Organic Mothering

It is officially summer vacation. Last night our young cousin stayed with us, and today we all walked uptown for ice cream. This is the seas...

  What steps must I take to reach the cat? Have you ever had the experience of reading an article about homeschooling, seeing a post o...

Organic Mothering has meant so much to me these past few years. Now the time has come to focus my energy on some exciting, new creative pro...

We have had some gorgeous fall weather here in NW Ohio, and also some chilly, rainy days. I even heard talk of s**w for this week on Faceboo...

Over on The Sparkling Martins blog today, Dayna has written about how her oldest two children learned to read naturally, without phonics tra...

It is a 90 degree day, and the children in our district went back to school today. I remember wanting to wear new clothes on my first day of...

I discovered for myself that in France presentation is not incidental, but capital. The kings may be long gone, but customs that start...

"Sell crazy someplace else. We're all stocked up here."   --Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets   Montparnasse Station,...

Recently while traveling in upstate NY, I was browsing at a flea market when I thought of a new blog concept: the vintage homeschool. I ...

Today many people, disillusioned with the American Dream and the frenetic pace of modern life, are making intentional efforts to live mo...

My family has been traveling in upstate New York this week, and today we went out for a drive in the countryside seeking antiques and flea m...

In the last post, I felt compelled to put my concerns about radical unschooling philosophy and the way it is practiced on the table, wit...

Your own holiness is the best “gospel of freedom” you can offer. If you are holy and happy, people will know you are somehow different, an...

  Our homeschooling approval letter arrived today. The superintendent is always very prompt; I only turned in my paper work on Monday...

Having established that I could be a radical unschooler, I have decided that this is not the best fit for my family. I have learned so much ...