Rickshaw Unschooling

To Shoot or Not to Shoot? I've also been criticized for having my camera out all the time. I have been taking it with me to document man...

Well it isn't a new moon, but it is just off the Samhain full moon, arrived bright and icy in the first real frost of the year. Winter i...

This is what remains of the thread previously discussing our concerns and solutions for the children's learning programs. Just to update...

Today we rushed to the 8:30 ferry, so we'd have time for a little grocery shopping between swimming and circus, made it on just before t...

Today while Rhiannon was at preschool, Taliesin and Mama headed up into the woods just west of the preschool to find mushrooms. It was a per...

Today we went visiting with our friends Leah and Jayden. We've not taken the time to just relax together in months, and it was really he...

Well because of a visit from our foe, Pink-Eye (recent offspring of the Pink Panther and GoldenEye), followed by, in Rhiannon's case, on...

I was raised on rabbits, and, although I never had to kill them, I saw my father do it. And all of us helped slaughter them. It wasn't a...

This week, as I reported on our family blog , was pretty much enveloped by Rhiannon's third birthday. We celebrated all last weekend, on...

Tali really came into his own this week, in many ways. At circus school he managed more than ever before and, though he didn't want me t...

Well as is appropriate for the week of the darkening moon, this week has been all about letting go. During these days of my own menses we ha...

This is what we did all day: while Rhiannon was at preschool Mama made posters and Taliesin made a journal entry about our nose campaign. Af...

Wild Food: Yarrow We picked some yarrow flowers and leaves by the roadside, today. Not, of course, the healthiest location for procuring the...

School Tali went to school with his Opa on Thursday, which was apparently wonderful. He very much enjoyed himself, and got to share one of h...

This week I am finally beginning to feel like I know where I am and what lies ahead. I still feel a bit frantic, particularly trying to find...

Burdock Tea Update Today we tried the roasted burdock, both steeped as tea (left in photo) and ground and drip-filtered like coffee (right)....

I am just sitting here reveling in my new and wonderful life. I haven't decided yet how emotional this blog is going to be, and for that...

Great Grandma's Box of Memories We started the day with personal histories... that's a fancy way of saying we went through some old...