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Tag Archives: NYC
Talking to strangers
I have never understood parents who tell their kids not to talk to strangers. Since 99.9% of the people you will encounter in life are strangers, this seems like really bad advice. Rather than teaching kids to fear strangers, … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting, Safety
Tagged birthday cake, instincts, life learning, NYC, photography, photos, port authority, stranger danger
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Little wonders
Many of the wonders in New York City are hard to miss – Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, the Intrepid, the Statue of Liberty, the Freedom Tower. Others go virtually unnoticed unless you know where to look. For … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning
Tagged life learning, little wonders, music, NYC, photography, Stradivarius, violin
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March 28 photo of the day
In New York City, certain things get photographed a lot. The Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square and Grand Central Station spring to mind. In this month of photos, I’ve tried to stay away from the obvious … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, blogging
Tagged architecture, art deco, Central Park, Chrysler Building, Lexington Ave, New York, NYC, photo of the day, photography, photos
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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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Wandering
Holiday weekends are a good time to be a resident in NYC. The streets are noticeably emptier and quieter. I suppose tourists can be found in bulk around 42nd St. and at places like Coney Island, but otherwise you … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Photography
Tagged family, holiday weekends, life learning, New York City, NYC, photos, unschooling
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The people that you meet when you’re walking down the street…
Recently a friend of Joshua’s asked him how many celebrities we’ve seen over the years, living in Manhattan. We started thinking about it. Then we started writing down names. Then I decided to add a short description of where the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Movies
Tagged Celebrities, family, neighborhood, NYC
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My so-called “radical” life
Here’s the deal. Maya was born in a birthing center and Ben was born at home. No drugs, no stirrups. I nursed them both past the age of three. The doctor we see practices natural medicine and neither of my … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, Education, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged abiding love, anti-abortion, birthing, birthing center, civil society, deepak chopra, gun violence, life learning, love thy neighbor, mass murder, midwife, my so-called radical life, natural medicine, nursing, NYC, pacifist, parenting, pro-death penalty, radical, unschooling, what would jesus do
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Let it….snow?
I think I had other things on my mind to write about this morning when I woke up, but they were all eclipsed by the fact that it SNOWED for most of the day. (What am I saying? It is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged anna, boulder co, learning, life learning, NYC, snow, theawl.com, tourism slogans, unschooling
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The attack mentality
I was talking to a friend of mine today about Maya and Ben’s experiences with other children at the pool in Indiana, and she had a lot to say about the matter, having been raised in a rural area of … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Socialization, Unschooling
Tagged cmom, hugh jackman, kate winslet, learning, life learning, NYC, playgrounds, pool, unschooling
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Life Learning in the City – pass it on
Looking on line today, I was researching other unschooling/life learning blogs. On the list of the Top 50 Unschooling blogs were the following: Majikfaerie: Adventures in being a majik faerie; unschooling, midwifing, natural living, rainbow life. This blog is … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged learning, life learning, NYC, sustainable living, The Oscars, unschool blogs, unschooling
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