Getting Organized
Season of Change
September 3, 2011
It might officially be September but we are still very much living in the moment, in this glorious season of summer. There are days hot enough for swimming at a friend's pool, or cooling off in a wilderness lake after a hot hike. There's blueberries and beaches, the market stalls ...
A Moving Philosophy
April 4, 2011
Did you know we're moving twice this year? Next month we leave Maine and go to my parent's place in Nova Scotia where we will spend the summer. We're not moving to a job and because we'll be earning a living from home it doesn't matter where we live. But ...
The Gallery ~ Saving Children's Creative Projects
March 23, 2011
A few of you have asked what we do with all our children's art and creations. To be sure we don't keep it all but we aren't minimalists when it comes to their creative energies either. What we do with their creations really depends on what it is.
Hello Unschooling and Other Sanity Savers
February 23, 2011
Last week sent me for a loop. Deadlines, expectations, insecurities, winter blah, and the full moon seemed to conspire against me. My best attempts to "be on top of everything" together with the reality of our moving preparations was threatening to overwhelm me. And so by the end of the ...
Year of the Move: Organize & Evaluate
February 2, 2011
{You'll want to read my follow up to this post in which I pretty much say I couldn't do what I laid out here in this post. Nothing like writing to keep you accountable.} I've noticed that picking a word for the month or even the year is a common ...
Our Homeschool Day in The Life
January 28, 2011
If you've been following along at Simple Homeschool you know that during this month the various contributors have been sharing what their homeschool days look like. Today is my turn. You can read all about my homeschool day in the life with a 8, 9 & 11 year old. I've ...
Home and Heart (a few links also)
November 5, 2010
My mental energies, the work of my hands, and general outlook have been focused on home and heart recently. I think it might have to do with the not-so-subtle shift of crisp fall days turning into wet, dreary and cold fall days. Or the holidays just around the bend and ...
