by Lee Degani | Mar 20, 2026 | Children, Lee's Love Notes, Nova Earth
Recently, when visiting with my five-year-old grandson, a memory returned from more than forty years ago. It came when he tucked a magical sword down his back. At that time, my friend and I were the only teachers in our moms group—but it was our two four-year-old...
by Lee Degani | Feb 18, 2026 | Children, Lee's Love Notes, Nova Earth
I suppose one of my most important strategies when I was a new teacher many years ago was how to place the children in my classroom. Put a calm child next to a rowdy one! And then there was the understanding that my inner landscape affected the children. We...
by Lee Degani | Dec 17, 2025 | Healing, Lee's Love Notes, Nova Earth
It is ten years now since the rabbi of the neighborhood, my dear husband, known as Rabbi David first began putting up the holiday lights for our neighborhood entrance. And so it has become a tradition! And it is also a tradition that I share the story of how it...
by Lee Degani | Nov 25, 2025 | Children, Healing, Lee's Love Notes, Nova Earth
For me personally, one of my most powerful spiritual practices is to be in gratitude for various things in my life. They can be small or big. I see them as blessings and even write them down in a gratitude journal. The way the universe works is that acknowledging and...
by Lee Degani | Jun 21, 2025 | Lee's Love Notes, Nova Earth
We all have our ways in helping to create Nova Earth. Thank you Charles for letting me experience your way…. It was my first time taking an Amtrak train to visit my grandchildren that I met Charles, the head conductor of the station. I already felt as though I had...
by Lee Degani | May 25, 2025 | Healing, Lee's Love Notes, Nova Earth, Spiritual Growth
My husband and I have birthdays three days apart, May 4th and May 7th, so we always celebrate together! This year David turned 29 for the “umpteenth time” and since I am 2 years younger, I turned 27 for the “umpteenth time!” I have never really paid attention to the...
