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Category Archives: Unschooling
Impressions of D.C.
I’ll say this for Washington D.C. It is possibly the cleanest city I’ve ever been in, bar none. Maybe that’s because Congress is currently on vacation. Our almost three days there were filled with sightseeing – the museums, the monuments, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged abraham lincoln, Ben, congress, disneyworld, grace coolidge, jerrold nadler, learning, life learning, lincoln bedroom, macro shots, Maya, photography, the capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian, the Vietnam War Memorial, the White House, travel, unschooling, Washington D.C.
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Riding the rails
Before this summer the only time I’d ever taken Amtrak was the year after I graduated from college. I rode a train from Chicago to Indianapolis, and not 30 seconds after pulling out of the Chicago station, we stopped. … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged airports, amtrak, Boston, chicago, d.c., indianapolis, life learning, New York, niagara falls, strip malls, train stations, trains, travel, union station, wuthering heights
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Gearing up as summer winds down
I kind of love the fact that as the rest of the world begins to trickle back home after summer vacations or sleepaway camps; as they begin to think about back to school shopping and test prep, we are thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged germany, Lake Huron, life learning, Mackinac Island, Michigan, the Les Cheneaux Islands, the Smithsonian, the White House, Torino, travel, Venice, Washington D.C.
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My so-called “radical” life
Here’s the deal. Maya was born in a birthing center and Ben was born at home. No drugs, no stirrups. I nursed them both past the age of three. The doctor we see practices natural medicine and neither of my … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, Education, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged abiding love, anti-abortion, birthing, birthing center, civil society, deepak chopra, gun violence, life learning, love thy neighbor, mass murder, midwife, my so-called radical life, natural medicine, nursing, NYC, pacifist, parenting, pro-death penalty, radical, unschooling, what would jesus do
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Be thankful
We’re sitting here watching the Olympics opening ceremonies in London, and it’s wonderful and moving and a really, really good reason to have a TV. Even the commercials are above average. Part of me feels guilty sitting here, thoroughly … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged athletes, be thankful, family, life learning, london2012, olympics, thanks
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Indiana Redux
I was looking through my Indiana photos and realized there were a few I didn’t post that are maybe worth sharing. Columbus, Indiana, for the uninitiated, is famous for its’ architecture. This is almost entirely due to the efforts of … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged architecture, Ben, cornfield, cummins engine company, eliel saarinen, family, first christian church, henry moore, i.m. pei, Indiana, j.irwin miller, library, life learning, Maya, the pond, travel
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Imperfect photos, on purpose
My friend Anna is in town and we met up today for lunch. We went down to a great cafe by the Hudson River, and as is often the case when Anna is around, there were photos. As we … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged anna, Ben, create, imperfect, life learning, Maya, photos, piers
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The cure
Apparently all I needed to cure seven days of a rather grouchy, out of sorts version of myself was a larger than usual dose of medicine. In my case, “medicine” is defined as movies or good TV and books – … Continue reading
Photo of the day
Thank goodness when my brain is coming up with zilch as far as blog posts because suddenly I’m too busy obsessing about possible road trips (thanks Mom), my daughter does something like this: What the Product Claims Serogen Pure Extract … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Unschooling, blogging
Tagged Ben, bubble photo, creativity, life learning, Maya, Photoshop, road trips, unschooling
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Photoshop
Yesterday was Photoshop day. Maya, as many of you know, is an avid video maker/editor, but last week she decided she needs to learn Photoshop. I knew I was going to be of little or no help. Adobe, while not … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged adobe, bob, eduardo, graphic design, jeff, learning, life learning, Makerbot, Maya, Origami, Photoshop, sewing, turtles, unschooling
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