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the Solstice sun rises

on even more snow!! Go and read the Tasty Herbalist’s Winter newsletter, it’s wonderful Related posts:rabbits, cliffs, cushions and steamed chocolate pu…naturelovely things

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a random hotchpotch of things

education: Potatoes for Schools registration is now open for 2011 – free seed potatoes, available to home educators too The BBC Scottish History section is very good, nice timelines going on. on self esteem: We Teach What We Are - a blog from Wayne Dyer on the best we can do for young people. Page 20 [...]

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just when you worry that the world is mad…

…with stories of a dinner lady sacked for telling the truth about bullying (I can vouch for such an act being akin to this, though stoning is done with tongues and a twisting of the truth these days in this country) and two policewomen being prevented from looking after each others children by Ofsted… Worry [...]

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Scott James – X Factor contestant with aspergers

Article in The Sun about Scott’s life. Related posts:first ever blog postceramicsMinty – Harriet Tubman

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reading matter

Thoroughly enjoyed a readathon of The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Davie aquired one of only 2 copies left in Asda, £5) – very exciting, lots of thought provoking factoids Went rather well, surprisingly so really, with Doreen Virtue’s Goddesses and Angels, which I’ve just finished.  Always loved the Horrible Histories books, read a rather good interview with [...]

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off the hoof

New UK vegan magazine Off The Hoof – you can download it for free on their site Related posts:pressiescream of tomato soup and a cheese and onion pastyit approaches… chocolate calendar time…

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raw mom summit

here - lots of interesting interviews which you can listen to for free each day or sign up to get them all. Not just about raw food, lots of conscious parenting subjects covered :) Related posts:maths and yew treesbalmoral piethe melon

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Wimbledon

 enjoyed watching Laura play yesterday This article mentions the fact she is home educated (as, of course were were the Williams sisters). Related posts:ice and woodland Adventyou may turn your paper over now…there be magic in them there woods

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home ed aspie article

Nice article about a boy cartoonist. He is home educated, has aspergers and skeletal dysplasia and his parents also suspect dyslexia. His site of daily cartoons is here – fabulous! Related posts:no screamingthoughts and big artsingstar

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candy and cadfael

seem to be a lot of these reports around at the mo… Anxiety ‘haunts primary schools’ Half of children theft victims as mentioned in comments and the somewhat ridiculous Boring breaks lead to bullying - yes, why didn’t we all see it before? Some chairs arranged in a certain way and better swings will ’stamp out bullying in all [...]

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