Posted in alaska on Sep 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
I’ve made a little slideshow of our Denali trip photos. Here is a preview: Click on over if you’d like to see more! (bonus points for movie fans: From where did I get that title?)
Posted in alaska on Sep 16th, 2008 8 Comments »
Forgive my lack of posting. We’ve been here: And I am left stunned and breathless from the beauty around me. More pics when I recover.
Posted in Random Ramblings on Sep 14th, 2008 11 Comments »
Thanks to my friend Kim at Starry Sky Ranch for pointing out these two excellent Newsweek articles about educating boys: Struggling School-age Boys The Trouble with Boys Very interesting, and completely in sync with my observations as a former classroom teacher, a mother and grandmother of boys, and a homeschooling teacher of one Superboy. And [...]
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Sep 12th, 2008 17 Comments »
Ok, so here is the promised update on Superboy. Be sure to read to the end-there’s some exciting news there! Most of Superboy’s time is taken up on his choice of studies: the Natural History of Alaska. I think it is a brilliant way for him to incorporate his love of the outdoors with science, [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori on Sep 9th, 2008 11 Comments »
I should explain. This is a homeschool blog, right? So, why have I been so stingy with the school-related postings lately??? It’s not as if we haven’t been doing it, because we have. I just have not been taking many pictures or been inspired to blog about it much lately. So many other things on [...]
Posted in alaska on Sep 7th, 2008 14 Comments »
Fairbanks is well known for it’s history of gold mining. But there is another kind of gold here in these hills that you may not know about. Entire mountainsides of stunning golden foliage! WOW! Fall comes to Alaska in a big way! All that yellow is the last hoorah of the birch, aspen, and balsam [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Sep 4th, 2008 19 Comments »
Happy anniversary! So many years since that happy day long ago. So many happy years to come. It feels more like heaven every day… [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/deXeztCkDpo" width="425" height="350"/]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Sep 2nd, 2008 20 Comments »
Today we had a wonderful day at Chena lake and although I had not planned it, I decided these pictures would make nice not-back-to-school portraits. They may not be professional quality, but at least the backgrounds are real, unlike those cheesy photo-backdrops they use in typical school portraits. Oh, and the kids are real, too. [...]
