Tag Archives: England

March 1 photo of the day

This one won’t win any awards, but I couldn’t pass it up. My March project is being done with my friend Karen, who lives in Yorkshire, England.  I have no idea where Keswick is, but when I walked by this … Continue reading

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A word about dryers

This afternoon I did laundry.  Laundry is not something I generally spend a lot of time talking about (or any time), but it reminded me of one other thing about traveling in Europe. Dryers are in short supply. In theory … Continue reading

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My dinner party friends

You know that game where you are asked, “If you could invite any 5 people in the world to dinner, who would it be?”    I love that game but always wind up with about 20 people. Who do you … Continue reading

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An intentional lack of ‘structure’

We don’t have a ton of structured stuff going on in our lives.   And it’s not by accident. “Kids need structure” is a phrase that is used in defense of all sorts of heinous behavior and I have come … Continue reading

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Taking a page from Heather

That would be Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com.   Lately she’s been publishing posts that are full of links to neat things she’s found on line.   Tonight I’m doing something similar, except my stuff is related to unschooling.  (Surprise!) A few weeks … Continue reading

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Time to wake up

[The School Inspector] came marching into the kitchen, saying in an exasperated tone, “Now what’s this all about?   Why aren’t your children in school?” “Well,” I said, and put some coffee on to heat, stalling for time.  “The reason they’re … Continue reading

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Andrew Penman disappoints

When we were in England last Fall, I picked up the book School Daze: Searching for a decent state education by Andrew Penman.   Penman, a respected investigative journalist for The Daily Mirror (or so his bio states) writes about his … Continue reading

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