Do Life Right

Science Fiction, String Theory, and Star Trek
What do these have in common? God. Yes, God, with a capital G.
I’ve heard the comments directed at Trekkies: “Oh, what geeks,” and “They just dress up and live in a little pretend world, how adolescent.” How banal that Trekkies are mistreated and misunderstood so! [...]

Whenever I start a new project, I usually start with an end goal in mind. When I get out yarn, I don’t usually start knitting without knowing what I am making. I start with the idea of a scarf, or a purse, or a pillow, or a sweater. Then, I choose the [...]

My Always Unschooled 11 year old daughter is, right now, writing a report. [By the time this posts, this information will be old news, but I'm still going to continue with the story in present tense.]
My daughter has been taking a weekly “Mythology of Harry Potter” class since last September. The class is run [...]

Every parent could benefit from being better connected with their child (no matter the child’s age).  Here are some simple ideas to get you started.

Do something unexpectedly nice for your child that you don’t normally do. Does he love video games so much he barely eats? Make him food and take it to [...]

My younger daughter and I joined our local Unschooling group for a really fun day at Picacho Peak at the end of January. We first went to the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch, then we picnicked at Picacho Peak State Park.
Here are some photographs of the experience.

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This is a surprise Valentine for my wonderful husband. I could never possibly list all the reasons why I love him so much, thus I’m just listing the first ten that come to mind in no particular order.

He always thinks I’m beautiful, no matter what condition I’m in (and he’s seen me in a [...]

One of the two most frequently looked at photographs on this site is of my lovely cat, Astrid, in my post “Adopt Pets from Animal Shelters“. For everyone that has found her as beautiful as we do, here is a recent photograph for your viewing pleasure.

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In October of 2003, my older daughter decided to get her long hair cut short and donate it to Locks of Love. Her father and I had both done this earlier, so she knew all about their program. [I talked about it here.] Since that cut, she’s grown her hair super [...]

I’ve had several people tell me recently that they can always tell who are vegetarians/vegans and who are omnivores in a crowd due to the people’s complexions. I can, too. However, I’m usually 90% accurate and they are usually <1% accurate.
Does changing to a vegan diet affect complexion? The answer is an [...]