I was asked if I would agree to be interviewed for a blog post about our journey as unschoolers. Lauren Fisher blogs at Sparkling Adventures in New Zealand and is seeking out unschoolers with adult children. So far, she has two posts on the subject. If you are curious about what homeschooling looked like in…
National Margarita Day
If you’d like to make your own Margarita, watch this: David’s salesman is in town today so we will probably go out to dinner with him tonight. I’ll let Joe, one of our favorite bartenders, make my Margarita. No salt, please.
Urban Homesteading – a subversive activity
Have you heard all the hoopla about the Dervais family and their attempt to trademark the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading”? These are the folks from Path To Freedom whom I’ve long admired for their interesting lifestyle. In the midst of Pasadena, California, they have turned their ordinary city lot into a productive mini-farm. …
This makes me happy…
After a couple of weeks of snow and ice, this makes me ridiculously happy:
With love…
From my sweetheart: And then he took me out to dinner where I enjoyed a delicious meal of blackened Mahi Mahi with a dill cream sauce, sautéed vegetables, salad and wine. Just as we were finishing our meal some friends showed up and we spent another hour or more chatting and laughing. It was a…
All you need is love
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments. Matthew 22:36-40 It sounds simple and it…
Here we go again…
We are expecting 6 to 10 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow. Oh, joy. I was finally able to get out today for the first time since last Sunday. We still have snow on the ground. This is not acceptable. That is all. Goodnight.
Something wicked this way…came?
Look what David found when he went out to check on the chickens: That’s 21 inches between the prints of the back feet. And it had company: The tracks started behind our guest house, went in our front yard, up to the back door (!), out to the chicken coop, circled it and then down…
Winter Wonderland
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