tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452370507804056582011-06-24T00:23:46.723-06:00~I love expressing my thoughts. Writing has become a surprisingly delightful avenue for getting down and dirty with them. It always enlightens me as to what I authentically feel about life once I slow the pace and write my thoughts. It’s delicious. This blog is for that purpose. Also, an attempt to articulate the experience of being-family; Living and learning and the unschooing methodology. It is my intent to honor my experiences and musings through my expressions here ~In-joy~danéthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07420180765701634942noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45237050780405658.post-59261984974878916972007-10-31T08:08:00.000-06:002007-11-02T06:41:22.994-06:00

In a world where everything believed is basically upside-down, well, this seems strangely rightside -up to me... ~fun learnin'....History? fun:http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=q4jm0jbwo2 f#@!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zsdLVpZLp8&eurl

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I’ve gone mental on doing my blog. It’s like, pause for a minute. Take a step away from the technology and upon return find myself a total ignorant as to how things work. Now, I’ve never really gotten the beat of what ticks beneath developing software and the internet application that speaks behind the ins and outs of sharing info over the World Wide Web. No, I am a pretender. But then,

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Now, this is my idea of schooling. fun-schooling that is : FUN, FUN, and more FUN!!!Last month we joined a great group of family-learning based families for a day riding and laughing and sharing at Cliff’s Amusement ParkHere are a few pics from our yummy day:We're totally doin' it again, this week

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We watched this fun movie last night. The title is Accepted. It's based totally in the free-schooling (formerly referred to as un-schooling, but for me a more specific and appropriate) philosophy, always coming at learning in a completely unorthodox way. But then again, that is what free-schooling is all about. There were some subtle as well as very direct messages that speak to what isn't

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Isotopes baseball I took this picture, the first of many at the baseball game,which we went to with friends (a family also subscribed to the unschool philosophy).We so enjoy them.The Albuquerque Isotopes played the Nashville Sounds.It was a good match (by my ignorant account anyway).Our friends used to be fromTennessee which added to the fun. But the Isotopes won out in the end.It was a great

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Ok now, continuing on the family theme, we spent this memorial holiday weekend with members of our unschooling family. Saturday, we went to a sort of new-home celebration, bar-b-que with great friend/family. While the adults visited and prepared food, the children indulged in some serious swimming in the hot tub. These are the same folks we had over for super-bowl partying and whom we

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This morning I have been thinking about my recent visit to Georgia where the luxury of doing nothing took the lead in guiding the day’s events. Lyn and I spent marvelous one on one time, uninterrupted by necessities… delicious... Lyn is the best. She really is an exceptional woman. She owns her own mind. I love it. She is open and generous and available and present. We spent exquisite hours

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In forty-nine years of living this so-called life, I feel I am just beginning to really recognize the truly valuable and distinguish it from the simulated mimicry the ego mind busily bombards the thought-field with. Today is my birthday. In moments like now, I can only see the student in me. It has taken nearly half a century to get there~ to the beginning of living. I spent the youngish-half

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One can't really tell the story about motherhood until one knows it intimately; till there was no way separate out the mother and the child; the devotee and mentor, the lover and the friend… These labels, so apparently significant as individual titles of perhaps great epics in their own right prior to the immersion in motherhood, now meld together in a single life-giving meaning: Love.The story

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All the ideas I came into motherhood with, have, one by one left the nest. Reality ushered in a different scope, one that required humility to participate. I remember when Randi (grown up in pic) was a baby; when a cold virus collapsed the roof on me as a mom… Oh, god, the crying of the helpless~ (Yeah, I’m talking about me here) It’s such a painful, hopeless feeling, forcing me to do what I

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I stumbled upon this street art picture, this morning. I liked it, so I'm sharing it with you.Seeing it got me thinking about the experience of having people with signs sitting out on the street, in front of stores, on sidewalks at freeway exists. How do we feel about it? I’ll tell you, when I first encountered this (I was a flower child at the time), you didn’t see it very much. Actually, what

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Life in our household has, in part, left the building, ~World of WarCraft is the cyber reality who’s presence looms within our home. Now, one can’t say that this isn’t a good thing. I observe from a front row seat/ batboy-waterboy perspective. What I see is what, for the players, is seemingly more ‘real’, than anything outside of it, for hours on end. Log-in equals a dimension shift in

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I love it when I feel so delicious... Everything is right.... I love watching the show, playing roles like mom and chauffeur and friend and confidant … Cole’s good friend Quinn, from Las Vegas, has been visiting during his spring-break from public school. They display tremendous respect for each other while being goofy and inquisitive and creative together. Check out this film they made as a

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I was fortunate to spend a little time in full, rich deep conversation with my dear friends Pam and Joe. They are ever observing and investigating and healing their minds and lives. It is a breath of fresh air to be with them and share our lives. Thank you Joe and Pam. Check out these pictures from our time together. Hey, while we were enjoying being with each other, our yummy friend Brian

