to find cloth napkins or fabric.<\/p>\n

Many times my children had friends over for dinner. We choose not to \u201cworry\u201d our friends or make grand statements about how we believe.\u00a0 We encourage our children to \u201cwalk their talk\u201d and lead by example.<\/p>\n

Since we are a homeschooling family, we have a great number of conservative Christian friends. The act of coming together, lighting a candle and saying a blessing is fairly universal among religious households. And in this time of uncertainty over jobs and making ends meet, inviting neighbors and friends to join the dinner table is a beautiful way to \u201cwalk the talk\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

November Musings November in the US brings thoughts of Thanksgiving Day.\u00a0 Although it is an American holiday, the idea of devoting a day to gratitude is nice. Especially since it is the kick off weekend to the madness that is Christmas shopping! Eating meals together around a table.\u00a0 I will admit when we had all three kids at home it was easier to institute the ritual of coming to the table for a meal.\u00a0 We ate at six o\u2019clock each night at the table. No eating in the family room in front of the television (unless mom was not home that night).\u00a0 Everyone waited until the last person was seated and then a blessing was said and usually a candle lit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now we have only three of us at home and it is awfully tempting to just grab food and sit in front of a computer screen or a television.\u00a0 But it is a matter of the heart.\u00a0 We come together and join in the sacrament of breaking bread together.\u00a0 All four elements have been called forth and utilized in the preparation of the meal.\u00a0 We breathe in and bless the food and enter into the circle of family. Our kitchen table is a sixty inch round lazy susan table.\u00a0 I have the chairs placed at the four directions and a candle in the middle.\u00a0 Cloth placemats and napkins are used instead of paper.\u00a0 Cloth is kinder to the environment and to our dining experience.\u00a0 They are very easy to make and cheap.\u00a0 I have used worn out men\u2019s oxford shirts to cut out 12×12 inch squares.\u00a0 Either hem the edges by turning under twice and hand stitching or use pinking shears and let them frey.\u00a0 Any cotton or cotton blend fabric can be used.\u00a0 Thrift stores and garage sales are great places to find cloth napkins or fabric. Many times my children had friends over for dinner. We choose not to \u201cworry\u201d our friends or make grand statements about how we believe.\u00a0 We encourage our children to \u201cwalk their talk\u201d and lead by example. Since we are a homeschooling family, we have a great number of conservative Christian friends. The act of coming together, lighting a candle and saying a blessing is fairly universal among religious households. And in this time of uncertainty over jobs and making ends meet, inviting neighbors and friends to join the dinner table is a beautiful way to \u201cwalk the talk\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}