I was asked a very vague question yesterday.  Probably an extremely normal question in most parenting circles and I do not want to take away from the validity of the question.  However, it was a very strange question for me!  I’ve been radical unschooling for quite some time, I felt a little caught off guard.  [...]

You can find me over at Enjoy Life Unschooling today talking about World of Warcraft and my family.
I’m a Level 39 Gnome Warlock
Enjoy!

Yes, that *is* what a forest fire looks like from about 100 miles away (actually I think it’s closer to 40-50 miles upon closer inspection of the map.).  At least I *think* it’s 100 miles or so.  Apparently the Olympic Mountains are so vast that even Google maps can’t calculate the distance.
From what I read [...]

Welcome!  Actually, that wasn’t for you.  It was for me.  I’m welcoming myself back to my blog.  I’ve taken a nice long break from blogging.  I guess that sort of sucks for everyone wondering what the heck we’ve been up to in Seattle!  I’ve taken a short hiatus from writing.  I’ve taken up some other [...]

It’s blackberry season.  My neighbor runs a stand at a bunch of farmer’s markets and sometimes the vendors give him fruits and veggies that won’t last.  He’s just one guy, so he often brings them over here.  15 pints of blackberries later, we’ll never run out of preserves and I developed a new cupcake recipe.  [...]

I woke up this morning to find this in my inbox.  I’m so happy he participated in our little carnival of love!
I am THAT dad. by TJ Phillips
I:

Sometimes Ergo (carry) one on my back, while carrying another
Stay up until 1:00AM, because sometimes that’s the best time for one on one time in [...]

An impromptu Unschooling blog carnival.  Please feel free to join.
I:

read books to my almost 12 year old, because he loves fiction but doesn’t really like to read even though reads quite well.
stay up past midnight with my 5 year old so he can finish his level in his video game.  He does in fact, get [...]

I haven’t been here in awhile.  I have a confession to make.  I’ve done something.  I’ve done something unthinkable.  I found another passion.  I really, really did.  I didn’t find it by thinking about it, or dreaming about it, or wishing I could do it.  It just showed up in my kitchen.

When I got to [...]

The Queen is dead.  Or at least we think she is dead.  A few inspections ago we noticed a Queen cell had formed on the top corner of one of the frames. It’s sort of hard to tell from this picture, but everything we researched told us this was most definitely a Queen cell.

The colony [...]

You can find me today over at The Mahogany Way for a second guest post.  Darcel asked me to write about living without rules.  I think some unschooled families take great care to not have arbitrary rules and some eschew the term altogether.  Our family, has an approach that I feel rules are completely unnecessary.  [...]