Category Archives: Family

Oreos are not the anti-christ

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Amy

I am so sick of hearing parents preach about food to their kids. Not once while growing up do I remember my Mom launching into a speech about the evils of certain foods or how “we don’t eat that in … Continue reading →

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What I read this summer

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Amy

For the purposes of this list I am measuring summer, not in its official capacity, but in its popular capacity from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Here are the books I read, in the order in which I read them. … Continue reading →

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Power and conformity

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Amy

There is a line in the movie “The Interpreter” in which, referring to the fictional dictator Edmond Zuwanie, a U.N. representative says, “They all begin as liberators, and twenty minutes later they’re as corrupt as the tyrants they overthrow.” We’ve … Continue reading →

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Coney Island

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Amy

Maya & I, along with a couple of her friends, went out to Coney Island today. While they spent the afternoon on the rides, I spent it armed with my camera. It’s been years since we were there, and I … Continue reading →

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Happy that the kids are (still) home

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Amy

If you are on Facebook and spent any time scrolling through today’s activity, you can’t have helped but notice the large numbers of parents openly rejoicing about the fact that they once again can ship their kids off to school … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Unschooling | Tagged back to school, Bahamas, education, facebook, family, life learning, minecraft, parenting, parents rejoicing, raising money, sewing, skype, unschooling | 1 Comment

Wandering

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Amy

Holiday weekends are a good time to be a resident in NYC. The streets are noticeably emptier and quieter. I suppose tourists can be found in bulk around 42nd St. and at places like Coney Island, but otherwise you … Continue reading →

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Let’s get real

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Amy

As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized some things about myself that were kind of shocking in that they stood in direct opposition to the image I’d always held of myself in my brain; an image born of years of cultural … Continue reading →

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Scarf-mania

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Amy

Wow, lately this is like my sewing and book blog…. Today it’s more sewing, as in scarves made from old t-shirts. Infinity scarves, though that really doesn’t matter when they are made of t-shirt material… The first one was assembled … Continue reading →

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Shopping and a Dance

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Amy

Today Maya and I decided to go thrift store shopping, and I had the genius idea of venturing to the East Side (!) to look up the thrift stores I used to visit 20+ years ago during my brief stint … Continue reading →

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Because of the heat

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Amy

First I’d like to start with a big Thank You! to Willis Carrier, who invented modern air-conditioning. Honestly I don’t know how people survived NYC summers before A/C. It is just too damn hot. Because of this we must … Continue reading →

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