Homeschool Fiction

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 [...]

One hundred years from now when people are sitting around talking about you, what do you want them to be saying?  Do you want them to say, “He was a bit of a jerk from what I’ve been told and he knew how to drink a six pack of beer every day.” Or possibly, “He [...]

An old friend of mine recently read my blog and was pleased to see that we agreed that iceberg lettuce and schools both suck the life out of people.  I loved his observation, and I especially love that we’d both come to these conclusions separately. 
I’ve been thinking about my friend’s comment and I [...]

Located just west of Phoenix, right off of I-10 in the town of Litchfield Park, Arizona, is the Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium.  My local unschooling group went there on Wednesday, March 25th and had a blast.  As homeschoolers in a group, we were given the same privileges as a school group.  This benefit is [...]

Whenever I go to a conference, business luncheon, or the like, I inevitably have to explain what a vegan diet is (since I’m a vegan).  What’s particularly shocking is that my special ordered food usually has to be sent back to the kitchen a few times before it actually is vegan.  The people in charge [...]

There are several U.S. commercials on television right now that are quite insulting to males.  They imply that men aren’t truly men unless they are meat eaters — and they imply that a man is more of  a man if he eats meat in extremely large quantities — daily, at each meal.
Think this is true? [...]

If You Give a Big Girl a Keyboard (click here and here for the other “If You” stories)
by Teagan and Zoë Bentley
If you give a big girl a keyboard, she’s going to want to play a song.
But! She doesn’t know any songs, so she’ll want some sheet music.
As she gets the sheet music, she’ll notice [...]

For our recent (vegan) Super Star Trek Party, we had the following menu (recipes to follow for the ones we can share):

Super Star Trek Sunday Menu
Mammoth Ferengi Tube Grubs
Similar to Earth’s scallops, these are covered in Bacon with a hint of mustard. A combination of flavors, these bite sized morsels are loved by many species, [...]

This is such an exciting year for my family; Super Star Trek Sunday and Groundhog Day are back-to-back!  We spent yesterday watching Star Trek, playing Star Trek games, doing a Starfleet Academy Training Course, doing Star Trek trivia questions, eating Star Trek inspired foods, and most of all: enjoying the company of our friends who [...]

Another quick and easy recipe here for a family favorite:

Vegan Chicken Parmesan:

1 package whole wheat pasta (we love this recipe with rotini or penne best)
1 jar of your favorite pasta sauce - make sure it’s vegan!  We love the fat-free mushroom sauce from Trader Joe’s.
4-5 chopped tomatoes
Extra veggies as desired
1 package Vegan Gourmet mozzarella
Vegan Parmesan, [...]