tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317686682024-03-13T17:33:02.211-06:00Unschooling Site News, SandraDodd.com"Read a little, try a little, wait a while, watch."Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comBlogger595125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-41483480749330210882024-02-08T14:24:00.001-07:002024-02-08T14:24:25.597-07:00Definition of Unschooling; don't use "screentime"<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2024/02/tiny-sparks-of-imagination.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAmbDvrtZzGciqqoLd1FSijd38CRCjW7KJf8LZnAK_mCPBJkjNGW666XP-li6HJg7QOTO59Uttwa3M5SF9PLzCkqZtK27tEw9Rh5Jdm3fgOdJVCpkSmeWXMusqn3MH05ufH9shYU0sesw1myc4byusNapty0mf5lDIsboz1ujvHatW6FIhIXs1DaTk_Kc/s600/hawkJapanKarenJames.png" width=200></a>
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Lyle Perry wrote a definition of unschooling that was worth a new page:
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/lyle/definition">https://sandradodd.com/lyle/definition</a><br><br>
<br>The clearest reason ever to abandon the term "screentime"<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/screentime/not.html">https://sandradodd.com/screentime/not.html</a><br><br>
<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Karen James </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-53305420501071517622024-01-23T12:54:00.001-07:002024-01-23T12:54:08.413-07:00"Nest" (addition from 2005)Added to the page <a href="https://sandradodd.com/nest">"Building an Unschooling Nest,"</a> today:<br><br>
<b>Sandra, in 2005</b>, to someone who described her son's BEAUTIFUL day, and asked if she should be doing more.<blockquote>
If there's a party at your house and there's enough food, there's toilet paper in the bathroom, the trash isn't overflowing and each guest is smiling or laughing, could you do more?
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LIKE WHAT? Let partying dogs dance!
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Things will change from time to time, and there will be lulls and slow days, but much of what you name up above DID involve your "doing."
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I'll write more later, but Keith and Holly want me to get in the hot tub with them. Woohoo!! It's happening because I clean it every week and I built a fire earlier today, so it's hot. I washed swimsuits. I didn't say "It's time to get in," but I did prep work to make it possible.
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Don't discount transportation, food, clothes, hospitality to friends, etc.
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Sandra
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Others had encouraging words for the mom, too. That was before we were using the idea of the creation of "an unschooling nest." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050407222252/http://www.unschooling.com/discus/messages/401/2135.html?FridayMarch420051027pm"><b>Here is that discussion.</b></a><br><br>
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Here's a photo of that hot tub, which we had for many years, but it became leaky near the top, for being in the high, dry desert. Lower, where it was kept wet (it was either filled or being washed), no leaks. Higher on the boards,they were shrinking from low humidity.<br>
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Unannounced before:<br>
Kids' songs, children's folklore, things passed down (Alison's kids demonstrate a game; I sing)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/history/folklore.html">sandradodd.com/history/folklore.html</a>
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When Kids Don't Know the Old Way (about food, and "the right answers)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/eating/humor">sandradodd.com/eating/humor</a><br>
Not a new page, but newly polished and announced.
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Added an image and note to the <a href="https://sandradodd.com/perspective.html">Perspective</a> page.
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Additions to these existing pages (and one new page, related to a couple of those):<br><br>
When Parents Have Issues (added "People can't casually deschool, stretch, fart, snooze, yawn..."<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/issues/">https://sandradodd.com/issues/</a>
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"Two directions, about school (both Sandra)" added to<br>
<A HREF="https://sandradodd.com/school/">https://sandradodd.com/school/</A><br><br>
New page, on problems with not getting a good start:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/unschool/badly">https://sandradodd.com/unschool/badly</a>
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Part of what's on the new page (above) is quoted at "DO IT!"<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/doit">https://sandradodd.com/doit</a>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Roya Dedeaux</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-22062255592466977172023-06-26T20:11:00.000-06:002023-06-26T20:11:01.334-06:00Sparklers, Connections<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2023/06/confidence-deepens.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6P9z6KB39uoKfAeEvD7vK2ZSFicRPOz3YXh-ypFit66qEXSYdYD18KOdTqkJcWzPWTQdalOXRQtdtYL1a40Hj4GvLc4UEDSJuptvAQeq8RtnTuG2mW2MDaNAXr8SDQv8vNhLhGaVUV-MQUcZVlF6DuE9y3QS7S8dWYCmQSUZoxPvr5XcamYVniLfSg/s400/JanineWelshKnight.jpg" width=200></a>
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Added two sparkler photos (and commentary, and links)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/sparklers">https://sandradodd.com/sparklers</a><br>
...to a page I had never ever tried to announce.
