I guess my last few pictures have been about the blankness of grass out here in almost suburbia. Seems like people coddle it so much and use it so little. I harbor fantasies about letting a yard go wild if ever I should possess one. I guess I’ll be an embarassment to the neighbors [...]

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7. Everyone can work at their own pace, on their own level.
Let me liven up that tired old homeschooling cliche with a real life example from today.
We were listening to NPR in the car on the way to see a $1 movie at 10am. The coverage was on the DNC. The reporter said [...]

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list here of the 37+ lucky bloggers. Then I searched out one that was funny and found this awesome librarian.net blog (putting the rarin’ back in to librarian since 1993-that’s the motto) There is your diehard lefty coverage, and your lighter look at the absurdity of it all coverage. Very cool. I also have to [...]

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This is southpaw rooting for his favorite dragonboat racing team in Chinatown on Sunday. We’ve got a penchant for dragons over here. Want to discover what kind of dragon you are? Visit here for the quiz.
Meanwhile, in the cyberworld, Homeschool.com is having a week of live interviews with all of the big wigs in the [...]

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This here is a picture I took of a faithful souls’ personal campaign to keep Dean in action. This is why I can’t bear to paste my “Defend America, Defeat Bush” bumpersticker on my actual bumper. Because it will be obsolete so soon. So I tape it to my window like this dude did. Hopefully, [...]

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8. I get to buy all of these books, and I get to read them to or with my kids, thus secretly filling in all of my educational “gaps”, particularly in history! Not enough room in anyone’s locker or bookbag for this stuff.

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9. Watching them play together, a lot.
On a related note…not always having to play the games they do, because they have each other too, and we’re not exactly starved for each other’s company and so desperate to please one another that we have to sit on the ground and play legos for two hours to [...]

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Decided to write top ten perks to homeschooling life, as I see ‘em. Tell me yours too.
Today’s is;
10. Field trip Fridays. (At the beach, better yet.)

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Summer unfolds all around us. We are getting sucked in finally. Last week, with the guests here, we went exploring. I was happy to visit Millenium Park, newly opened, albeit 4 years late. At an expense of $475 million bucks. That is a hideous amount of money and if I dwelled on it I’d get [...]

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An old pal of mine (and movie buff/major/maker) has a thoughtful top 10 list on his blog (Life’s Cutting Room) of the movies that have most changed his worldview over the years . I agree with about half of his movies, which may be a generational thing. The other half are horror, which he delights [...]

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