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Tag Archives: learning
Time to lay aside the blame and work for peace
When things go wrong, Joshua has a saying. ”You can blame, or you can learn.” Most of the world seems hell bent on blaming Israel for what is going on in Gaza. All perspective seems to be lost, and attempts … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged All for peace radio, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, creativity for peace, david broza, Gaza, Geneva initiative, israel, learning, life learning, long term peace, peace
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The treasures of travel are often invisible to others
This time, there was the running joke: “Wer ist gestorben?” (Who died?) Or the Vine that spawned many rounds of “Oooh, you touched my tra-la-la.” (Somehow this is much funnier and slightly less off-putting when being bantered about by … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged family, friends, germany, humor, jokes, learning, life learning, memories, Spain, travel, unschooling
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So long 2013, and thanks for a great year!
Maya told me yesterday that 2013 was her ‘best year ever’, and looking back I have to agree that it was a good one, thus totally debunking the myth that 13 is an unlucky number. (In our family we … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, Writing, blogging, books, holidays
Tagged Arlo Guthrie, Carnegie Hall, catching fire, cosmo, family, great big world, happy new year, learning, life learning, lucky 13, movies, Pete Seeger, say something, unschooling, wally, writing
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Sewn by hand
I learned how to use a sewing machine as a kid, but never had any desire to sew by hand. It was cumbersome and slow and too hard to make even stitches. I always wanted sewing to go faster … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, blogging
Tagged create, family, hand-sewing, learning, life learning, patterns, sewing, sewing by hand, sewing machine, sewn by hand, Singer, treadle machine
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Power and conformity
There is a line in the movie “The Interpreter” in which, referring to the fictional dictator Edmond Zuwanie, a U.N. representative says, “They all begin as liberators, and twenty minutes later they’re as corrupt as the tyrants they overthrow.” We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling, blogging
Tagged conformity, education, family, learning, life learning, power, the interpreter
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Let’s get real
As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized some things about myself that were kind of shocking in that they stood in direct opposition to the image I’d always held of myself in my brain; an image born of years of cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, School, blogging
Tagged academics, california, education, english, family, german, hate school, homeschooling, learning, life learning, minecraft, travel, unschooling, vidcon
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Two weeks among the sabras.
A few years ago when Joshua’s sister and brother-in-law were visiting us from Israel, we took a late afternoon walk through Central Park, winding up outside Lasker Pool just before 7pm. Precisely at 7, the lifeguards all started to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged family, israel, learning, life learning, lines, sabras, travel, unschooling, waiting in line
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In praise of slow
My mornings used to be rushed. Or at least they felt that way. I’d get up and get dressed in order to go out, get my coffee and come back – during which time the kids would wake up. By … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged daily habit, family, learning, life learning, nespresso, new opening, novel, rush, slow down, Starbucks, to do, writing
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A change of habit
Sometimes it pays to hit the ‘reset’ button. The two weeks we spent in Europe recently was the first time I’ve taken an extended break from blogging since I began over two years ago. It was a little scary because … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Unschooling, Writing, blogging
Tagged agents, blogging, learning, life learning, nespresso machine, Starbucks, unfinished manuscripts, unschoolingnyc.com, writing habit
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Supporting a creative path
Picked up a great book yesterday, titled, “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, by Austin Kleon. Fostering creativity is something I’ve come to value more and more and for which I will cast … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling, Writing, blogging
Tagged acting, dance, fiction, gymnastics, learning, life learning, movies, nora roberts, photography, ray bradbury, Theater, unschooling, writing
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