Follow along with our family as we travel and explore...
The first stop we made in Louisiana was Alexandria, a city in the centre of the state with a population of less than 50,000 people. By this point in our trip Milo’s hair had gotten quite long, and it had become pretty routine for strangers to refer to him as “she” or “her”. He didn’t…
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As you might expect, the first landmarks that greeted us when we got into Texas were oil derricks. The land changed pretty dramatically, from hilly desert to grassy fields, once we crossed the state line, and the derricks moved slowly, quietly, up and down as the sun set. Our first stop was Odessa, Texas, a…
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Oh, how much I loved New Mexico! The mesas, the history, the Spanish/Mexican and Native American influences, the friendly people… I would go back there to live if I could. We were fortunate enough to arrive in Albuquerque in time to attend the annual International Balloon Fiesta, a festival so big it has its…
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We arrived in Scottsdale, Arizona (on the outskirts of Phoenix), at the end of September for the Free To Be Unschooling Conference. I was really excited to be there because, this being our third conference, I knew how encouraging and affirming meeting with other unschooling families can be. And this conference was just what we…
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Sometimes one of us will say something funny in the middle of a conversation, often in the car during a long drive, and I’ve written some of the best comments down. I thought it would be fun to share them here on our blog (most aren’t attributed to a specific family member): “I went on…
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