Travel
Learning all the time, mid-life transitions, and outdoor-living in Vermont
August 5, 2019
This is an interview where we're challenged to ask questions about the status quo - in society, in schooling, and our own lives. We're shown the courage of stepping into new opportunities and adventures, by necessity, and encouraged to trust in our ability to learn what we need to know, when we need to know it.
Montreal to the Northeast Kingdom
July 26, 2019
The Northeast Kingdom is just 2.5 hours from Montreal. It's east of the main spine of the Green Mountain Range. Although the whole state feels like "the green mountains", the Northeast Kindgom, physiographically called the Northeast Highlands, is a more rolling terrain than the mountains to the west.
Vacations on our way to an empty-ish nest
July 23, 2019
Our children are practically adults now and will be choosing for themselves what to do with their leisure time and how to fund that leisure. Whatever they choose, we don't feel a responsibility anymore to keep the gang together and create summer vacation memories.
What counts as vacation, anyway?
July 19, 2019
It's taken me many years of adult life to feel comfortable with my own family's version of family vacation, which has been an evolving hybrid of traveling to visit family, camping and backpacking, and working roadtrips.
And then it was summer
July 5, 2019
I have been getting what I longed for at the end of May - a break, a rest, a reprieve. And lots of fun.
Worldschooling (and family travel), developing a growth mindset, and discovering your inner artist
May 7, 2019
Exploring the edges of what is possible in our lives with intention and open-mindedness, cultivating gratitude and creativity, re-framing failures and setbacks, building a family culture and living a legacy are just a few of the big and beautiful ideas from this interview with my friend Severine.
Lighting Design, Homeschooling Freedom, and Project-Based Learning (an interview with the Warfels)
March 6, 2019
An interview where we talk about design and the importance (and sometimes complexity) of lighting in our lives and where we explore the potential of homeschooling not just on our kids' education but our own career paths and family culture. And see how it all comes together in one family's experience with project-based learning and living.
