Reading in varied genres is a lovely way to greet the world. With a good book in hand, it is impossible to be lonely. Reading inspires profound empathy and personal growth rooted in new-found knowledge of people, ideas or other concepts previously uncharted. I love when a book surprises me, as happened several times this…
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What Does Homeschool Look Like?
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future. ~ Maria Montessori We get a lot of questions about our travel-school. “Where/how do you teach?” or “Who makes lunch?” or “Do you give home-work?” A lion’s share of kids love…
Go Timbalero! A history.
We are just days out from moving onboard TIMBALERO, celebrating our fifth year of travel-school. This family is excited! We will miss our land-friends for sure, but winter passes quickly and we are always back on terra firma in time for some freezing-rain-driven, early-spring New England weather and of course, baseball spring training. TIMBALERO = (noun);…
“We Dream of Oysters”
Hurrah! The book has arrived and ready for all you poetry lovers out there… *If you requested a copy reserved for you, I have it. Please use the link below and give me your mailing details. Composing this little book has been a lot of fun and an experience I will treasure forever. I would…
Why Field Trips Rule and How We Maintain Balance
Travel-School is all about field trips. We love being on the move – seeing and learning new things is right in our family wheel-house. When planning our school year, we start with a healthy, working list of trips we want to take with the kids. At year’s end, our September wish-list never matches our May…
Chilly Days and Chili Nights
The weather this winter has been a bit cool – even by our New England standards. Of course, we have no complaints, though we have experienced some hefty cold fronts, wind, rain and overall cooler air than normal. When waiting out the weather, we usually tie up at a marina and seek out museums, science…
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…
LIFE LIST of Books for Middle-Schoolers and Beyond
With our first day of school just around the corner, I am using my last, lazy summer days to update our home-library. In the process of organizing our most cherished titles, I have come up with a great list to share. These favorites are works of literature that every child (and adult!) should read. Though…
Vintage Boats and Modern Families
Cortado is part of a growing fleet of carefully restored and unique vintage Huckins. A few months ago we were in Vero Beach, Florida for a rendez-vous with other Huckins yacht owners, sharing dinners together, sundowners and stories of our adventures on the water. We also all participated in the Wheels and Keels vintage boat,…
Mega-Readers Collide: More Super Groups
Poet and writer Gwendolyn Brooks succinctly wrote that, “Books feed and cure and chortle and collide…” Her brilliant short poem (see below) titled, Book Power gets right to the heart of the necessity of reading and the basic sustenance literature can provide in our lives. While I believe in the nourishment factor, it’s the colliding…
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