Zeb (now 12) and I have been reading together since he can remember. As soon as he was aware we began sitting together and reading through stories together. His favorite for the first few years of his life was Time For Bed, by Mem Fox: “It’s time for bed little mouse, little mouse. Darkness is [...]
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Off The Beaten Track in Jefferson, Texas
We’re heading up to Nashville to visit with family for a few weeks. On our way we needed to find a printer and a fax machine for some business of ours. Thankfully, we were tipped off to check the local library. We travel with a GPS gifted to us by my mama and it is [...]
The Uproar Over Unschooling
In case you didn’t know, our family are unschoolers. And in case you’ve been out of the media loop (lucky you), there has been quite an uproar over unschooling in the media the past few days. It begin when a wonderful unschooling family was very poorly portrayed (through biased editing, condescension and lack of time) [...]
Lotus and the Golden Pearl: A Review
Libby Pink, the author of Lotus and the Golden Pearl: A Young Girl’s Peace Odyssey, sent us this book to read and review. The book is about a young girl, Lotus, and her adventures with the animals on the island of Meris. When she arrives on the island, much against her will, the animals explain [...]
Playful Parenting: My Thoughts
You can put me down as one more voice enthusiastically recommending the book, Playful Parenting! . It was truly fantastic, forever going in my Top Five parenting books, directly behind Alfie Kohn and Naomi Aldort. The author, Lawrence Cohen, speaks from the same radical view – that children are individuals deserving of respect and patience [...]
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