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Added a couple of stories to a page about kids making connections:<br>
Once you start looking for connections...<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/connections/example">https://sandradodd.com/connections/example</a>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Janine Davies </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-27620042078563908502023-02-28T22:58:00.004-07:002023-05-22T20:27:13.156-06:00Small words, Joyous meals, "Junk food"New in 2023, about something very old<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/writing/small">https://sandradodd.com/writing/small</a><br><br>
I remodeled a page by Shan Burton, with photos about moving from rules to enjoyment of food and of eating:
Food and Assumptions...A True Unfettering!<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/eating/childhood">https://sandradodd.com/eating/childhood</a>
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New page, 2023, on moving above and beyond the idea of "junk food"<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/eating/junk">https://sandradodd.com/eating/junk</a>
Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-89405225846001468572023-02-13T17:52:00.001-07:002023-02-14T13:32:41.811-07:00Interviews re-discovered; recordings of presentations<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2023/02/be-more-positive-than-i-am.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodHZWzGKkrScSr5UJneCkKmGD5WL2Qsv-Re3OqB60BBRs-ERGB1kxMyffk0agGXKijYfRPjRIxdaMlDkz2LwlSveyqXDMuoGBUQXrQsIbV91Hc8ZpZj-NXIzAPMLKv6reNXajCbznpy_Vchw_vCqJ2ZpiftCj6ey_s1P4ZMH3ScAD4uXr6pEPw6yXiQ/s600/HadriansWallJoIsaac.jpeg" width=200></a> </td></table>
Two interviews (originally on paper; then on website; now my website):
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Why a Former Teacher Kept Her Own Kids Out of the Classroom<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/interviews/stlouis2011.html">https://sandradodd.com/interviews/stlouis2011.html
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Debating How Kids Learn—Interview, rescued, in which I was quoted (and was given the last word):<br />
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/interviews/debatingHowKidsLearn.html">https://sandradodd.com/interviews/debatingHowKidsLearn.html</a><br><br>
Edinburgh Home Education Network waited to be sure these recordings were secure and would still be available, before taking their old site down (notes are there):<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/speaking/2011Edinburgh/">https://sandradodd.com/speaking/2011Edinburgh/</a>
<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Jo Isaac</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-10608103600029076962023-02-13T16:31:00.001-07:002023-02-13T16:31:25.016-07:00Sacrifices (magical and otherwise)<table align=right><td width=8></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2023/02/be-kind-to-your-children.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZW6jEYDff7Ic5TBtpXdNunD_7w5RaPNEQyiz8ECxDIbuQLzOGRUsxTC0-MpnaNvVGuTTdtPDpP1Dns4Y1Uy28LuxrOJzwqi9T4I9ZIwPj7NidiQ4U7c6pjGIE9vcZyIYEWD-k7EvWDsX9TH7T3v8E_Hx37qtDO0sYRAWiVCp0NAV51aRTTchbQguGRg/s600/heronsGailHiggins.jpeg" width=200></a>
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Magical sacrifices (not the kinds that work; not the things that help unschoolers)
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<a href="https://sandradodd.com/sacrifice">https://sandradodd.com/sacrifice</a><br><br>
Sacrifice, in a good way, for unschooling parents<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/sacrifice/tradeoff">https://sandradodd.com/sacrifice/tradeoff</a>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Gail Higgins</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-49451326697997682142023-01-13T21:59:00.001-07:002023-01-13T23:59:33.877-07:00Infants, Food Connections, Debating "Balance"<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2022/12/two-or-three-nice-things.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXh27s5jJwK9oREqfW-jGCAZUpA-X-K-tszkSW6r-7IYM2qOr4or0a29T6BwspoI3LaPUNOzP-IQjbCHfKBkhgUDnVqP4cqdyKO3YJzUbMKQcbwDJhvxJ6Fj7C0U1Tu0JGswV7rPJ50NqMWrQGbC-li4K0JIjmiS6nDcq38DraSYDuzu9B2vshuWHCA/s400/snowmanJanineDavies.jpeg"></a>
