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Tag Archives: Indiana
Winter in photos
It’s been a long winter. On days like today, when temperatures once again struggle to reach the upper 20′s, the wind is blowing and there is a threat of more snow, it seems like it might never end. Writing anything … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, Writing, blogging
Tagged Central Park, create, family, fog, Hudson River, Indiana, NYC, photos, snow, washington square park, winter
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A not so great loss, and remembering
Two days ago the unthinkable happened. I lost 4 months of photos. Everything from July 30th of this year on. Which means the trips to California, Vermont & St. Louis, not to mention our day at Coney Island and … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Parenting, Photography, Travel, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged backup, Bahamas, family, Indiana, ireland, israel, italy, life learning, london, loss, Michigan, photography, photos, remembering, travel
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Indiana recap
For those of you who don’t see all the random photos I post on Facebook, we’ve spent the last 10 days in Indiana on my parent’s farm. It’s always a good time. Last year they had a crippling … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Photography, Travel, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged bikes, elephant ears, fair, family, flowers, Indiana, kitten, life learning, paint war, parenting, photos, play, potato launcher, rain, summer, sunsets, unschooling
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Images
It is officially winter, and the world did not end. The little corner of the world in which we currently find ourselves defines the holidays in our family. In the 22 years I’ve lived in New York City, I’ve never … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Photography, Travel, Unschooling, blogging, holidays
Tagged Christmas, cows, family, holidays, Indiana, life learning, photos, santa, travel
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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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Photos of the day
Possibly one of my favorite things about this particular trip? The great photo ops. Here is today’s selection: Similar to most adventure sports, SCUBA or “Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus” also comes with certain safety measures which professional viagra if … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Travel
Tagged family, flowers, Indiana, life learning, photo ops, photography, sunsets, unschooling
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Country living
We arrived to a very hot, very dry Indiana yesterday. Driving down the last few miles to my parents’ house we passed entire fields of corn that are lost to the drought. Brown stalks of corn no more than 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Learning, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged 4th of july, cornfield, drought, family, fire dept., fireworks, garden hose, hudson, Indiana, life learning, public pool, swimming
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What we did this summer
Remember the first day of school when the teacher would ask you to write about what you did over the summer? One year, it may have been when I started first or second grade, I wrote about finding a nest … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, books, Hurricane Irene, Indiana, life learning, Maya, overnight, playground, pool, rattlesnakes, school, summer, unschooling, video, waterpark
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A good parent must be obsessed with water
Not once growing up did my mother exhort me to drink more water. There was no concern about becoming dehydrated, and not because we never got hot or sweaty. Farms in southern Indiana during the summer are hot, humid, sweaty … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged farm, grandmother, hydrate, Indiana, life learning, unschooling, water
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Underscheduling as an action plan
Growing up I was a competitive gymnast. Gymnastics was not something I did because my parents thought I should try it along with a myriad of other activities. I did it because I wanted to. Exclusively. We were fortunate to … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Uncategorized, Unschooling
Tagged all around, classes, competition, gymnastics, Indiana, learning, life learning, Theater, unschooling
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