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Living in the North of Scotland, vegan, home educating, cake eating, woodland walking... no set subject matter here really though :)
The more ancient archives are the old home ed diary starting in June 2005 and evolving on from there.
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books of the moment
The Artists Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self - an intensely powerful and synchronistic way of clearing blocks, old psychological patterns and dysfunctions of the past. Get doing your morning pages, they're amazing!
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fabulous guide to foraging in Britain.
full version or pocket guide (both uk amazon)
amazing Russian books these: spirituality; growing; living naturally; raising children with love and respect; quite magical. Release any preconceived ideas of how life should be (or books) and create your space of love!
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A very well researched novel which, alongside Picoult's usual 'heading to a trial' plot, explores many facets of and perspectives on Asperger's Syndrome. The potential and common effects of AS on siblings is especially well documented here. As gripping and informative a book as Nineteen Minutes
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a great storehouse of food growing knowledge from Dirty Nails :)
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"Girls just wanna have... wanna have fun...", and we still are :)
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Popular Posts
raised beds posted on August 24, 2010 
cake posted on August 29, 2010 
About posted on January 14, 2010 
the melon posted on August 30, 2010 
Scottish macaroons posted on January 24, 2010 
first ever blog post posted on June 7, 2005 
this morning posted on August 28, 2010 
old pictures posted on January 19, 2010 
Spring pics posted on March 17, 2010 
mellow posted on June 6, 2010
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Category Archives: links
rhubarb, tweets and elderflowers
We have a veritable forest of rhubarb so into jam some of it went yesterday! recipe over on frugal where there is also a twitter competition detailed on the front page to win my copy of The Moneyless Man (who is vegan by the way, don’t think I mentioned that before) Gathered some elderflowers in the wood [...]
among the snowdrops
more snow… some little bits I’ve been meaning to mention spread among the lovely signs of spring to come Wayne Dyer’s new program: Excuses Begone! – been enjoying listening to that – he is always so motivational and uplifting. The Bristol Dyslexia Centre has some interesting stuff on it’s site including some free educational games taken from the [...]
blog, Illich and broth
Have finally got the blog how I want it – a terrible tale of databases, installations of wordpress and corrupted (by me) css files ensued but I’ve now uploaded the archives (see drop down on sidebar) and cleaned up dead links too Reading a book lent by my mum. She found it while scouring her shelves during the snow [...]
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Halloween quizzes and stories
Virtual pumpkin carving - intend doing the real thing today too… and this falling sand game is a bit odd but very ‘moreish’ – just play with it and see! Halloween quizzes – Easy, Tricky or Fiendish - sent by my sister Kids wrote spooky stories this morning. Both very good. Was especially impressed by [...]
special children
Really must stop procrastinating and get on with some housework but nice things keep arriving in my inbox today – again from the EO list, this The Ten Commandments for Parents of Special Children though I think it really applies to all children (who of course are all special): 1. Take one day at a [...]
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linkage
Good link: Extreme Science Busy morning so far. We all did an Aerobics Oz Style leg workout – everyone getting better at these. Then Daniel researched Northern Ireland for the postcard exchange book we keep. The family had very kindly sent us two cards – one about Irish writers and one about Lough Neagh, the [...]
mud clock and zooks
Had a lovely chat with an old friend of mine today, a fellow home educator who used to live near us. She has written two most interesting websites recently: Bolshy Breastfeeding (**edit in – no longer there but she may have something else exciting coming soon!! ) – a great article on there ‘the good baby [...]
world vegan day, maths, graves
World Vegan Day today. Went for a day out in Aberdeen with my mum and sister. Tried a new cafe for lunch – lots of interesting art on the walls. The museum we intended going to was inexplicably closed. Got new winter jackets and jumpers for children. Browsed the Third World Shop then went for [...]
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H10
Over at my Mums today. Daniel and my Dad had long discussions about WW2 (Dad lived through it as a child in Glasgow), water acidity (H20, H10 etc.) and politics. Taught the children to play Rummy and played several games – that was fun with ‘behind the doors’ added on. I married Homer Simpson this [...]