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Something added to the page on Infants (second section, for now):<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/babies/infants.html">https://sandradodd.com/babies/infants.html</a><br><br>
Food Connections / Food Tie-in with Books and Movies
Page started long ago, found and expanded with a discussion from 2002<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/foodconnections">https://sandradodd.com/foodconnections</a><br><br>
New page of older interview:<br>
<b>Debating How Kids Learn</b>—response to "an expert" who said unschooling was ridiculous<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/interviews/debatingHowKidsLearn.html">https://sandradodd.com/interviews/debatingHowKidsLearn.html</a><br>(unfortunately, not a direct, real response, because the conversation was created by the interviewer from two interviews, but she let me win)
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Janine Davies</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-60547073068448921132022-11-23T15:00:00.001-07:002022-11-23T15:00:00.228-07:00Respect/freedom; multiply by 18<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2022/05/detours-and-side-trips.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMGOQjT3GyLT8iF3IQZAR46lgdFi963DeQc4T6j7QNIDlwEdfjelYqGCf1q-37XBegrZK6q2ilaAL4APc9G0DVDvINH8X1ZrsAdXGi7U3WWpDTwwnJaSt-D8Z7IjdxCKn0WMnTek2TbiRXwYWjYCNCOKlyOb2thNNHWZm6lgISaoV4tKsry8MlgszFg/s400/battleOverSarahS.jpeg" width=250></a>
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On "freedom," in light of respect for others, and for realities. New to the site; from the book.<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/freedom/limits.html">https://sandradodd.com/freedom/limits.html</a><br><br>
Story told in 2001, the day it happened, though it's been reported since. Multiplication, unschooled teens impressing older people, various other confidence-boosting bits.<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/timestablesOriginal">https://sandradodd.com/timestablesOriginal</a><br>(added to my site in May 2022)<br><br>
<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sarah S.</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-5691558069416956272022-11-22T13:53:00.005-07:002023-01-13T21:57:24.667-07:00MMA fighting, Actively Unschooling, Do it Well!<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2022/11/climbing-mountains-and-baking-pies.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjxxkOAAPp1U2w-cRDHIu6KwfFTNaYWGp4_i26NYToQWi7Ggm5v28x0oimOsd8COEi8wySxpzH7-yhka-SF06OB9WIlucRa0544lbZ7UHoUN-XW5nMh9YAX6seJUXYmtJ4kn8S5C2YgvTZnZGW6RpAuPl4JXL-4LElo04Q9JY53egffcq2oTwOEYawQ/s600/%20DSC03155.JPG" width=250></a>
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Addition to Focus, Hobbies, Obsessions:<br>
Richard Jennings was unschooled, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and has moved from local to regional Mixed Martial Arts tournaments. Video interview added to:<br><a href="https://sandradodd.com/focus">https://sandradodd.com/focus</a><br><br>
Not NEW new, but had not been announced, on unschooling <i>actively</i>:
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/activeunschooling">https://sandradodd.com/activeunschooling</a>
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"Do it well" found unfinished; finished it! Stabilized it; added a bit.<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/doitwell">https://sandradodd.com/doitwell</a>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd, of Holly </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-16968635762358883842022-11-15T20:50:00.001-07:002022-11-15T20:50:49.910-07:00Homebodies and cocooning<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2020/10/being-home.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HJslUhNojC8/X5jt8Rj4p2I/AAAAAAAANyc/K7tNp6RCizUxO9YToVjNjufc2lf5iJ2sQCLcBGAsYHQ/snowFenceCassKotrba.jpg" width=200></a>
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"Seasons, Ebb and Flow"—when things happen to change patterns, relax into it.
