High School


A homeschool and family life schedule with three teenagers

A homeschool and family life schedule with three teenagers

Our life schedule in a season of homeschool co-op, skiing, and socially active teenagers.

Leaning in to the whoosh years (also called homeschooling a household of teenagers)

Leaning in to the whoosh years (also called homeschooling a household of teenagers)

The reality of sharing life together with five unique people, three of them in the throes of hormones and questing towards independence, is not always smooth or without tension. And not because any of us are against each other but because our needs are different. We love each other and ...

October

October

I had despaired a bit that the glory of fall, those oh-too-brief, jaw-droppingly beautiful autumn days, would pass me by while I was too busy. But they didn't. Fall waited, and we found our groove.

A digital tool for a growing artist

A digital tool for a growing artist

I've been asked repeatedly, in Instagram, emails, and blog comments, about the tablet Laurent uses for drawing, "what is that thing Laurent is drawing with?"

Introducing Black Widow

Introducing Black Widow

Real life, project-based learning is driven by a person's natural need or want to make or build something. These projects arise from an innate desire or interest to figure something out, express an idea, have an experience, or participate in community and culture.

Letting them grow up into who they are meant to be

Letting them grow up into who they are meant to be

An apprenticeship with my dad is partly about learning practical skills but it is about building relationship. It is about a boy learning how to be a man.

A time of new beginnings

A time of new beginnings

This is the Easter story. When your heart aches with the loss of what has ended, Easter is the hope of not just a new chapter, but a brand new book.