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Tag Archives: unschooling
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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Photo shoot – 90 degrees
So it’s officially summer. 90 degrees yesterday, today, tomorrow…. But! I got a new and wonderful camera for my birthday on Saturday, so heat be damned, I was going out to take some photos. The resolution on this camera … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, Writing
Tagged Birthday, life learning, ninety degrees, photos, tree, unschooling, water hookup
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Jerusalem Addendum
I feel compelled to write a quick addendum to last night’s post on Jerusalem. I’m not completely sure it was clear that the rude behavior we encountered was not just a cultural difference (as is found in other parts of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Learning, Life Learning, Socialization, Travel
Tagged addendum, cultural differences, dead sea, devout, family, israel, Jerusalem, life learning, old city, religious, travel, unschooling
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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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It’s May!
The relief is palpable. For some reason this year it felt like Spring was forever just around the corner. But now it’s May and we can all relax. Temperatures are still cool at night but the sun … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Socialization, blogging, holidays
Tagged cherry blossoms, daffodil, family, flowers, life learning, May Day, may tradition, riot of color, Spring, tulips, unschooling
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Practicing empathy & compassion
I hesitate to say it, given the depth of the tragedies that took place in Boston & Texas (and some would say in the Senate) these past few days, but what has happened to our empathy and compassion? We have … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Safety, blogging
Tagged bombings, Boston, compassion, dalai lama, education, empathy, family, life learning, parenting, senate, texas, tsarnaev, unschooling, victims
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Living by example
Sometimes the best thing we can do for our kids is to live a full life. It doesn’t have to be a big life, full of grand events and flashy achievements; it only needs to be genuine. This past … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Movies, Parenting, Photography, Unschooling, Writing, blogging, books
Tagged becca fitzpatrick, books, Central Park, clare vanderpool, django unchained, don johnson, hush hush, judging a book by its lover, lauren leto, life learning, movies, navigating early, quentin tarantino, the academy, the last runaway, tracy chevalier, twilight, unschooling
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City snapshot
When people ask me why I like living in New York, I say things like “Because of the people” or “Because everything is available here.” Which is true but not complete. The real reason is hard to put … Continue reading
Today’s photos: a little slice of history
At my aunt and uncle’s house, a small photo hangs on the wall in an unassuming brown frame, commanding no particular attention. Look a little closer, though, and you see it contains a snapshot of history. That’s my Aunt Delores … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Photography, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged 1968, bobby kennedy, columbus indiana, family, history, kennedy clan, life learning, ration books, unschooling, war rations, WWII
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Happy day
We had a lovely Christmas, and are happily awaiting a blizzard which will top everything off nicely. Here are the photos from today. Hope yours was happy too! You might take a little pause and peruse viagra online them very … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, holidays
Tagged blizzard, family, happy day, life learning, merry christmas, parenting, unschooling
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