tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161219772012-01-10T12:02:04.833-05:00Welcome to Miranda's thoughts on living and learning with her two girls. This blog is all about the unschooling life that we lead, in the hope that it provides information, explanation and inspiration to our friends, family and random unschoolers out there on the web.Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942487056404830363noreply@blogger.comBlogger5711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16121977.post-58083393751080766972012-01-02T06:07:00.003-05:002012-01-02T06:56:09.740-05:00

Rather than clutter up facebook with my complaining, I'll do it here, if you don't mind. You don't? Oh, good. If you do, stop reading now and go find something better to do with your time.I'll just come out and say it. Life sucks right now. I can't see a way up and frankly, I don't want to get up right now. Wallowing feels, if not good, then needed. I see people posting pithy positive crap

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Ellery Big Hole. Purty, ain't it?

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It is very interesting to me how people have to pick a side and defend it by dissing the other side. In the last week, I have hung out with both schoolers and homeschoolers and observed this strange habit galore. It is as if they fear that their reasons to do something can never measure up to the reasons not to and they have to rationalize their choice by putting down the opposing choice. The

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Blame Facebook. Sorry.

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The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies

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As anyone with military training will know, first they break you down and then they build you up again. It is like the Zen idea that you cannot fill your cup if it is already full of old tea. For many years, I have been working at tearing down the structures in my life that have felt inauthentic to who I really am. Which, unfortunately, were most of them, as I was raised in this culture where

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This was going around Facebook and I wanted to keep it here to refer to since it is such a great reminder. Got it from here. 1. Show respect for all of a child's interests equally.2. Keep the child in mind as I go through life, so that I notice things that might be of interest to that child.3. Find ways to include the child in my own daily life - live a more"open-book' life than the norm.4.

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To celebrate my 40th birthday my sweet husband took me to see a BIG rock. Sounds good to this rock hound! The whole family got up at 5am to meet the tour bus at 6am for our grand adventure. It was still dark when we got on the bus. This picture was taken at the roadhouse about halfway down the road to Uluru. We can highly, HIGHLY, recommend this tour company. They were great!! True to the

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We went to the Kangaroo Sanctuary today to meet the roos. The main focus of the place was education about how to care for orphaned kangaroos. It is the law in Australia that if you rescue a roo, you have to try to release it back to the wild if at all possible. The kangaroos there could not be released to the wild for various reasons and would be destroyed by the government if the sanctuary

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Today, we headed out west of Alice to hike at Simpson's Gap. It was beautiful and we had a nice time climbing gum trees and the rocks.Can you see A in this shot? Water in the desert! E and I want to go back and bring our watercolors! So pretty.

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"While it is good to see serious debate about our debt crisis, I cannot support the reported deal on raising the nation's debt ceiling. I have never voted to raise the debt ceiling, and I never will. "This deal will reportedly cut spending by only slightly over $900 billion over 10 years. But we will have a $1.6 trillion deficit after this year alone, meaning those meager

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If you were the judge of a painting contest for 9 and 10 year old kids, and these paintings were the entries, how would you rank them?Well, I don't know about you, but I wouldn't put them in the order above, first place at the top, fourth at the bottom as I placed them here. But that is exactly how the judges at the Alice Show ranked these works of art. WTF? E's is the last one, if you

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Yikes, has it really been a month since I posted last? Oh, well. I am on facebook now. Ha! Another reason I resisted joining, I knew it would split my time. I have been having adventures in the past month, but mostly I was sick and too grumpy to tell you about it. I have a bunch of pictures of stuff we have done lately and need to get them up here. We have a few cool things coming up to

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As many of you know, I have over the past many years either helped with or outright ran support groups for unschoolers and homeschoolers in the various places we have lived. My speciality is the park day. This time-honored tradition of homeschooling folks has been the backbone of our unschooling experience. It is more than just a chance for the kids to get out and play.Park day is the day of the

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A decided to change her look up. She went from this: To this: Who took my baby away and replaced her with this beautiful young woman? Hmmm???Oh. Right. I did, since I was holding the scissors when the transformation occurred. Have to remember that next time.

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I'm going to do a series of pictures of A looking like the local animals, like she did with the wallaby. This time my daughter has embodied the essence of a Frilled Lizard!

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This gorgeous ghost gum tree lives in Trephina Creek, where we had a picnic Easter Sunday. To get a sense of scale, look down to the right of the trunk and you will see a little circle around E, who was standing nearby. And for a little fun, A helped me get this shot: Same tree, different perspective!

