(Remember when we used to do stuff together? Before you got all big-headed?)
Dear Homeschooling,
You’ve been good to us. So accommodating and thought provoking and full of surprises. Remember the fire ants in the kitchen? Or the water wheel we made that one time? Ooh, ooh, how about when we hatched praying mantis babies, [...]

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(View from the window this AM. Even though I have called a moratorium on all further snowfall this year, it appears that the memo did not hit the press.)
After reading a bit about homework today, and recalling that the number one question my kids get from friends who go to school is “Do you have [...]

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A homeschooling mom in South Carolina is possibly going to be appointed the head of the Board of Education there and as suspected, some feathers are ruffling. Most of the opposition just seems downright hurt that she hasn’t chosen public schools for her kids and more folks chime in that she has no understanding of [...]

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(The elves I inherited from my grandmother.)
Well, the new Bitch is out, and she’s talking the talk about feminism and homeschooling. Seriously, the totally nice and unbitchy writer Maya Schenwar’s article addressing the topic of a new wave of radical, punk, unschooly feminists is out and yours truly is quoted in it. As is Sarah [...]

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There is a high school several miles from us in a sturdy working class town where plenty of my homeschooling buddies live. This past week, some of the high school students organized a protest. They came out to protest the war and especially the fact that several times a week recruiters came to their school [...]

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(My summer of knitting a shawl is over. I’m done! True it looks more like a fishing net in some respects, but it was simple and easy to make and my daughter has already claimed it as part of her renaissance outfit for the fair she will be going to. We just don’t have any [...]

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(A favorite art spot)
Ah, stereotypes. They always make us feel special. I’ve been trying to ignore this post, mainly because I have enjoyed reading the Huffington Post on many occasions before. Also, because it clearly already has enough comments to represent the whole gamut of opinions out there on the topic, including yours and mine. [...]

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The Gookins, Doc and Toast Floats have all inspired me to come up with my own list of 10 reasons NOT to homeschool, by any means. Make sure you at least read number 10 because your input is required there….
1. Your kids beg you not to homeschool them. Tears are shed. Sure, you can [...]

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So many awards. So little time to whip a new award out of my own brain and make a cute button so I can feel the power. Oh wait, this is a circular award thingy! I can just pick my own thinking bloggers. Yes. Power at last! Now is really the pinnacle of my blogging [...]

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(Urban gritty shot with visiting cousin. We’re thinking about forming a band, since we have the brick wall shot taken already.)

Found an interesting blog-related word last night on Wikipedia whilst making sure my own newly coined word wasn’t already taken.

“Boreblogging
Writing about personal matters that are barely interesting even to the writer — preferably in a [...]

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