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Now for the sis- retreat recap: First off, can I just mention what a tremendous group of women we are? Such extreme depth and willingness for honesty and communication, it constantly inspires me to revisit what I think I know about myself and life, re-evaluate and reload…fuller, richer, more aware. The sense of humor, unique to this entity called sisters, is full-bellied and relentless, leaving

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Here’s a picture of Tyler and Amy~ taken up, up and above in a hot air balloon where we performed a marriage ceremony for them~ another yummy experience amidst the other lovely adventures. In my role as a metaphysician and minister, I have had the opportunity to facilitate some really fun and powerful and unusual and unique ceremonies … I am so very grateful and blessed… Thank you Amy and

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Inspiration strikes like magic. Sometimes waiting for it is exasperating. But I got no talent on my own. So I wait and work on my willingness to be intimate with inspiration ~or avoid. My environment always supports the level of my mind. All I have to do is look around at what seems to be going on around me’ and I can see the texture and nature of where my mind is on a particular topic. Today

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This morning I am thinking about my sisters and the magnificent honor it has been to be involve with such tremendous women. Each has taught me about myself in so many ways. We have an annual sister's retreat. This year's is just around the corner and each year I am astounded to see my womanhood identities through the perspectives of these marvelous women and have a 'frontrow' seat to each one's

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Slytherin paraphernalia , complete and on its way to 'Sir Noah'...

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Okay, so we have knitting projects up the wazoo (hope that spelling’s right~ haha) Turns out, if you’ve got the balls (yarn that is ~) you can knit (heehee) it done. Check out the pics of where our busy little hands have been up to… sheeeep, what a bunch of wool… Turns out, that when a blossoming flower offers her scent (that’s assistance to those who don't speak floral), others around her

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So I see I’ve been tagged… Here are the rules: Each person who gets tagged needs to write a blog post of their own 6 weird things as well as clearly state this rule. After you state your 6 weird things, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says, "You’re tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog for information as

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Part of what nudged me to materialize this post, was my intuition to look more closely at myself and my current modus operandi, due to observations in familial relationships around me. The question I posed myself began the inquiry and I pose it at large, now… Are we truly open to experiencing our children as they really are, or are we experiencing what we think our children are, funneled

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We have been making altered matchboxes for an ATC (artist trading card) trade and what fun and yummy sense of creative accomplishment. Hey, I just got a new digital camera, increasing my 2007 technology life-course I signed myself up for. So, I think I’ll try to take pictures of the matchboxes before I send them… find them posted below:

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Integrity has been the conversation of the month between my son Lucas and myself. It is the really the topic that resides silently in the background of every conversation for any of us, is it not? It seems to me that our first relationship is with our own integrity. And we face the truth of who we are to ourselves, know what our values are and what matters most to us, give us an integral point

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I’m looking out the window while I write this morning and the snow is falling gently, blanketing everything in white…. It matches my mood; peaceful, serene, at rest…. It’s beautiful! That is the scene as well as my mood. It’s been delicious to enjoy the boys enjoying the snow. I was committed to disliking the snow for many years. The story I told was that I hated the cold and I felt personally

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I've been thinking about what rules the day… what determines what takes precedence… I like to think it is freedom… that love takes the lead. But I notice how willing I am to look for some circumstance to be my boss. Lately it has been Christmas. I notice myself wanting to slave myself to gift projects and time frame (10 days till) blah, blah, blah…. My mind sees the “ligit” chance to be

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Here's some fun video from Cole, our new video headUnschooling works my friends :)

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~

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My beautiful, love-spreadin' friend, Brian, sent this out today, seen it before, and as it was with him, just wanted to share ~thanx Bri xoxoWhat does Love mean? A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: "When my grandmother got

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“I am as God Created me”, this is the only truth as far as I'm concerned. And I am accountable in my so-called life, for whatever recognition of this one truth I have allowed. This is why I felt so yummy about signing on with the unschooling philosophy, as a methodology to assist in the seeming role of parent with children. It‘s a groovy way to do it while apparently sucking air in a body,

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Well the answer turns out to be yes. I start a project yesterday. Lar said he would like a gator to wear when he was riding his bike to work in the wee a.m. So rather than run out an purchase it, I thought, I could do this…. So, I went to my knitting coach, Randi, and she got me started. I got a good start on it too. Sure, I had to pull it all out cuz I did some kinda whacky-reverse number on it.

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Yesterday we went to Explora, where science rules… everything you do is geared to express scientific principles for one to learn through experience. Kinda like how life is a series of learning opportunities that reflect directly, the contents of the mind that perceives them and seemingly experiences them. We are constantly given the chance to review our minds via the world around us and

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~turns out, that each of us is exactly what we've been searching for... I'm not yet too familiar with how this world wide web network thing works, but I'm thinking it can't be so different from how Spirit inspires and unites us all. I have been jotting my thoughts about the Course lessons and emailing to those that ask, so I thought why not learn to use a blog site? I made one expressly for

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