I love unschooling. I know that probably goes without saying, but it’s good for me to be reminded sometimes. Yesterday was our fourth unschooling anniversary. Four years ago we made one choice that changed our world. And today I’m reminded just how phenomenal and empowering a choice it was. See, I don’t love unschooling because [...]
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Unjobbing: What It Is and What It Isn’t
I’ve thrown the word “unjobbing” around here a few times. Like unschooling, it’s a word we use that, at first glance, does little to really describe the idea. Just as unschooling doesn’t mean uneducated (nor is it against school or always done outside of school), unjobbing does not mean unemployed. Nor is it really against [...]
Sculpting A New Passion
It’s been almost three and a half years since Zeb has been out of school. And it’s been five years since he decided – with the negative encouragement from some very poor art teachers at the age of five – to believe he wasn’t an artist. In fact, until last week, there were three truths [...]
A Quiet Aha Moment
. I had some thoughts last night as I was falling asleep. Nothing too remarkable to anyone but me, I’m sure, but ones that I want to get down in print anyway. I’m not sure what jogged my mind but I suddenly remembered an incident from two years ago. We had gone on a vacation to [...]
Juggling Emotions, His and Mine
A week and a half ago, Zeb had a pretty scary fall. He and Justin were rough-housing, Zeb jumped onto his dad’s back, and Justin started swinging him around. Within seconds Zeb went from laughing to screaming as he fell about 4 feet onto our concrete floor. His arms and shoulder mostly broke the fall [...]
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.
