“Motherhood is not meant to be done alone,” she said. As I read this in an Instagram post, it hit me like a punch. Though I do have Tony’s help and support always, the homeschool role in our family is largely my responsibility. Where we live, there is not a real homeschool mom group where I can…
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Poetry, the Easy Way
“Without poetry, we lose our way.” —Joy Harjo, current U.S. Poet Laureate & Academy of American Poets Chancellor A favorite children’s book with beautiful illustrations by Jean Pierre Siméon; paintings by Oliver Tallec. … Want to add in some easy poetry to your homeschool world? Start by checking out poets.org. Housing the works of over 3,000…
Risk-taking, Relationships, and Trust
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it. –Paulo Coelho in the Alchemist Recently, I had the good fortune to sit down with long-time friends Bj and Jess Gumkowski (world renowned athletes, teachers, coaches, nutritionists and generally higher level humans) to chat about life a bit. As she gestures, open hands to the…
Choosing a Fall Curriculum
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. – Pelé We have about two weeks left in our 6th-8th grade school years, so you can imagine the intensity in our home. I remember school winding down (in…
You are What you Read II
One’s reading list is a direct window into the values, slant and intellect of a person, which is why “what are you reading now?” is a wonderful and curious ice-breaking question. What are you reading now? Reading books of all types remains an all-consuming pastime for our family. We devour books individually, but travel-schooling has allowed…
Braver, Stronger, Smarter.
“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Christopher Robin in “Pooh’s Grand Adventure” We have many reasons to continue our travel-school adventure, and it is important to us to always remain aware that this is a choice. We constantly evaluate and assess our mental pro-con list, which…
Happy 2018 from the TIMBALERO crew!
We have so much to be thankful for. 2017 was an interesting year and the treasures for us have been the people we have met this year, the relationships we have been fortunate to hold and acquiring our new family member: TIMBALERO. We are blessed and grateful for all our friends, family and an abundant…
Explore. Dream. Discover… Change!
“Every day we have an opportunity to create a living masterpiece.” – Michael Gervais How to change? That is the question. Then what happens? That is the next question… I have recently discovered the podcasts of Michael Gervais and his brainchild, “Finding Mastery”. The discussions he has with the people in his pod-cast forum are inspiring and…
Safe and Sound
Whew. Well, the good news is that we are safe in BEAR COUNTRY, tucked happily into the Sierra Nevada mountains. Tony is racing TP52’s in Portugal, the kids are thriving in school and life is normal in our beautiful, albeit temporary, Lake Tahoe house. – The not so good news this week was Hurricane Matthew. As you can…
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