Rickshaw Unschooling

Nettle-picking at Bowen's biggest nettle area. Of course there isn't really a "wild food season", because there are wi...

...in this case, the fully-employed, commuting, but committed above all to his children's welfare... unschooling father. I want to recog...

Or... Why We're Not Preppers: The Apocalypse is Already Here! Organisms adapt. The world is an organism. It's changing right now....

Our unschooling friends are currently exploring the Pacific Ocean in their sailboat... and are just about to make their first big crossing...

The Easter Rabbit still visits our house. The wonderful people at Cocoa West (who sell soy-free chocolate) tell us that they supply the Eas...

So, over a year ago, I arranged for Tal to take cello lessons with Corbin. It had nothing to do with cello, although I do love the cello. Ta...

Oh my growing-up boy. He's eleven, now. But he's only eleven. His mind is still open (and may it stay that way!). ...

Today a being who once curled tiny and wriggling in my womb celebrates his eleventh birthday. It was a wild ride, that weekend 11 years ag...

Math with rats at the Phantom Rickshaw. This post is inspired by the recent experience of a girl I don't know - a six-year-old homes...

Hah .    Hah hah haaaa! Ho ho.   He hehehee!   Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!   We sowed oats.   

This weekend we took Auntie Julia, Uncle Keith, and the kids' 3 year old cousin, Evan, up the mountain for some early spring snow fun. A...

These days, Rhiannon would like to be a children's librarian when she grows up. One morning a couple of weeks ago I woke up to this: s...

The red-legged frog we found - photo by Michelle Carchrae . Last week we explored the section of Killarney Creek just east of M...

Every year we celebrate Imbolc, in honour of the early spring, by cleaning out and airing out our house. My mother calls it "Annual...

Young viable Red Legged Frog spawn. NOTE: BEFORE READING THIS, read my more recent post on the issue:   Raising Tadpoles: I was wrong. ...