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Monthly Archives: May 2012
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
Enjoy the ride
Yesterday I watched Neil Gaiman’s commencement address to the University of the Arts grads in Philadelphia. Twice. I may watch it again this evening. So much of it spoke to me and my own goals and how I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged Castle, demographic, facebook, goals, inspirational quotes, Joss Whedon, learning, life learning, neil gaiman, nyc kids club, philadelphia, serendipity, university of the arts, unschooling, writing
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The first warm Sunday & a New York moment
This was the scene in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park this afternoon: Although this may be your first impulse to comfort your pet, it might only scare the animal more or cause them pain.Perform any viagra levitra viagra examination … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning
Tagged Ben, Central Park, cheering crowd, frisbee, joshua, life learning, Maya, sheep meadow, skywriter, soccer
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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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Happy Day
Today was not only Mother’s Day, but Joshua’s birthday. A double bonus in our house. (Joshua’s birthday always falls around Mother’s Day, and my birthday on June 22nd is usually within a few days of Father’s Day. Funny.) We had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting
Tagged animated closet, Ben, Birthday, family, greta, holiday, joshua, Maya, Mothers Day, street fair
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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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The humor & pathos of personal bloggers
I’m currently reading Jenny Lawson’s memoir “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened”. It’s the kind of book that causes bouts of helpless laughter, made infinitely worse if you are trying to be discreet, like on the subway or in the waiting room … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Writing, blogging
Tagged blogging, jenny lawson, let's pretend this never happened, personal blog, pregnancy, the bloggess, trauma, writing
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Hair
[In case you missed the announcement, I have a new blog at Unschooling NYC in which I'll be posting about all things learning and education related, and which you can find here. The Green Mangoes Blog will now be my … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged bright green, hair, hair dye, life learning, Maya
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UnschoolingNYC Arrives!!
It seems like the site has been forever in the making, and I will probably be adding to it until the end of time, but it’s up, it’s live and you can now check it out! www.unschoolingnyc.com When you … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged consulting, education, forum, learning, life learning, opt-in, unschooling, unschoolingnyc, unschoolingnyc.com
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