Cosmos
My husband and I were so sad when we finished watching the one and only season of Freaks And Geeks on Netflix streaming. Finishing a great show can be like finishing a great book. It leaves you unsure what to…
The Trouble with Potential
potential |pəˈtenCHəl| adjective [ attrib. ] – having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future noun – latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness ORIGIN late Middle English:…
“Please write us back and tell us about the place you live and how you homeschool”
In addition to the journal my mother kept several scrapbooks in the 80s, documenting books we read, subjects that we explored, things that we made, and projects that we worked on. My favorite of these projects is a pen-pal letter exchange with other…
“What Do I Do Monday?”
It is the start of another beautiful summer day in North Oakland. Before I run to work, I wanted to share a mini-post of something I’m reading, something that’s inspiring me and resonating with my current pursuits in writing, remembering…
Same Parents, Different Chapter
In my last post, I examined the different experiences of my siblings, and I questioned how birth order impacted our views on homeschooling within the same family. I referenced several quotes from a New York Times book review that really struck…
My Other Two-Thirds
I am the middle of three kids. But because my mother’s journal, which we’ve been reflecting on, was written when it was just my older sister and me, there has been little mention in this blog about the youngest sister in…
Not Too Many Growls & Roars
Eight weeks have already passed since we published a first post on this blog. There’s still a lot to explore! But for today, I just wanted to share a sweet page from my mom’s old journal that also had some…
On Playing Games & Changing the Rules
A couple of Christmases ago, I was at a cocktail party, and a game of trivia was proposed. A handful of our dearest friends in New York City are high school teachers, and it happened that the party was equally split: teachers…
Learning, Play, and Peter Gray
This week, my mom and I have been talking a lot about Peter Gray’s lecture at the Conference on Alternatives to Compulsory Education (the video is about an hour long, but it’s 100% worth checking out!). He was speaking about his research on…
Stay-at-home Parenting in the DIY Generation
When I talk about homeschooling with peers who are parents, or those who are planning their families, there are a couple things that come up a lot. Mostly these two issues: First, economics — how do you support a household…