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Category Archives: Life Learning
For some people, it’s Christmas every day!
There are many things about Facebook I enjoy. It has allowed me to connect with unschoolers all over the world, and put me back in touch with some old friends. I’ve read some amazing articles & seen some great video … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting
Tagged Christmas letter, Everest, facebook, family, life learning, over sharing, parenting
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Sewn by hand
I learned how to use a sewing machine as a kid, but never had any desire to sew by hand. It was cumbersome and slow and too hard to make even stitches. I always wanted sewing to go faster … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, blogging
Tagged create, family, hand-sewing, learning, life learning, patterns, sewing, sewing by hand, sewing machine, sewn by hand, Singer, treadle machine
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The Joy of Book-ing
This morning I went to the library and came home with five books. They are: “I Am Number Four” by Pittacus Lore: Decided I have to check out this YA series because I keep seeing it everywhere & so that … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, Writing, blogging, books
Tagged amos oz, books, comfort food, eleanor brown, elizabeth berg, family, library, library books, life learning, pittacus lore, possibility, rosalind brackenbury, unschooling
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All I wanna do…
I’ve been blogging now for 3+ years. For the bulk of that time, I posted 4-5 days a week (in the beginning I posted every day), whether here or on my unschoolingnyc blog. If you’ve been reading what I write … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Travel, blogging, books
Tagged blogging, books, copywriting, create, family, life learning, movies, romance, sewing, writing
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Horizon
Mendy, Brian, Ben, Natalie, Jill, Nancy & Fred. These are the friends I’ve had for as long as I can remember. Since before I can remember, really. All country kids like me, who grew up a few fields over, … Continue reading
Finding the time
Some of the things I love to do, in no particular order: Knit, crochet, sew, write, read, exercise, take photos. My struggle is never against boredom, but against time. I find myself, often, putting off things like a sewing … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Photography, Writing, blogging, books
Tagged boredom, finding time, hobbies, life learning, parenting, photos, reading, sewing, unschooling, writing
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Oreos are not the anti-christ
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
Posted in Family, Health, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged family, food, gmo's, health, junk food, life learning, moderation, oreos, parenting, ruffles, tomatoes with sugar, unschooling
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Symmetry
One of the most difficult things to achieve (at least for me) in photos is symmetry. Sometimes this is due to circumstances beyond my control – a stray leaf, a break in a facade, etc. But often it is … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Photography, Travel
Tagged brick church, church, life learning, photos, symmetry, travel, vermont
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What I read this summer
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
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Writing, blogging, books
Tagged ally condie, books, Elizabeth George, family, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, headhunters, I am the messenger, in the woods, Jenna Blum, jo nesbo, jon ronson, Jonathan Evison, Labor Day, life learning, Marcus Zusak, memorial day, nazis, neil gaiman, new orleans, New York City, out of the easy, psychopath, reached, reading, ruta sepetys, Siri Hustvedt, summer reading, susan beth pfeffer, tana french, the book thief, The Edge of Nowhere, the graveyard book, the grim reaper, the psychopath test, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, The Summer Without Men, this world we live in, Those Who Save Us
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Power and conformity
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
Posted in Creativity, Education, Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling, blogging
Tagged conformity, education, family, learning, life learning, power, the interpreter
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