Time to just be
I didn't start out being an unschooler, but have evolved that way during the process of homeschooling my nine-year-old son Everett, and six-year-old daughter Lucy. My husband and I are frequently the...
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As the Yo-Yo Bounces
Part 1: The Early YearsIn the past few, oh, maybe 6 or 7 years, I've developed a certain notoriety in my community. I'm never sure whether to think of it as a good or bad thing. See, I'm obsessed with...
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Not so glossy
I mentioned at the beginning of my earlier post that I get uncomfortable when people say their kids aren't self-starters, not brilliant, etc. Here's why.I focused in that post on the things my kids do...
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I was in charge of my own destiny
In junior high/middle school, I became no better at packing my lunch. I think, perhaps, if my parents bought Lunchables I would "pack a lunch." No, what I preferred to boost my brainpower in the...
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Precious cargo, and my first birth journey
I had a feeling of such utter control after losing that weight. Mind you, I never did get my body to the stereotypical magazine cover state I had always envisioned, but I was able to tie my shoes, and...
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In the blink of an eye
Wow. I can hardly believe that it's been 10 years since Everett entered the world.No one could have prepared me for any aspect of this experience. Nothing they would have said would have any meaning...
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Longing for the familiar
Back in 2001, I hadn't babysat, held a baby, or maybe even seen one for about a decade. And now, here I was, fresh out of a job dealing with technical equipment, volatile chemicals, and scientific...
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I met the enemy, and it was food (or so I thought)
We put our house up for sale on September 10, 2001, and moved back to Colorado a month later, even though our property did not sell for another month. In our apartment, I was the only other voice for...
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The staff of life, Part 1
Nothing smells quite as good as bread baking in the oven. I just had a delicious slice of homemade bread, made from wheatberries I ground myself, kind of as an experiment, but also as a reminder.Back...
View ArticleDamned if I do, damned if I don't
For many people, this won't be new news. But for some folks who have had the cost of healthcare largely hidden from them through exceptional coverage provided by employers, it's hard to understand...
View ArticleHow the Summer Flies, Achoo!
This blog is still in its infancy, and while I started it partially in response to folks telling me I should, and a desire to get my thoughts out of my head, I have wavered back and forth about how...
View ArticleMagical freedom
Here it is already... November. Wow. How did that happen?! That last post I just went ahead and published, written in July, was the last time I had enough focus on any one thing to actually write about...
View ArticleBaby Steps to Health
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzuChinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BCThe following is part of a post I wrote for the Yahoo! Group I moderate,...
View ArticleI/O Error
I have a problem. It's a really big problem. Or, at least, I've let it become a really big problem. I networked with so many different people, and read so many different blogs, I can't handle it all...
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History in context
My daughter has developed a keen interest in the lives of others. It began, I think, when we took a trip to Washington, DC, and in the National Air and Space Museum, we were fortunate at the very...
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Make it from Scratch - Scratch @ MIT 2012
The kids, over the last year and a half or so, have become prolific "Scratchers," members of a growing online community using MIT's Scratch programming platform. Everett had learned several other...
View ArticleOn GAPS and Safety
The Gut and Psychology Syndrome diet was created by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride for her child who suffered from learning disabilities, and was based on Dr. Elaine Gottschall's Specific Carbohydrate...
View ArticleIt's Complicated
I know, I said I was going to do this a long time ago, but I am going to write more. I am going to make a daily reflection here -- so the posts will be less "packaged" than they were, and instead will...
View ArticleLEARN THIS!
This was a crazy, hopeful, and exhausting day.I am so fortunate that my mom-in-law is here, so she could play with the kids today, and get them to their acting class. It was like cloning myself, except...
View ArticleNever-Ending Summer
I feel so much better having written about that school stuff -- getting it out of my head was so cathartic!I didn't get to post yesterday, because I've been pretty busy.We have this basement space that...
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