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That our move halfway across the world has put some dampers on our lifestyle and our efforts to live sustainably is putting it mildly. The carbon footprint of the flight alone is frustrating. I can't recycle much of anything here because of our remote location and the lack of local processing facilities and markets for the raw material. While the Aussies are better about keeping their food close

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More wildlife has been spotted. This guy was sitting on a rock in our front yard just sunning himself.A identified him as a Bearded Dragon. E got within a couple of feet to get this picture. He just sat there.Most nights, if you go in the girls bathroom and turn the light on, a little Gecko or two come to catch bugs attracted to the light through the window. The picture is not great because it

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While out shopping the other day, we spotted something amazing above us on the grape arbor. Can you see it?Here, a closer look:That there is a Golden Orb spider and she was huge and gorgeous. We have heard about the Huntsman spiders that are even bigger and fuzzy like a Tarantula, but have yet to see one. Not sure I am eager to, to tell the truth! In the airport in Sydney, they had a big poster

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Look what we did last night: The results! One was bold: And the other subtle: E got lots of compliments while out and about today. Even the lady at the MVR (like our DMV) when we were getting our driver's licences was impressed. Of course, her hair was purple, too! A did not get much attention, but that is her style.

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Imagine being able to talk a nice leisurely stroll out of your neighborhood and to this beautiful spot. We can! This is Heavitree Gap and we are only a few blocks away. Over millions of years, the Todd river cut it out of the MacDonnell Ranges. Now, the Stuart highway and the railroad run through it as well. The hill on the left is the one the wallabies come down off of to be fed, just on the

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I feel like we have travelled so very far, only to end up right where we started from. This place is so much like Ithaca in so many ways, we feel right at home. On Sunday we went to the Todd Mall market with our wonderful sponsor family. It did not have much in the way of farmers and produce, but the crafts and art were worth a look. The girls got some cool stuff and we enjoyed people watching.

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Last night, our sponsors took us to see the local wallabies that come down the mountain to be fed. That was the coolest experience ever! I don't know of any place that let's you feed wild animals like this in America. The wallabies were so tame, you could pet them: A looking like a wallaby herself: The cutest thing ever was when a joey poked out of the pouch of it's mama: This joey was the one

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This is the freaking HUMONGOUS plane we flew over in, the A380. The girls had the window seat right about over the last 'a' in Australia on the top deck. C and I were in the center next to them. There was so much room to move around, I could walk over and look out the girls window if I wanted to! With their seats in full recline even! A and E having their breakfast at about 5:30 am Sydney time,

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Here we are on our first full day in Alice Springs. We arrived at noon yesterday and were picked up by our sponsors at the airport. They took us right to our house and showed us around. Then we had a little time to ourselves to settle in a bit and explore the house, unpack some of our APO boxes, and freshen up after our 27 hours of travel. Thank goodness for business class on the flight over. It

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Two days from now, we will be winging it across the country on our first leg of the flight to Australia, hopefully. Why hopefully? Well, the latest snafu is that we are short one passport. Mine. After failing to do it right, twice, the State Depatment is going to get a visit from my husband tomorrow morning when their doors open and he is going to sit there until they get it right. We have been

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Well, our grand adventure should have started today with the drive to VA, but old man winter has decided we need one more day in Ithaca, resting in the hotel. Now, C did get up really early to drive down ahead of us and the bulk of the storm, since he felt he needed to go into work tomorrow to check on last minute moving stuff. The girls and I will follow tomorrow, after the snow clears out.We

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1. I'm procrastinating. 2. The girls are at a sleepover and the house is too quiet with all the animals gone to their new homes. 3. My list is long and scary and keeps me up at night, but it will all be over soon. The movers come to pack the house up in one week. In about two weeks we leave NY, and in 20 days we will be on a plane to Oz. Yikes! 4. I am sad to leave, but stuffing it a bit.

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27 days to go, but we still take time to play with friends and family! Sledding turned into massive snowballs rolled down the sledding hill turned into making this giant sculpture. What a great way to say goodbye to the snow! Not much of that down under, I reckon.

