Swash-buckling pirates along the River Medway I am prone to crazy and impulsive notions. Bob is inclined to indulge them. When Saoirse was 18 months old, we packed her up and moved to Europe for three months. I know a lot of people raised their eyebrows that a young couple, new to the throes of […]
Is Climate Change a Four Letter Word?
Kids need to love the earth before they can save it March 1, 2012 Tags: parenting, radical homemaking Saoirse and Ula are no strangers to four letter words. They’re growing up with farmers, for crying out loud. And no self-respecting farmer around Schoharie County is going to doll up the natural functions of nature with […]
Love Trumps Math
The text you type here will appear directly below the image When I picture a homeschooling parent, I can’t help but vision the über-caregiver; a person who is so lovingly in-tune with his or her children that they know exactly how to cultivate these young minds and give them a superb education. Through intuition and […]
Curriculum vs Life
Curriculum Vs Life January 6, 2012 Tags: homeschooling Apparently third graders are supposed to know all the states and capitals. This week for homeschool, Saoirse and I learned all the capitals of all the states. I must admit that while they were taught in my school, I never actually learned them. I’ve managed to live […]
Why A Farmer Would Occupy Wall Street
Why A Farmer Would Occupy Wall Street December 5, 2011 Every week during the growing season my husband and I cart our family’s grassfed meats to market, priced at $11/lb for pork chops, $7.50/lb for ground beef. Every week we meet someone who tells us the prices are too high. And yet, at those prices, […]
Grassfed, Paleo and Weston Price
I’ve received a fair amount of personal communication from people asking me for my take on Paleo eating. I’ve stayed relatively quiet about the issue in my online postings because my family has had to endure some grueling health crises in the past year, and it has taken me some time to wrap my head […]
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