LIFE is Good lessons
LIFE is Good 2011 was not a perfect conference. Things went wrong. Pranks were pulled. Friends' gifts to each other went missing. Another friend spent the end of the conference grieving the loss of her...
View ArticleUnschooling snapshot
On Friday, Mary Gold and I spent over an hour in Barnes & Noble watching our 17-year-old unschooled daughters, Qacei and Chloe, as they lusted over a particular display of books. The sign on the...
View ArticleFiguring out what I want to be when I grow up
There were three of us, always: Lisa, Kristin, and me. We were the straight-A students.Jesus, it's so easy to see now how little that phrase says about the people we were, but at the time it was our...
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My kids living up to their potential
Just by being them.4th of July, 2011Photo credit: Erin Sorbo
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In loving memory
Thomas B. "Tom" Canonica passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2011, after a bout with cancer. He was born on January 29, 1940, in Everett, Washington, the son of Angelo B. "Razz" Canonica and Aleta Norvell...
View ArticleAnti-school quotes
What Einstein, Twain, and Forty-eight Other Creative People Had to Say About Schooling
View ArticleSoothing
I just had a walk in the woods. It was very soothing. I found the damp green smell of slightly soggy Northwest woods, barely ripe blackberries (Papa Tom's favorite kind!), perfectly ripe huckleberries...
View ArticleSilent language
I react to grief as I react to most stressors: weariness. I am tired down to the bone. But that's not all. My anger is there, hovering, seeking a handy target no matter how disconnected from the true...
View ArticleHow to meditate
I just did a quick search on Tumblr for "meditation." Holy confusion, Batman, do people have some funny ideas about what it takes. This is my attempt to set the record straight, at least for my little...
View ArticleBlogs I read religiously
1. Raptitude.2. zenhabits.3. mnmlist.4. Tiny Buddha.5. Just Add Light and Stir.6. Yours, of course.
View ArticleSelf-care
There is a fair amount of content out in the self-improvement sphere devoted to helping us see the difference between self-care and indulgence. You will get more genuine comfort, they say, from a brisk...
View ArticleDissonance
SOFIESo you really think having two opposing ideas in your head does some kind of damage?MUMFORDSometimes, yeah... pulling in two different directions at once. It makes tiny little tears in our...
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Unschooling my cat
Catchy title, right?This is my cat:She's bigger than that now, but you get the idea. This amazing, bright-eyed little being has entered our lives and transformed our home and our routines.Sound...
View ArticleFitting parenting to the child
MJ is 19. She doesn't live with me anymore. When she's at her home in Salem, I typically have no idea of her daily plans: whether she's going anywhere, where she's going if she is, how late she'll be...
View ArticleExcept me
For the past couple of years on this blog, I've been writing about accepting people as they are. During that same timeframe, I've been doing some work on accepting myself as I am. I have a ways to go...
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Versatile (chaotic?) blogger
Shan gave me an award. Cool! You can read the meme rules and stuff on her blog. I am breaking all the rules except the fourth one, which requires me to tell you--my versatile (chaotic?) audience--seven...
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Geographically inclined
I shared this image in Facebook. Neat, isn't it? As I introduced it there: "Fun way to learn geography *and* put some popular (and not so popular) movies into a geographical context." My friend Emily...
View ArticleMoney, money, money, mon-ey
This started out as a comment on an unschooling forum. I think it works as a standalone post too, and it's LONG, so I'm saving it.Our kids are 19 and 20. The older one doesn't live at home right now...
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Rededicate ourselves
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/24/presidential-proclamation-women-s-equality-day-2012
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