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First of all a great big thanks to all my friends who commented and called and reached out after my last post. You rock! I realize I have left you all hanging as to the state of my sanity. My brother asked me last week if I had come to terms with this move and I asked him what he knew about it, thinking he had talked to my Dad, who witnessed me fall apart the week before. He said, "Just what

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As I alluded to in my last post, things are not going smoothly around here. I have been thinking a lot about why that is and have come up with some ideas. Life is extremely stressful right now. That is a no brainer contributor to the problem. What makes it worse is the fact that there is little to nothing that can be done about it. We have a set date to move, that is already as far out as it

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Well, I'm either going to be living in Australia soon or divorced. Can I just say how much this whole process sucks? Ok, thank you, it SUCKS!

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There are 99 days until we get on a plane headed to Australia. If you don't see much of me around here between now and then, well, we will be busy dismantling our life here and getting ready for a new life there. After we get there, I plan to blog a lot about our experience down under. So hang tight, have a Happy Solstichrismahanukwanzaa, and I'll see you around next year!

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This is so brilliant! Enjoy!

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One of the big tasks to get ready to move to Australia is deciding what to do with our house while we are gone and making that happen. At first, I was firmly resistant to any idea but locking it up and having someone check up on it every so often. Then I started thinking about how much better it would be if we had a live in caretaker. I could leave my furniture in the house - we won't need it in

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My neck hurts. The changes around here are causing a bit of whiplash. First, we were going to drive down to VA to have Thanksgiving with C, since he had to work too much to drive home to us. My dad and brothers were not even going to be here, so I had no meal to go enjoy anyway. Sure, we would have to skip the whole traditional meal in VA since I was not up to hauling it all down there and

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My mind is awash in potential blog posts. I think in titles. I imagine the pictures I will share. And then? Then, I do nothing. Sorry.Life has been crazy lately. Not busy, per se, but uncertain. First, we did not know if and when we were moving. Then, we find out we have the job and leave in the Spring. Now, we have a ton of logistics to work out, animals to find homes for, caretakers to

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I have know this stuff for a while now and was once passionate about passing it on. Lately I have been slacking off on that. But this video explains it all so well, I had to jump back up on my soapbox and share it with you. Please, watch this and if you learn something new, or feel as angry as I do about it, spread this information far and wide.Oh, if you doubt the veracity of the information

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The girls and their friend M ready to head into town to join cousins and friends Trick-or-Treating. M as a little Dutch girl. E as an anime school girl.And A as a dragonfly. I went as a 39 year old mother of two. C couldn't join us this year, so I skipped the costume in favor of warm clothes. Snow was in the forecast, but we were spared! Hope you all had a great day!

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Alice Springs, here we come! C got the job, starts in the Spring. I'd say more, but I am a bit speechless....

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I can't believe my baby is ten years old. We had a party for her on Saturday, with family and a few friends. The cake was of her design and our execution (she helped to mix the icing colors and oversaw each and every detail on the girl!):One of her gifts was a horseback riding lesson from our polo playing friend Anne. She got to brush and tack the horse and lead her out to the pasture to ride:She

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“None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated.” ~ Buckminster FullerBeen fans of the ol' Buckmiester for pretty much my whole life, but who knew he was an unschooler?! Sweet.

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In case you were wondering where I have gone, I'm still here. I have not even downloaded the last batch of pictures off my camera that were taken at the party and at Seabreeze the last day with Saren and Mollie. I joked that I needed about three weeks to recover from two weeks "on duty" with the kids and a week of working around the house with C after they left. That would put me at Oct 1st!

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Meme found at Frank's blog.Instructions:1. Delve into your blog archive.2. Find your 23rd post.3. Find the fifth sentence.4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. "The adults just jumped right in and invited the kids along for the ride."Sounds like unschooling to me! And a great way to live life. Oh wait, unschooling IS a great way to live life.

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Too tired to post. In a good way. Tomorrow is our amusement park day, the last hurrah! Tuesday, the girls go home and life will be normal and boring once again. I'll be back to fill you in on the last few days soon.p.s. the party was awesome!

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Today was more party prep and the arrival of my friend Kime and her two girls, who are friends of all the girls already here, from NV: And here is a shot from yesterday: Now, C is home, the prep is going well, the weather seems to be holding out for a good party tomorrow and all is well. I doubt I will get a post up tomorrow, so I'll see you all Sunday with a double day post!

