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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Walking our cat and listening to retired teachers…
Cosmo went on a walk today. I put him in his harness and me, Maya, Ben and Greta took him out to a grassy area behind our building. He is such a funny cat. He hasn’t spent time outside in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Cathleen Black, education, learning, life learning, pedicure, unschooling, walking Cosmo
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Learning, naturally
A couple of weeks ago I started keeping a daily log of our activities so that when the next quarterly reports are due, I have something to refer to that will help me remember all the ‘learning’ that went on … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, grammar, learning, life learning, pilates, royal wedding, Spanish, unschooling, videos
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The importance of pop culture
My friend Anna, who is Hungarian, told me once that when she was in school in Hungary, studying English, she took a course on doing business in America. (Maybe that wasn’t the title, but that was the topic.) One of … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged ancient Egypt, Ellen Degeneres, friends, Gloria Estefan, imdb, learning, life learning, Matt LeBlanc, movies, pop culture, unschooling
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Thank the earth for spring!
Finally, finally, Spring seems to be in full control, five weeks in to the official season. We’ve enjoyed weather in the 70′s for two days in a row, and today we spent the afternoon in Riverside Park which is currently … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged life learning, River Run, Riverside Park, Spring, Ulysses S. Grant, unschooling
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Our sleep
One of the great joys of life learning, in my opinion, is the ability to sleep – or not – without worrying about it making you late if you slept too long, or of not being able to focus on … Continue reading
Easter at All Souls
This morning (after the Easter Bunny made his annual appearance) my Mom and I attended Easter services at All Souls Unitarian Church here in Manhattan. If I was going to participate in organized religious services anywhere, it would be at … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged All Souls, Benjamin Franklin, Easter, Easter bunny, Forrest Church, Founding Fathers, Galen Guengrich, history, Jesus, learning, life learning, Unitarians, unschooling
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As important as anything
Today we went to see “Born to be Wild” with my Mom and the kids. If you haven’t heard of it, it is a film about two amazing women, Dame Daphne Sheldrick in Kenya and Dr. Biruke Galdikas in Borneo. … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Born to be Wild 3D, Borneo, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Dr. Biruke Galdikas, Elephant, Kenya, learning, life learning, Orangutan, orphan, unschooling, wild
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Athiests don’t have no songs….
So funny that I was watching a Tivo’d episode of Letterman today and saw Steve Martin perform “Athiests don’t have no songs” together with the Steep Canyon Rangers. It is the perfect afterword to my blog post yesterday. My Mom … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged Athiests don't have no songs, learning, life learning, music, Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve Martin, unschooling
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Getting beyond the problem of ‘other’
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” (psst. Unless the others don’t observe the ‘right’ religion – in which case the Golden Rule doesn’t really apply.) That’s my basic problem with religions. By their very existence … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Christians, Jews, learning, life learning, Marcus Aurelius, muslims, other, religion, unschooling
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