Homeschool Fiction

Happy day for my family and me!
When our local vegan restaurant, Lovin’ Spoonfuls Cafe, sent us an invitation for a benefit dinner for one of our favorite local cat shelters, Casa de los Gatos, we were immediately interested. Add in a haiku contest, plus the chance to meet up with some fabulous friends of ours, [...]

On Friday, July 16th, Jennifer Waddell and her cameraman Jimmy came to my family’s house to interview us about our Radical Unschooling lifestyle. Since it’s been asked: Opening our home to the interview was a big decision that my family made together. If even one of us had decided not to, the answer would have [...]

Here are a few recent photographs of my kids and a couple of our cats (we now have five).

Yes, it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything on this website. It’s all good though! Fantastic in fact! It’s been a whirlwind of excitement in my household for months now: 2 books published, several trips, activities galore, and much more!
I have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving day!  Here are [...]

Most times in life, we seem to flitter around making the most of what exists.  We appreciate the shapes and figures we see in the clouds.  We make animals out of the clouds that are floating around.  We appreciate the things we have in life whilst neglecting to appreciate the things we don’t have.
This is [...]

Once again, it’s time to harvest prickly pear fruit.  Here are a few photographs of my daughters enjoying picking this year’s harvest. We’re going to have a big crop this year (over the next two or so weeks), so if there is anyone local interested in picking some, please contact me.

Click here for more “20 Questions Answers from Unschoolers” around the world. If you’d like to answer these questions yourself, please read this post.
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DoLifeRight: Tell me a bit about yourself and your family (name, children’s ages, where you live, etc.):
Teresa: I am Teresa Graham Brett. I share my life with Rob, Martel (7) [...]

Click here for more “20 Questions Answers from Unschoolers” around the world. If you’d like to answer these questions yourself, please read this post.
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DoLifeRight: Tell me a bit about yourself and your family (name, children’s ages, where you live, etc.).
Liz: My name is Liz, and my husband Nate and I have two kids: [...]

As of today, all of the illustrations for my upcoming children’s chapter book, Wright on Time: ARIZONA, Book 1, are completed! I’ve been working on the website, adding new things each day. Please sign up for the newsletter!
While we all impatiently wait for the book to be available for sale, I’ll be posting little [...]

Every three months, the Whipple Observatory’s visitor center hosts a “Star Party”.  Since we can see this observatory from our house, we’ve been wanting to go there for some time.  When I first looked into it, my youngest was younger than 6. Since they don’t allow those younger than 6 to go to the observatory [...]