where fedex fears to tread

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i love our home. i love the laundry running on the super-dry cycle by the woodstove. i love the christmas lights twinkling all around the rooms. i love the enormous trees surrounding our home like they are the world’s tallest sentries standing guard. i love the moss on the roof. i love the long . . . → Read More: where fedex fears to tread

~this moment~ can we do another lesson?

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~a friday ritual~

a photo capturing a moment from the week.

a simple, special moment.

a moment i want to pause, savor and remember.

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a month (or two) of unschool

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i took last month off from posting, since quinn and i lost 3 whole weeks together. but i looked back and there were still a few gems from last month, so today i’m posting our last two months of unschooling.

~we’ve been learning a lot about how . . . → Read More: a month (or two) of unschool

~this moment~ snuggling with mama 1.29.12

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this time i am the big person and quinn is the tiny one being snuggled. in a red violet bed.

all will be well soon, quinn. i miss you so much.

quinn drew this the last day i saw him, which was last sunday. as you can . . . → Read More: ~this moment~ snuggling with mama 1.29.12

a month of unschool

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~the pictures are always so dimly lit this time of year… but i noticed i could see my hands this morning as i was getting in my car, and i can tell there will be sufficient daylight for photography soon! ~ holidays are great unschool time: what’s not educational . . . → Read More: a month of unschool

red violet

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quinn’s favorite crayon at the moment is red violet. he has been choosing to color in bed before going to sleep most nights lately, and over the weekend i went in to turn off his light and he had red violet laying directly in the center of his chest, safely tucked there for sleep. . . . → Read More: red violet

~this moment~

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~a friday ritual~

a photo capturing a moment from the week.

a simple, special moment.

a moment i want to pause, savor and remember.

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a month of unschool

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i know these a month of unschool posts tend to be my least polished, most photo-heavy and scatterbrained of all… my feeble attempts at scratching another mark on the doorframe to show how much we’ve grown, when that little scratch mark in no way encompasses what it actually meant to grow that quarter . . . → Read More: a month of unschool

getting ready

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saturday was glooo-oooo-oooo-rious (sing it like a christmas carol!) and so we did what any sane people would do and went outside. quinn requested seal rock, so i drove us there. and we drew giant pictures in the sand.

peaceful bird

. . . → Read More: getting ready

wonderfully mysterious

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i walked out into the first rain of december this morning (uhhh yeah, we’re a little behind here on the coast but shhh don’t tell anyone our secret! we like everyone to think the weather always sucks here!) and i actually felt happy about rain, so happy that i opted to walk in it, rather . . . → Read More: wonderfully mysterious