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/day/ebbandflow">https://sandradodd.com/day/ebbandflow</a><br><br><br>
"Time for Solitude"—being home, on purpose, sometimes<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/being/home">https://sandradodd.com/being/home</a><br><br>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Cass Kotrba</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-89280973810144326412022-11-05T14:26:00.000-06:002022-11-05T14:26:22.195-06:00Small joys, particular people<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2022/11/gateway-ideas.html"><img src="https://sandradodd.com/albums/y421/JustAddLight/Third/vultureKristivaStack.jpg"></a>
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New page on small joys:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/smalljoys">https://sandradodd.com/smalljoys</a><br>
(Formerly a blog post; worth keeping; video of me.)<br><br>
New page, info on and collection of links to writings of <b>Renee Cabatic</b>:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/renee/">https://sandradodd.com/renee/</a><br><br>
Upgrade, update of page on <b>Robyn Coburn</b>:
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/robyncoburn">https://sandradodd.com/robyncoburn</a><br><br>
<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by KristivaStack</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-36653611144507716402022-07-08T03:28:00.000-06:002022-07-08T03:28:00.814-06:00Avoiding divorce, Accountability, Babies Eating Food<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2013/04/children-reach-for-food.html?showComment=1657249693714"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2GWXcNmKuJ4/XjE1UslOqbI/AAAAAAAAMPw/x0MGPqWHl4Iago7KG9B7gRze_2LP9HNhACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/appleDishes.JPG" width=200></a>
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Uncomfortable Information—Serious advice about avoiding divorce, about which people complain<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/partners/controversy">https://sandradodd.com/partners/controversy</a><br><br>
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<p>"Life is Good" and the amazing Schuyler Waynforth—An early exchange between Renee Cabatic and Schuyler Waynforth<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/schuyler/renee.html">https://sandradodd.com/schuyler/renee.html</a><br><br><br>
NEW PAGE: Babies Eating with their Hands / Babies reach for food<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/babies/hands">https://sandradodd.com/babies/hands</a>
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Two pages cleaned up, with a new story added to the collection about unschoolers learning to write.<br><br>
New story from Annie Regan, at "Cursive, unschooling, change, musings"
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/cursive">https://sandradodd.com/cursive</a>
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"How Elvis Appears to Unschoolers," which turns into music boxes in musicals (Elvis in "Blue Hawaii," Dick Van Dyke in "Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang," and the opening song of "The Book of Mormon"
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/dot/elvis">https://sandradodd.com/dot/elvis</a>
<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Ester Siroky</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-58638419549287188852022-02-05T20:08:00.000-07:002022-02-05T20:08:08.348-07:00Parenting Peacefully, Fact, Food<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2022/01/nothing-you-have-to-hate.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UP1iHBDtbqY/XgbssWKGkbI/AAAAAAAAMG0/5PW0IoXb8aEKda7TS0vQaaUwn3m8MsLygCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/hugLydiaKoltai.jpg" width=300></a>
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Usually I try to save up three similar or related pages, but this one is long and important. In January 2022 I have added to the page called Parenting Peacefully, a list that Alex Arnott wrote. It's the fourth item or so. <br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/parentingpeacefully">https://sandradodd.com/parentingpeacefully</a><br>That page is long, solid, rich, and has a sound file you can hear there, or download and keep.
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New to the site: Fact/Fallacy/Opinion (from <i>The Big Book of Unschooling</i>)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/fact">https://sandradodd.com/fact</a><br><br>
New page, sound and pictures, about FOOD and unschooling<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/foodlisten">https://sandradodd.com/foodlisten</a>
<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Lydia Koltai</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-19946569453406276892022-01-06T22:16:00.003-07:002023-03-15T23:16:35.815-06:00Service, expanded and cleaned up<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/10/enjoy-it.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUjGm86cVgo/W7L780jji1I/AAAAAAAAKEU/w8NXTvxjlhAxlLAUm7GwZ5fMAOZgm_kaQCLcBGAs/s320/dishesSandraBowls.jpg width=150"></a>
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There were two pages on service, but now there are three, easier to read, links repaired:<br><br>
Service as a Gift (a very good page that is not new)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/serviceGift">https://sandradodd.com/serviceGift</a>
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New page, with info taken from the first page. Much easier to read here:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/serviceResponse">https://sandradodd.com/serviceResponse</a><br><br>
Some writing about doing dishes...:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/chores/dishes">https://sandradodd.com/chores/dishes</a><blockquote><b>Do you like your dishes?<br>
Would you wash your dishes even if you had no children?</b></blockquote>...was discussed
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/chats/bigbook/page175-184_choreServe.html">https://sandradodd.com/chats/bigbook/page175-184_choreServe.html</a>
<br>and many good things were written.
