A Homeschool Story

  HOMESCHOOLING FOR THE FREE-SPIRITED    Rule to Remember: It does not have to be a drag. In fact, learning at home can be joyful and rewar...

Neighborhood kids would call each other over to see me do the splits, all the way, without effort, when I was four years old.  That ability ...

I look out from my magnificent PALACE of a shelter; a beach chair almost covered by a rainbow parasol with a window opening onto the waves c...

My mind was occupied almost the entire time my body was participating in my gym class this morning;  chattering a mile a minute in time to t...

Summer is a time of miracles, things grow again, the garden and woods compel attention through their very sumptuousness of vegetation and b...

Say "au revoir" to feeling that limitations are greater than possibility, but also to thinking it will all one day be figured out...

The Midwest, like many places, is not the best place to get in a good daily walk or run, or even play in the backyard, in the winter. If the...

...which is what allows human beings to persevere in the face of misery, atrocity and unjust treatment...but what if you chose what it is y...

With a wicked snow storm assailing our eastern coast in the U.S. and the ground in the Midwest converted to a frozen tundra, not to mention...

Oh...my...word...aie...gasp...ugh...taking my fitness challenge to a new level with a cycling class. I am 99.9% sure my derriere will not b...

Advice from the doctors when wondering what to do about pain, be it joint, muscle, tendon: keep exercising! Really. See here: When it's...

Attitude is everything, dah-ling. Yes, quite, and this morning, I am happy for the cool weather, a healthy family and a warm home. So much ...

Inspiration this morning comes from here: Run Laugh Eat Pie , by someone my age (ach, giving that one away, huh?) on choice . Choice as in ...

I find that the best way to start a homeschooling day is by making sure certain things are done BEFORE the kids are up; a load of wash throw...

Weight-loss guides always speak of "rewards" you give yourself for goals met. What I really need is to keep my focus throughout th...

Right here: Brooke not on a diet . This young lady, a local celebrity now, went from 372 pounds to 155. It took her 4 years. It took a lot o...

On Facebook and by email, I have had responses from kind friends, sharing their wisdom and tips. I've compiled them here, feel free to a...

My husband came home two days ago with groceries and a plan. It seems he does read my blog...who knew! As a birthday gift to me, he has off...

I am not a maker of New Year Resolutions. However, the very air and the internet being full of them, I find myself reflecting too, on what ...

5:45 Bodypump class today; a new knot for my tennies, because the top of my foot is killing me; the "Nelson knot" from here: http...