Janaia’s Journal

The Little Fir and the Christmas Tree Angel

The Little Fir and the Christmas Tree Angel is a friend’s story I illustrated forty years ago. It evolved into a slide show with a beautiful sound track, and now it's a gently-moving video which we’ve just put online. The story is based on a true event in the First Great … [More...]

Our latest video

Learning Outside the Box — Homeschooling with Heart (336)

“I don’t know if you can teach creativity…it’s some connection within ourselves,” says Mark Mendonca. “Wherever those ideas come from, it’s not taught. So you have to allow it. That’s our philosophy in terms of their education: finding their interests and allowing these … [More...]

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Heart-to-heart personal community – two online offerings

Hi friend, When we first heard about it in 2016, we made a beeline to a New Tribe training with Bill and Zoe Alowan Kauth in Ashland, Oregon. Inspired, we immediately produced two Peak Moment shows with them: Longing to Belong: Looking for Your Tribe part 1 and part … [More]

Recent Shows

The Resilient Gardener — Surviving and Thriving (335)

“We’ve had 50 years of unusually stable weather… What do we need to do now, to garden in times that are less predictable?” Plant breeder Carol Deppe, author of The Resilient Gardener: Food Production … [More]

Pine Mountain Ranch — Where the Buffalo Roam (334)

“A rancher could really be called a grass farmer,” contends rancher Alan Rousseau. “But let’s go further. Let’s go to the soil.” The soils in his Oregon high-mountain ranch are rich in minerals, … [More]

For Humans, Bugs and Beauty — An Urban Food Forest Demonstration (333)

“This place is famous. People loving coming by here because at any time of year you can get something to eat.” Architect Mark Lakeman, co-founder of the City Repair project, gives a tour of the corner … [More]