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-29785053792827026512021-12-30T00:25:00.003-07:002021-12-30T00:25:49.365-07:00Being a partner, healing, stereotypes, <table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2021/12/peace-and-excitement.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjipbBiTPRtwAaPOa0DmWUWh6uP9XBrLy43uRpCUG6g4iSIvnOKwobwyRP7P0CecRiSZN_Vcv25_jP2S9yoNC7RSEDp9bhGQNlS0NU9PEnNW-KOlmh0PRea_kIDiIBUbR8yNqcLejalEKZm5CylZDb3ixgP4Mz4zrBw_-p431auFUSz7H7wyxwJi4r1MA=s400" width=200></a>
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New page—a deeper look at being a child's partner<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/partners/examined">https://sandradodd.com/partners/examined</a>
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New page on peace and healing, anonymous but it's an experienced unschooler and it's good.<br><a href="https://sandradodd.com/peace/healing.html">https://sandradodd.com/peace/healing.html</a>
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New, on Stereotypes (some humor, some puzzlement)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/stereotypes">https://sandradodd.com/stereotypes</a>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Kardaras-Flick </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-68303749425554782212021-12-08T00:21:00.001-07:002021-12-08T00:21:18.096-07:00About jobs<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2021/12/learning-and-living-joyfully.html"><img src="https://sandradodd.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/Marty/Pars/DSCF0746.jpg" width=240></a><br><div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd,<br>of Marty at work, years ago</i></div>
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My old jobs page was too wide, too long, and some links had gone bad. Now it is four pages:<br><br>
New main and intro page:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/jobs/">https://sandradodd.com/jobs/</a><br>
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Stories of jobs (from parents about their own jobs, and some about teen and grown unschoolers' jobs:<br><a href="https://sandradodd.com/jobs/stories">https://sandradodd.com/jobs/stories</a><br><br>
The long list of jobs from the original page, with some stories listing jobs, and some outside links to lists (Australian and U.S., but much is applicable anywhere):<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/jobs/list">https://sandradodd.com/jobs/list</a><br><br>
Excerpts from jobs section of <i>The Big Book of Unschooling</i>:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/jobs/bigbook">https://sandradodd.com/jobs/bigbook</a>
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The unwieldiness of the old page can be viewed at The Wayback Machine's preservation of it, recently: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210505161722/https://sandradodd.com/jobs">https://web.archive.org/web/20210505161722/https://sandradodd.com/jobs</a><br><br>
Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-2679225131966306742021-11-09T18:56:00.003-07:002021-11-09T20:36:50.515-07:00Real writing, emotional perspective, fads/labels<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2021/11/tricks-of-eye.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xgnBwF8g7E0/YYNktXLrZ1I/AAAAAAAAPaM/PQ3pHObMkS0lG9Y5MU5Y6Xn4cr7OVZIegCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/windmillsMistletoeSandra2013.jpeg"></a>
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NEW PAGE of gathered-up writings:
<b>Real Writing</b> (as opposed to practice writing, or writing that has no purpose or audience)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/realwriting">https://sandradodd.com/realwriting</a><br><br>
A page on Emotional Perspective, a few years old, and never announced before. <br>
A facebook memory led to it. <br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/emotion">https://sandradodd.com/emotion</a><br><br>
Fads and labels come and go (new page late 2021)<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/fad">https://sandradodd.com/fad
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd </i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-8025802686108336642021-10-20T13:00:00.000-06:002021-10-20T13:00:18.201-06:00Laundry as love, therapy, and mindfulness practice<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2017/08/sunny-and-dry.html"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tq8GCJ6R6fg/WYp-egdWnDI/AAAAAAAAHtU/3e_sQZTlXFQPtGMVczN9N3KnfiCWD2bjgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_5005.JPG"></a>
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Summer MacDonald wrote:<blockquote>
Laundry is love. I love each person whose pants I am washing and folding. I love each meal I have shared with my family, that needed cloths and towels to wipe up the spills afterwards. <i>(and more)</i></blockquote>This new page is a match to the one about owning and washing dishes. It is about gratitude, abundance, service, and life.<br><a href="https://sandradodd.com/laundry">https://sandradodd.com/laundry</a><br>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-23823071750532713332021-09-04T15:16:00.001-06:002021-09-04T15:16:52.771-06:00"Yes!" and Positivity and "lifting a finger"<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2021/08/windows-and-grown-children.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz4Ito3fFi4/YSsM_1XG6YI/AAAAAAAAPII/CuWlSxpc150D6SBj_KJyL7cZ1_Si0YUkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/sunsetWindowHolly.jpeg"></a>
