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Living in the North of Scotland, vegan, home educating, dancing, cake eating, writing, 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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things we like
Salt of the Earth deodorant
totally natural and awesome!
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Beautifully pure laundry nuts... better for the planet and your skin... works out cheap too.
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The greatest blender ever...
The Vitamix!
Used daily by us :)
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very powerful for it's size
smaller price than Vitamix
great containers too
The Tribest Personal Blender
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Coconut oil is a youth enhancing, beautiful smelling moisturiser, a healthy cooking oil and a hair conditioner...
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books
Detox Your World: Quick and Lasting Results for a Beautiful Mind, Body and Spirit. A fabulous guide to optimal healthy living.
Buy UK or Buy US
A great little guide to Britain's wild foods
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How to Grow Your Own Food: A Week-by-week Guide to Wild Life Friendly Fruit and Vegetable Gardening - actually a very good, humorous read too. Full of practical advice for getting the most food out of your garden.
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Popular Posts
red dragon pie posted on January 9, 2012 
moo free Easter egg posted on February 3, 2012 
About posted on January 14, 2010 
gourmet raw brownies and crisps posted on January 17, 2012 
Solstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake posted on December 22, 2011 
sunshine, sky and yellow leaves posted on October 28, 2011 
Scottish macaroons posted on January 24, 2010 
graze posted on October 13, 2010 
birthday posted on December 16, 2007 
piano metaphor posted on April 24, 2007
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These creamy white buttons make the most amazing white hot chocolate! See Cat's recipe on The Modern Housewife blog.
Tag Archives: education
days of yore
A home ed trip as in bygone days Much hilarity ensued throughout… 2007 trip comparison links: The Findhorn Foundation and Pluscarden Abbey Related posts:pipe cleaners, maths, lunch, cards…pitmeddenballetic
Posted in art, friends, home educational bits, trips
Also tagged friendship, memories, Scotland
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Chessmen and Star Wars shoes
Visited the Lewis Chessmen at Aberdeen Art Gallery (other Scottish tour dates) – they are beautiful though I really can’t see Jabba the Hut wearing the green basketball boots that have been named for him… Related posts:illustration fridayfractions and flying disca spot of sun
Posted in ancient stones, art, films, friends, home educational bits, odd, only pics, trips
Also tagged history
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Millennium
I love it when I have a book that I’m enjoying so much I resent all other activities that take me away from it . Things like housework, cooking, sleeping… ugh… website work, long walks and lovely trips out with friends are still good I did/do/will manipulate any conversation to a discussion about the books in [...]
Autumn colours and education paradigms
Below, a beautifully animated talk by Ken Robinson: Related posts:hogmanyI got a letter too…random pictures
learn premium
This is a site we used quite a bit back at the more curriculified beginning of home education – a quick blog search reveals the first mention of it almost exactly 5 years ago! From the Guardian, it covers the whole national curriculum, primary and secondary and does have some really interesting bits and ways [...]
The Artist’s Way and a giveaway!
Reading The Artist’s Way just now (after hearing about it on making it up), faithfully doing my morning pages, 3 pages of early morning scrawlings, uncensored beautiful brain drain, and recovering my creativity, dealing with my blurts of negativity and realising where they originated… very powerful stuff :) I have experienced these sorts of connections through art [...]
Medieval Madness
A Medieval event at Archaeolink with the Historic Saltire Society. The Smith was full of information, showing us the melting down of various rocks to extract and mix the metals. Related posts:new year 2006gardenraised beds
sea, river, Balvenie, vikings
Had a wonderful afternoon with friends, sea swimming and boogie boarding – walking over dunes beforehand. Then another busy day yesterday at a home ed group viking re-enactment workshop (associated with the Dufftown Heritage Festival this weekend), also visiting Balvenie Castle and Banff Museum (which is exactly as I remember it as a child, slightly disturbing). Saw some [...]
Posted in ancient stones, beach, friends, home educational bits, trips, vegan products
Also tagged castle, friendship, history, memories, Scotland, swimming
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Peregrines
Wonderful place this, great home ed group event there a few more pics in our home education set on flickr and a short video of the squirrels below, much topical talking in background… Related posts:Brodie to Urquhartfab photographyChessmen and Star Wars shoes
mellow
a very mellow listen: Deltadream - based on the ancient lost Solfeggio frequency “Ut”, a tone linked with releasing guilt and fear, the shorter track there is a free download. mellow and cooling eat: minted noodle soup books weve been mellowing out to in the sun: Named of the Dragon, a gentle mystery, writers, Arthurian and Tudor [...]
