Marie-Laure Valandro

Broschiertes Buch

Wisconsin Hills Farm Stories

Adventures of a Biodynamic Farmer

Beschreibung

"Writing this story was not planned, but just happened like much else in my life. Nonetheless, I hope that many readers will become enthusiastic about farm life and move to a small piece of land, no matter how small"somewhere, anywhere. Do it with the intent to enjoy our Earth and love and preserve it with enthusiasm for the future, to be in God." --Marie-Laure Valandro In this captivating collection of stories, Marie-Laure Valandro shares her adventures and insights from her life and work on a sixty-acre biodynamic farm and garden in a small rural town in eastern Wisconsin. Readers get a rare and intimate glimpse into the realities of modern farm life, replete with its beauty and magic, challenges and demands. Experience the author's nourishing and at times backbreaking journey as she crafts and stewards a true homestead on an old farm in the magnificent Midwest. With refreshing imagery and observations, we further our understanding and appreciation of the elements, plants, and animals. Included are the words of Rudolf Steiner, Peter Proctor, Dennis Klocek, Rudolf Hauschka, Wolf Storl, Michael Lipson, and many others.

Autor

Marie-Laure Valandro was born in 1948 and spent her childhood in Bourgogne, Morocco, Algeria, and Bretagne. At fifteen, she moved with her family to Boston, where she received a B.A. in modern literature, romance languages, and education and taught in the Boston public school system. Later, she moved to Vermont, and obtained an M.A. in literature. At twenty-three, Marie-Laure returned to Paris to study at The Sorbonne, to teach and to travel around Europe to various Christian Holy sites. She later moved to Tehran to teach technical English and to tour throughout the Eastern world, studying Sufism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism as seen through the eyes of its believers and through visits to holy sites. Marie-Laure returned to the United States to care for her son. She lived in the community of Wilton, New Hampshire, where she first encountered Anthroposophy. She ended her school teaching to care for her daughter, son, and husband, a medical doctor. Meanwhile, she continued to travel and trek in South America, both alone and with her children. Later, she moved to Wisconsin and began the Liane Collot d'Herbois training in painting. On her family farm in Wisconsin, Marie-Laure uses biodynamic methods and has developed master gardens, vegetable gardens, herb gardens, and an orchard. She has also established a painting studio, where she creates large veil paintings. Recently, she moved from Wisconsin to a post-and-beam house built by her son in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia. Her goal is to continue walking across this beautiful Earth, meeting people with love and sharing her journeys in meditative books, sprinkled with insights from Rudolf Steiner's works and the many talented students of his teachings. She continues to make large veil paintings to "heal people and spaces."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Steiner Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 231g
• ISBN-13: 9781938685026
• ISBN-10: 1938685024
• Artikelnr.: 36759637