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Forget about Instagram

In homeschooling/unschooling on 9 April 2012 with 1 comment

Play with pixlr-o-matic and keep your standard aspect ratios, instead! For comparison, our original photo from the park today is here 

Dessert Challenge

In baking, books, domestic bliss, family, homeschooling/unschooling, recipes on 3 April 2012 with Comments Off

In the spirit of Julie & Julia, Annabel and I are making all of the desserts from one of our favorite picture cookbooks – the Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook (and converting them into gluten-free recipes when we can!) It has a delectable color picture index, and step-by-step illustrations of each recipe, perfect! While we do [...]

What are you thinking?

In homeschooling/unschooling, meditation, philosophy on 7 March 2012 with 3 comments

The roots of  critical thinking  in the western world can be found with one of history’s great thinkers – Socrates. He felt that throughout life, the need to know oneself, to be true to oneself, and the ongoing pursuit of knowledge were imperative to living a happy and full life. “True knowledge exists in knowing that [...]

Meet Me in San Francisco

In domestic bliss, family, homeschooling/unschooling, mail art on 26 July 2011 with 2 comments

Before we moved to Reno, we lived in North Lake Tahoe for 10 years. During the winter of 05/06 our friends Aimee and Ed and their daughter Rebecca came up to our house to visit and play in the snow. The girls went sledding, and much fun was had! Since that time, Annabel has never [...]