June 27, 2025

We have been without a DVD player for some time. Lots of computers, but no TV, and a projector that can be a pain to set up. They don’t include them in any of the new laptops. I tried buying a separate DVD player, but the sound was terrible. In the end, we decided that

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April 29, 2025

They say teach your kids how to think, not what to think.Usually this is interpreted to be bold enough to think for yourselves. Or to encourage creative thinking. Be a creator, and inventor, a problem solver.I’ve been thinking about this quote juxtaposed to brain science. How our brains work, how connections are made, and how

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December 10, 2024

One of my kids asked me to react to Michael reacting to woke Christmas TickToks.  First of all, I will preface this with saying that, from the Daily Wire, while I love The Comments Section and Jordan Peterson, and I sometimes get a kick out of Matt Walsh, sometimes hate him, I generally can’t stand

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September 29, 2022

Happy Michaelmas! (pronounced “mickle-mas”).  Michaelmas is celebrated September 29th.This year we are doing a lot of Waldorf things in our homeschooling, so while we did observe the equinox, we’re focusing on Michaelmas this year. Rudolf Steiner considered Michaelmas to be secondary only to Easter, and it is a big deal in Waldorf Schools as the

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September 22, 2022

In this video I give a quick overview of many of the math-related materials we have used in our homeschooling, along with a few we are trying this year for the first time.  While I have indicated in the video that it contains advertisements, I do so because I was freely endorsing products I love.

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May 1, 2022

My favorite Pagan holiday after Yule is Beltane, and I want to talk a little about it a bit it, especially because there are many misconceptions about what it is.  This blog post is based on a series of Facebook posts I made, each one featuring a different tradition.The May PoleWhat does the May Pole

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