One of our farm goals is to teach and host a variety of classes. Right now I’m learning and sharing as much as I can about Essential Oils, but we hope to have a facility more conducive to having large groups of folks come and learn in a...
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“You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. We are slowly plugging away at all the to-dos on the property; readying homes for goats, chickens, ducks, bees, fish and...
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As an update I wanted to share some images from our Math by Hand experiences. We have LOVED using these math resources. It is a great fit for our family. making pipe cleaner numbers–Leviah (age 4) following along in the background...
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School. Can I simply say that a school without a black board just isn’t a school? That may be an exaggeration, but sharing ideas with my ‘students’ has much simpler with a piece of chalk and a large empty black board. Visually...
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We’re smack dab in the middle of Hanukkah right now. And, as Naomi pointed out last night as we lit the candles–the days go too fast. I suppose that’s what happens when you fill them to the brim with fun little activities...
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We moved in around the 2nd week of August and I literally hung our first pictures yesterday. There are still many boxes in the garage, and it’s likely there will be an unopened box or 7 until our 10th anniversary. I hear this is normal?...
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A diversion from the house/farm/homeschooling: Imagine it’s the hottest day of July and it is muggy and a bit underwhelming. The laundry is piled high, you’re just returning home and the fridge is empty; the...
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In an effort to ‘live off the land’ Drew and I have informally committed to using/reusing the materials we have at hand without purchasing brand new everything. This only works because both he and I are willing to have a less than...
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We had a birthday yesterday. Leviah is 4. Un. Believeable. She’s been a little short changed with the last two birthdays, for her #2 I was sick as a dog being pregnant with Eliza. For #3 Drew and I left for a little trip to Boston and while...
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someone turned 8 since the last post. When I take long breaks from the blog I get nervous about what to say next. Like, it’d better be important, meaty and enthralling or the people of the e-verse will wonder why I’d bothered...
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our traditional Rosh Hoshanah trip was monday it was wet and really foggy. we hiked anyway. this is about 200 feet from where Drew proposed–on a similar day in winter 2002. i accepted–of course–and this is where it got...
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Learning is on–full speed. There was no official ‘first day’ or open house or ribbon cutting ceremony or what-have-you. Just back to focusing on helping each other embrace the unknown and explore the bounty. Out in the woods, by...
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