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Tag Archives: travel
Riding the rails
Before this summer the only time I’d ever taken Amtrak was the year after I graduated from college. I rode a train from Chicago to Indianapolis, and not 30 seconds after pulling out of the Chicago station, we stopped. … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged airports, amtrak, Boston, chicago, d.c., indianapolis, life learning, New York, niagara falls, strip malls, train stations, trains, travel, union station, wuthering heights
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Gearing up as summer winds down
I kind of love the fact that as the rest of the world begins to trickle back home after summer vacations or sleepaway camps; as they begin to think about back to school shopping and test prep, we are thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged germany, Lake Huron, life learning, Mackinac Island, Michigan, the Les Cheneaux Islands, the Smithsonian, the White House, Torino, travel, Venice, Washington D.C.
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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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Too darn hot
It was 105 degrees here today. That’s one hundred and five. My car has an external thermometer, and until today I didn’t know it had 3 digits on it. It has never in my existence been this hot in Columbus … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Travel, holidays
Tagged 105 degrees, family, humphrey, israel, life learning, pool, too hot, travel
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Compromise
Just got back from a quick overnight trip to Boston. Downtown Boston is not only beautiful, but so rich with colonial history that it is a veritable feast for American Revolution buffs. Being there and taking the Freedom Trail … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged Boston, Civil War Series, compromise, George Washington, gout, John Hancock, Ken Burns, life learning, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, Shelby Foote, Susannah Copley, the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers, travel
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In search of Los Angeles
When people come to visit New York and leave with the impression that the entire city is like Times Square (because that is where they stayed and they spent time in only the busiest tourist spots), I feel they have … Continue reading
Photo of the Day
Just a quick post this evening, with my favorite photo of the day, courtesy of our morning visit to the Barnes & Noble in Orange, California. By the end of the week I will be an expert in freeway … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged charles dickens, Free Range Kids, How not to kill your baby, jacob sager weinstein, learning, Lenore Skenazy, life learning, tale of two cities, travel, unschooling
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Travel!
I started reading Jonah Lehrer’s new book “Imagine: How Creativity Works” the other day. One of the things mentioned on the inside flap of the book was the “importance of…adopting an outside perspective (travel helps).” Isn’t it nice when something … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged california, education, homeschooling, imagine: how creativity works, jonah lehrer, learning, life learning, outsiders, random & dangerous quotes, the great gatsby, travel, unschooling
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Right now…
Right now, outside my window the surf has picked up and you can hear the wind in the palm trees. Off in the distance, a Carnival cruise ship steams away from port (we met some people at the water park … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Travel
Tagged Boulder, california, carnival cruise lines, homework, learning, life learning, Right now, travel, unschooling, water park
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