Topics: New format
Due to popular demand, I’ve added a whole bunch of new quotes that can show up in the sidebar (at the top on the left). Every time you refresh the page you’ll get a new quote and a new photograph. These are random, so you could potentially get the same one twice. Also due to [...]
Topics: 20 Questions,Unschooling,education,empowerment,homeschooling,mindful parenting,relationships
Click here for more “20 Questions Answers from Unschoolers” around the world. —– DoLifeRight: Tell me a bit about yourself and your family (name, children’s ages, where you live, etc.). Kate: I’m Kate. My husband Chris and I have been married for 13 years, and we have two children: 8yo son Alex, and 6yo daughter [...]
Topics: art,crafts,empowerment,environmentalism,zen
Nowadays it seems as though everyone wants credit for everything and they also want to get permission (and funding) to do it first. I love the idea of doing something anonymously and paying for it myself (whether through my time or actual dollars). If everyone did something, just imagine what a nicer world we’d be [...]
Topics: pets,photographs
Our little kitten turned two last week. Here are a few photographs that my daughter, Teagan, took of her. I especially like the one of her yawning. Happy Two Years, Fiona! Here are more blogs with photographs of this beautiful Tortico cat: Happy One Year to Our Cat Fiona! Who Put the Fiona Cat in [...]
Topics: 20 Questions,Unschooling,homeschooling,interview,mindful parenting,relationships
Click here for more “20 Questions Answers from Unschoolers” around the world. —– DoLifeRight: Tell me a bit about yourself and your family. Sylvia: There are five in our family. My husband, Gary, our three children (Will 24, Andy 12, & Dan and myself (Sylvia) DoLifeRight: How long have you homeschooled your children? Sylvia: We [...]
Topics: Arizona,Unschooling,Wright on Time,art,books,business,fiction,homeschooling,photographs,words,writing
Nearly a year after announcing my Wright on Time books series on Do Life Right, I am now proud to announce that Wright on Time: ARIZONA, Book 1 is in the queue to be published in July 2009. I have been having a blast finalizing all the nitty gritty details. I’m currently working on the [...]
Topics: food
I’ve read a variety of Mother’s Day supper stories about families who celebrated by making steaks for the parents and hot dogs for the kids. While some kids might have a preference for the lower quality foods, all the kids I knew when I was a child were jealous that I ate the same meals [...]
Topics: 20 Questions,New Mexico,Unschooling,education,empowerment,homeschooling,interview,mindful parenting,relationships,words
Click here for more “20 Questions Answers from Unschoolers” around the world. —– DoLifeRight: Tell me a bit about yourself and your family (name, children’s ages, where you live, etc.). Sandra: I’m Sandra Dodd and I live with my husband, Keith, who’s an engineer at Honeywell, and with two of our three children. Kirby (22) [...]
Topics: Girl Scouts,art,crafts,holidays,how to,photographs
This tiled black & white photograph project is a perfect gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or just any time you want to give a truly unique (yet inexpensive) present to someone you love. Total time to make one: about 90 minutes, longer if it is your first one (less if you are doing a [...]
Topics: Arizona,Tucson,cactus,photographs,prickly pear
I’ve really been enjoying the flowers this spring. Here is a view from my dining room window (through the glass and screen) of the Santa Rita prickly pear blooming, plus a variety of photographs of other prickly pear blooms around my land. I’ve also added a photo of my daughters with my mom and one [...]