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I'm waning here. The stress of getting ready for a big party and cleaning up after four kids who seem to have no concept of the work involved and how they are only adding to my workload is getting to me. We had park day today and it has worn me out even though we did not stay long. I took some pictures of the girls in the lake swimming, but I am too tired to post them. I am going to do the

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Today, the girls dyed a friend's hair. She had seen them all at park day last week and wanted to get in on the action! First, the bleaching: The final result. E and S got a little more blue as well: And, for fun, here is a blurry failed shot of a braid train: I took it easy for my birthday, and interspersed party prep with book reading. E and I are sharing the final Hunger Games book and she

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Halfway point! I have no pictures today. I spent the day in frenzied party prep and the girls had fun but did not do anything newish worth taking a picture of. We moved the Wii down to the basement for the kids to be able to rock out at the party and leave the living room for the folks who want to talk and be able to hear themselves think! It was very hot today so the basement was the place

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Today, we went here: We tried to swim, but it was very cold. A was the only one to get all the way wet. So we left and got ice cream instead. Back home, after some Rock Band, there was outside fun as the evening cooled off. Laying in hammocks: Eating carrots and tomatoes out of the garden:After pizza for dinner, the girls decided to go paint some chairs in the studio: Finished chairs pictures

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Today, S caught Alice the rooster and loved on him. This was a long sought after thing, as she has been trying to catch him since she got here! The girls all gave Alice some love: We went into town to do a little thrift shopping on the Commons where many a good bargain was found. There was some loving on statues, too:Back home, the new zipline was enjoyed:

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Today we went to the Ithaca Farmers Market:A is showing her friends all the herbs she knows about here:Much shopping was done. This stall had a gift for a sister, but I am not telling... After the market we got ice cream at Purity and then hit a hardware store to get the findings for a zip line. When we got home, I put it up between two trees in our yard. A little tweaking is needed, but it

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Day three involved some shopping at the mall and a fun grocery shopping trip at Wegmans, complete with dinner in the marketplace, and exciting finds in the international food aisles. M was so excited to find this Japanese soda that requires popping a marble through the top to open it. The marble stays in the bottle and the soda flows past it as you drink. Weird, but fun and very yummy! So we

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Park day!Totally teeter-tottering together:Groovy girls:Marvelous mermaid mane:

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Yesterday was day zero of the grand adventure visit of Saren and Mollie and all we did was pick them up from the airport, go out to dinner, and come home. The kids stayed up late watching movies and hanging out outside so as not to wake us sleeping old folk (which did not work). Today, we did more photo worthy stuff, so here are a few pictures to tell the tale. Swimming at the lake house my

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I'm going to answer a question I got in a comment to the I'm that Mom post here instead of in the comments. This is what she said:But here's my question: Children eventually have to grow up and get a job.They'll have to follow rules they think are dumb, unproductive, unfair. They'llhave to be somewhere at an externally decided time. If they've never had to doany of those things, how are they

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Sorry I have been so out of the blogging loop. I'm here to report it will be more of the same in the next few weeks. In one week, the girls friends are coming for a two week visit and we will be busy with them. The party is coming up, too, and the prep for that will consume much of my time. The gardens, mine and my dad's, are asking more of my time to preserve their bounty. Not to mention,

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I realize I am a little late in sharing this, as I hear it is all over facebook and such already, but some friends here had not heard about it, so here ya go!http://americaviaerica.blogspot.com/2010/07/coxsackie-athens-valedictorian-speech.htmlHere is a taste :I have successfully shown that I was the best slave. I did what I was toldto the extreme. While others sat in class and doodled to later

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...I told you I was thinking about joining facebook? Ack! Did I just say something? No, no, must have been someone else... ;-) I like being fashionably late to the party, I guess. Talk me into it. Or out of it. Or down from the ledge....

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I'm that Mom who says YES to getting ice cream from the ice cream truck at the park, not once, but twice in one day.I'm that Mom who goes out of her way to accomodate her kids need to see their friends, encouraging two night sleepovers, bringing random extra kids home from parkday, and setting up whatever playdates are desired. And who makes homemade pizza, lemonade, and ice cream when those

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I posted this picture over at my photo blog, but I like it so much I wanted to share it again, here. It was taken this evening, when I went outside to put the chickens to bed. I noticed a storm rolling in to the north of us. The clouds were doing pretty things, so I ran for my camera. When I got back out, the sky started going all shades of eerie, purple and gray-blue, to the north, and the

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This is a long, but great, speech given by a young grown unschooler about her experience growing up and unschooling in general. I really enjoyed it and had to share! Enjoy!

