Archive for 'Festivals & Holidays'

The Sugar Sprite

The Sugar Sprite

Halloween is just around the corner and it’s best to avoid the sugary sweets which are always a part of “modernized Halloween”. At our house, we tell this story and exchange our sweets for much better [...]

Salty Halloween Roots

Salty Halloween Roots

Before the invention of refrigeration, meat was usually pickled in brine or smoked to preserve it over the winter months. This is where we developed our taste for ham, bacon and salami. In winter the pastures [...]

The Hungry Dragon – An Autumn Story & Pancakes!

The Hungry Dragon – An Autumn Story & Pancakes!

Ask Kytka Archives: November 11, 1999 Q: Do you have any ideas for the festivals of Michaelmas & Martinmas. They come so close together. A: Our friend Renee was kind enough to share this story and [...]

The Little Hobgoblin: A Halloween Story

The Little Hobgoblin: A Halloween Story

Ask Kytka Archives: March 2, 1999 Once there was a little hobgoblin who lived deep in the woods, in a little rocky dell. He was a very naughty little hobgoblin, for his favorite pastime was to [...]

Michaelmas: Steiner’s Thoughts on The Spiritual World

Michaelmas: Steiner’s Thoughts on The Spiritual World

THE MICHAEL INSPIRATION Spiritual Milestones in the Course of the Year What I have to say to you to-day will be expressed in the form of pictures drawn from [...]