...Radical unschooler, mother of six, artist, quilter, organic gardener, horsewoman, farmer, naturalist, writer, businesswoman, and wife, living and learning aside my two young autodidacts in southeastern MA
"A life worth living and work worth doing
that is what I want for all children."
John Holt
How can I connect with my children today??? Expand their worlds,Bring Joy into their lives, Nurture and Encourage what they love to do! --Anne Ohman
Birds make great sky circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and in falling, They're given wings. ~ Rumi
Say what you mean
Mean what you say
But don't say it mean
It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of you when you're comfortable with your self ~ Rue Kream
I will play, smile, and stare transfixed at the rain. I will sing, laugh, and make up stories. I will draw, break my crayons, and not care that they are broken. I will walk on stone walls and dig in the dirt. I will not wrinkle up like a prune: I will be the ripe plum I am perfectly capable of becoming. ~Eric Maisel
The routine of my day fits me like an old sweater: comfortable, easy to move, with room enough to stretch. Awake when I finish sleeping; meals when I’m hungry; outdoors when I want to feel or smell fresh air; reading when it beckons me; [my dog] sandwiched in among it all for playing, for fun, for a living being. ~ Alice Koller
The horse is my friend. Now, some of you people might look at him and say he's just a horse.But,and I don't mean any disrespect, the way I look at it,you all are just people." --Ray Hunt, Master Horseman
Some of the leaves we pressed turned a dark brown color. I think I layered them too thick . So they became ART. . .with a bit of acrylic paint and mod podge.