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I lifted Joyce's amendment of "Always Say Yes" and so there is new art and formatting and a direct link:<br><a href="https://sandradodd.com/joyce/yes.html">https://sandradodd.com/joyce/yes.html</a><br><br>
NEW completely, about not sharing negativity, and why it's harmful. Accounts of more joy, photo, links:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/sharingnegativity">https://sandradodd.com/sharingnegativity</a>
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New "phrase to avoid" added: "...won't lift a finger to help around the house" (plus commentary and links)<br><a href="https://sandradodd.com/phrases">https://sandradodd.com/phrases</a><center> <br>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Holly Dodd</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-27504661636750349822021-08-28T21:59:00.001-06:002021-08-28T21:59:23.720-06:00Site upgrades, and Don't Struggle!<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2021/08/safety-and-welcome.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-10S43rE1vJQ/YRwujbIv6iI/AAAAAAAAPFw/cW9fI8Uiaz8n_oiAZguYePGxEzdA5-TvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC02814.JPG"></a>
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The "struggle" page has a sweet new quote (up top) and a video restored. <br>Cleaned up, narrowed...<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/struggle">https://sandradodd.com/struggle</a><br><br>
I finished the restoration of<i> <a href="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/">Just Add Light and Stir</a></i>. Links to photos needed to be changed—all of them, in early years (from photobucket to SandraDodd.com) and then for a few years half, and all the "http"s needed to become "https," and a few other formulaic format improvements. Of the nearly 3900 posts, I changed all but about 300 (which were the most recent, and already "up to code").<br><br>
I finished that earlier this month, after a little over a year of working on it a few hours at a time as often as I could persuade myself. Now I've moved on to webpages. <br><br>
My advisor and rescuer in all of this is Vlad Gurdiga, who figures out little bits of code I can use to make big changes. Many pages have been made narrower, for reading more easily on a phone. Some can't be, and some I won't get to, but increasingly, gradually, things are better.<br><br>
Another thing Vlad found for me was a magic spell (okay, two lines of code, and the back-end support) that will put a folder full of photos up as a gallery, and I've made my travel photos work! When you're through looking at a set, click the "x" in the top right.<br><br>
Travel Photos: <a href="https://sandradodd.com/photos/travels">https://sandradodd.com/photos/travels</a><br><br>
Some of the blogpage links from this page might have some image glitches or missing videos, but I will eventually repair them all, I hope.
<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd, at Archeon, in The Netherlands</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-5141052496216573782021-06-09T15:00:00.000-06:002021-06-09T15:00:20.324-06:00Ouija-Book / Ouija World / Robyn Coburn<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2021/05/swirling-and-wonderful.html"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SXjdFyQnyIk/YLEwpaynLVI/AAAAAAAAOpY/8RtN8NvoWSU10LgBDnNy3pH8_yOEK5LsACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/DSC00839.JPG"></a>
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<a href="https://sandradodd.com/bigbook/random">https://sandradodd.com/bigbook/random</a><br><br>
Retired, somewhat; announced in a discussion, saved here:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.blogspot.com/2021/05/retirement-spiritual-retreat-cocooning.html">Retirement, spiritual retreat, cocooning...</a><br><br>
New sound file on the Robyn Coburn page! "The Early Years," <br>presentation from the 2005 Live and Learn Conference in St. Louis<br><a href="https://sandradodd.com/robyncoburn">https://sandradodd.com/robyncoburn</a><br>
(There is a player on that page, and here's <a href="https://sandradodd.com/conference/LnL2005/RobynCoburnEarlyYears.mp3">a direct link</a>.)
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31768668.post-46269135938538396172021-04-25T10:43:00.002-06:002021-04-25T10:43:48.764-06:00Balance (Karen James), Perception<table align=right cellpadding=4><td width=4></td><td><A HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2013/09/shhhh.html"><img src="https://sandradodd.com/albums/y421/JustAddLight/Third/KarenJamesKayakSun.jpg" width=200></a>
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New writing on balance, by Karen James, added here:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/balance#karen">https://sandradodd.com/balance#karen</a>
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An older page, some new images, all links recently solidified:<br>
<a href="https://sandradodd.com/theblindmenandtheelephant/">The Blindmen and the Elephant</a>
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<div align=right><i>photo (a link) by Karen James</i></div>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0