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I think I have finally come to accept that, no matter how much freedom I give myself, I will always need external motivation to do some things. I can putter along just fine with my own internal motivation, but not a whole lot gets accomplished, and the dishes pretty much never get done! Sporadic would be the best descriptor. Anyway, my point here is that I have a bunch of projects I want to

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How would you like to be able to pick a big bowl full of berries every day for a few weeks of the year, for free, just by taking a walk around your yard? Or go to a local farm and pick berries from your berry CSA, enough to come home and freeze up some for winter, after you have stuffed yourself on their juicy goodness?And how would you like to be able to make this for dinner after the first

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If you usually skip watching videos I post, you need to watch this one. Need to. Seriously. Thank you.

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Here is another way to look at the time your kid "wastes" playing video games: Check out the games she mentions here:http://www.superstructgame.org/http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/Default.aspxPretty cool!

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When I sought out and bought this house, I was working on what I considered our Plan B. Should, as they say out here on the interwebs, TSHTF, having a little land and the skills to live off it would be quite useful. C, meanwhile, has always been thinking and planning for what I call Plan A. This is the usual career advancement, planning for retirement, doing a little investing, you know the

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cAn Energy-Independent Futurehttp://www.thedailyshow.com/Daily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea PartyToo funny, right?Ok, since TPTB (the powers that be) haven't been able to do it, what are YOU doing to help us achieve energy independence? I'd even say that at this late stage, the goal should be an extremely low energy future, not just US

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Living in such close proximity to wildlife has it's pros and cons. So far, the one con I have thought I would need to deal with has not come to pass. Nobody has tried to eat my garden. But the one con I paid no mind to has bitten us, twice. Literally. Last summer, E had Lyme disease. And this summer it is my turn. Can I just say how much Lyme disease sucks? I hate ticks, too. Anyway, after a

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I am making slow but good progress on the chicken coop. In case you hadn't noticed I could turn this blog into a chicken blog sooooo easily! ;-) I can't help it. I love my chickens.Anyway. Here are some pictures of the progress: The window, made with a piece of scrap plexiglass found in the basement. Here, A demonstrates the function of the nest boxes. Now to get the girls to actually lay in the

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So, I was standing down by the pond this morning watching the Canada Goose family that stopped by when A opens the door and calls to me:A - "Mama!!!!"Me - "What?"A - "Where's my bagels?"Me - confused because she knows where we keep the bagels, "In the freezer!"A - more emphatically, "Where's my bagels?"Me - thinking she was looking for a different kind down in the basement freezer, "Which kind?"A

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This morning, two dogs came into my yard and killed one of my chickens. Actually, I had to kill her after she was maimed so badly, there was no hope.I heard dogs barking and ran outside to see what was going on. Normally, you don't hear dogs barking as my house is too far from neighbors. The dogs were barking at the baby chickens in the tractor and ran off when I yelled at them. One disappeared

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I feel like I give E short shrift here. Her gifts sometimes take a back seat to her sister's. Not because they are less wonderful, but because I have a hard time pinning them down and talking about them here on the blog. You really have to be in her presence to get the full effect. As Amy Steinberg said to me, she is a Super Star.However, I can share one of her gifts, with her permission.

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This picture tells so many stories:1. A cut her hair the other day. Actually, I did the cutting, but she requested it. The reason? The Gulf oil spill. What? Go here to see what the heck I am talking about. E also contributed a slight trimmings worth. Oh, and I will be chopping my locks off soon, too.2. I sewed the skirts and headbands that the girls are modeling in the shot above. A is all about

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Seriously. What do you come here for? Do you read this blog to find out what the girls are up to? To see what is going on in the world of peak oil, economic crises, etc, etc, and my take/response to them? Are you looking for more commentary on unschooling? Do you just want to see pictures of the chickens and hear about their antics? In other words, what made you click that button to follow this

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Beatrice says, "What have we here?"Thanks to my father in law, I now have a more than halfway completed house for the chickens! The in laws were in town and he and I had some time and inclination to take a crack at building this thing, so we did. I just have to frame out the run, roof the whole thing, install the window, build a nest box and attach it, put in some roosts and a chicken size door,

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Am I crazy for knowing which chicken laid which egg? Have I gone too far into crazy chicken lady land? Don't answer those questions, 'kay? I don't really want to know.

