Neurodiverse Unschooling Adventures: Step 1 – The Decision

I didn’t have kids to be a school teacher. Straight. Up. Facts. Teacher of life lessons? Yes. Obvs. But a teacher of school subjects? I am a writer. But that doesn’t mean I know HOW to write….in the way the current education system demands of students at least. I write conversationally…..not academically. I am terrible […]

I Saw what Exists Beyond Fear….

To my archnemsis Fear, I have let you control me since the day I was born. And for the past 33 years (34 in 13 days) – I welcomed you with open arms. I let you control my life. I let you yell at me and make me feel worthless. I believed wholeheartedly….that you – […]

Storytime! When I met the moon…

I have just been feeling…..off. Adrift in my own thoughts you could say. And over the past few days…I have watched the light flicker in the brewing storm. My gut instinct was to deconstruct every moment in the past 2 weeks that have brought us here. So of course….I happily obliged said gut. It’s definitely […]

Day 416 Life Lessons

Day 416 of self quaranting as much as humanely possible This kid right here brought some major tears to my eyes a few minutes ago. I had to F5 my family a month ago and re-think our entire situation. We began unschooling. We placed all our energies towards learning how to go with the flow. […]

Brain + Soul = Living List

People write bucket lists for items they want to accomplish before they die. But I want a living list. A list of items that I want to experience while I am alive, without the end being death.So what is on my living list? There is a road that goes from Newport, OR to Maine, in […]