ABC Disorder

Here’s an analogy for you:
Dyslexia : sequential order :: like magnet forces : repel each other.
Every once in a while (less often, now that we are unschooling and aren’t fighting a formal school curriculum) I am reminded how much dyslexia affects The Naturalist. Her mind is fundamentally different from any type of sequential, linear, [...]

Buh Bye Nebraska, Hellooooo Iowa. And South Dakota. And Minnesota.

For all of you who remember Nebraska as being flat…it hasn’t changed much.

Occasionally a haystack popped into view, which was a nice break from monotony. And fun to see. Around here, they have fancy schmancy haybaler machines to make the hay nice and symmetrically cubed…boring, if you ask me. Haystacks make me [...]

Nebraska along I-80, part two.

For the second day of our journey, and the final edge of Nebraska, I took all the girls in my car…my two plus my sister’s two…and mom took the 3 boys.
Hey, girls! Smile for the camera!

Nice to know S., the youngest elf in my sister’s brood, was listening. But seriously, [...]

Nebraska along I-80, part one.

I’ve recently returned from a roadtrip from Colorado to Minnesota and back. Along with me were my mom, my 3 kids, and my sister’s 4 elvish children. Ages of the kids: 12, 11, 8, 7, 6, 4, and 3. 2 minivans, 9 people, and many miles. 1 1/2 weeks. [...]

Does a man’s home have to be a castle? Can it be a molehill, too?

While I get some photos organized, and some time to blog about the most amazing trip EVER that we just finished up, I’ll post about another exciting event going on in our lives.
It’s shocking. It’s bold. It’s daring. It’s totally opposite from what I would have done 3 years ago. [...]

Pinehurst Recap

To paraphrase from ‘The Princess Bride’…let me tell you what happened on our NC trip. No, that will take to long. Let me summarize.
We showed up for the World Championship at Pinehurst, and were all thrilled by the signs welcoming the junior golfers into town and especially by the free ice [...]

Happy School Year!

I bet you were expecting something about our trip to Pinehurst? Maybe some pictures and a few stories? Well, I’m still trying to get through the massive amount of pictures, so until I do I’ll write about this…
We’ve been so busy having fun this summer, that I haven’t even realized that it’s getting [...]

I Won Something!

I know it would make sense to talk about our trip to Pinehurst, but I’m still pouring through the 304598304958 pictures I took over the week we were gone, and I’m still trying to break it up into short, amusing stories that won’t bore you to tears while still talking about bogeys, bunkers, and golfing [...]