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Happy Mother's Day!! I was going to put up a big post about motherhood and my mother and stuff, but with out of town family visiting and my dad in the hospital for pneumonia, it ain't gonna happen. Maybe later when things calm down. Here is a little linky love for you to explore. Click and enjoy!http://blue-skies-urban-farm.blogspot.com/2010/05/mothers-day-for-peace-and-activism-not.htmlhttp://

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"What sustains today’s social complexity, in the final analysis, is the extent to which individuals turn to complex systems to deal with their needs and wants. To turn away from complex systems on that individual level, in turn, is to undercut the basis for social complexity, and to begin building frameworks for meeting human needs and wants of a much simpler and thus more sustainable kind. It

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Yeah, I can do pictures! We just did a little photo shoot with the girls and this one is my favorite. My baby, all grown up!

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I can't give you many words lately, but a picture here and there? I can do that. My Speckled Sussex baby, looking pretty in her new feathers.

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Just a little beauty in my life. Had to share.

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Plan B. Do you have one? If not, get crackin' people!

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"Pit maverick Republican Congressman Ron Paul against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up, and the race is – virtually dead even.A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters finds Obama with 42% support and Paul with 41% of the vote. Eleven percent (11%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided. "Check out the poll here.Imagine

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Check it out! Sandra Dodd put my speech from the Good Vibrations conference up on her website:http://sandradodd.com/listen/mirandademarestCool! Hope you enjoy getting inside my head...

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Hope you all have a lovely day today and that the Easter Bunny brings you lots of goodies! We are hosting brunch with the family, to include an egg hunt. The hot cross buns came out especially good this year (shhhhh, don't tell anyone we sneaked a taste) and the scrambled eggs will be from our hens (hence the dayglo orange color!). The rest of the family is bringing other goodies to round out

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Look who is here: We got to pick up our new baby chickens yesterday! They were supposed to come in today, but we got a call from the feed store letting us know we could come get them. This was great because we had some friends visiting and they were excited to be able to welcome the babies with us.This is J and C, holding one of the Golden Comet chicks:And here is A with a Golden Comet in

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Got the below here. MythTruth1. This is a universal health care bill.The bill is neither universal health care nor universal health insurance.Per the CBO:Total uninsured in 2019 with no bill: 54 millionTotal uninsured in 2019 with Senate bill: 24 million (44%)2. Insurance companies hate this billThis bill is almost identical to the plan written by AHIP, the insurance company trade association, in

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Not really, just a new look to match up with reality around here. I might not have much to say these days, but I won't make you look at frozen landscapes anymore. Not until they return, anyway! Of course, it is not quite so green just yet, but a girl can dream. We have had some pretty gorgeous days this week and my sore muscles can attest to how much work I have gotten done outside. I

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Just when I thought I had nothing to say, along comes this quote: "My father says almost the whole world's asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant total amazement." ---Patricia GraynamoreWow! So, are you awake?

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Sorry to be so out of the blogging loop, folks. I got nothing to say. Spring is sprung and outdoor projects are calling, indoor ones are needing to be wrapped up, I'm tired of soapboxes, and the allure of sharing with the world is waning. On to the backburner goes the blog. I have other fish to fry. I'll be back when it calls to me....

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Check this out!I think I want one. Sounds like such a great idea, hope it pans out. What do you think? Would you get one for your house?

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Got this from No Impact Man. It reminds me of the Theory of Anyway. There IS a right thing to do, regardless of who has co-opted it as their agenda for nefarious purpose, or not. Quit the excuses and take care of our home.

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We just checked and found out that A's book has made it to the finalist circle on the Book Arts Bash novel writing contest!!!! I'm so excited and proud of her. Now, she has a one in five chance of winning her age category and a three in five chance of getting critiques from literary agents. We only have to wait for April 1st to find out how she did. Yikes, I can't wait!

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I feel like someone pushed the reset button on my life. Lately, I have been in a bit of a funk. I know most would say it was the winter, but I really don't think so. I try very hard to find the good in every season and to relish that good. So, I can't say what has kept me feeling stuck, but I know what has gotten me out of it. UWWG. I have come back re-energized. Yesterday, I got up at

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Well, we got a few inches of snow last night. Unfortunately, as I was clearing the driveway this morning after chicken chores, I remembered that we really should be getting ready to leave for UWWG next week, and so either building the luge or clearing the ice again really shouldn't be on my list. I am happy to be going to hang with my tribe at UWWG, but I do feel grumpy about it throwing a

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In the summer, you make hay while the sun shines. Well, in the winter, you skate when the ice is perfect. And perfect it is right now around here. Have a look:That sqiggley line is the mark my blades made as I spun. The girls and I had a nice time skating in the sun yesterday. C won't even come on the ice very far. Ice is dangerous, he tells us. Yeah, in Alabama it is. But when you have nights

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