Rickshaw Unschooling

High priority interest for my kids right now: experimental cooking! My unschooled kids moved out recently, and now I'm processing all th...

Big change is afoot at the Phantom Rickshaw house. It's been the nest of this family unit for over twenty two years now, and the space w...

Last night my partner, daughter and I sat around pulling freshly-washed kale leaves off their stems, inspecting each one for aphids, and giv...

my 20-year-old son with one of his current devices I was hauling on my son's laptop so hard I wrenched my shoulder. I heard myself bla...

A few years ago I wrote Talking about Periods with Daughters and Sons . A good part of that was dedicated to my daughter's and my choice...

I am ever so grateful to live with this man who exemplifies gentle, heart-full parenting. I stuck today's One Solar Year poem into thi...

Me at 7, trying to be an artist. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an artist. Or a botanist, or a hair-dresser. My parents and grandparents ...

This morning we put the tomato and pepper seedlings out on the porch again. They've been waiting for the ground to warm up enough to be ...