Musings about the Meanings of Cake, with the Spartacus story http://sandradodd.com/cake (the original cake page)
Betty's Birthday:
How a Peace Corps worker learned what some African kids thought about a picture of a cake with lit candles.
(This was linked, then disappeared, and I found another version later. It's very good, and backs Kirby up.) http://sandradodd.com/cakeart/bettysbirthday
I was interviewed November 8 by a nice interviewer named Brett Veinotte, for a podcast and website he named years ago and isn't as attached to as he once was, maybe, "School Sucks." The interview went pretty well, though, and has had 641 views (maybe listens) in eight days. I start of talking VERY fast, but either I'll slow down or listeners catch up, it seems. He called it Sandra Dodd – On Unschooling and Choice"
I added that to the page of things to listen to (or to watch): http://sandradodd.com/listen/
That probably has some other things you've missed, as I've slipped a thing or two in there.
The podcast and blog are quite male focussed, which was interesting to me. I'm used to a preominantly female audience, and the producer told me 70% of their listeners are male. Brett was right there, though—sharp and quick and I like him. I had a good time talking with him.
New at the top, Emily Strength, me, on living in history
New at the bottom, the history of the entire world (nearly 20 minutes long, and has a few "bad words") http://sandradodd.com/history/
Here's a good match, but is a step away from unschooling. In those writings (SCA-related), if it says AElflaed or Ælflæd of Duckford, that's me.
Part of self awareness is to be physically self aware.
I've gotten better over the years.
When I was younger I lived too much in my head and would look through the lens of what should be, or could be, or might be, instead of stopping for two seconds to consider what actually, at that moment, was. If I'm not careful I can be cranky before I know I'm tired, and head-achy before I know I'm hungry.
Added struggling, battling, and "You do you!" to the page on phrases to hear and avoid (halfway down) http://sandradodd.com/phrases
BUT NOT ONLY THAT!
There is a new intro to that page by Deb Lewis. You might be disturbed, or amused, or both.
In 2008 I started a page called "Your Own Model of the Universe," with a nice story by one mom named Beth.
In 2018 I added more to it! http://sandradodd.com/modeloftheuniverse
Two nice pieces of Karen James' writing added (at the bottom) to http://sandradodd.com/separation,
and something by an anonymous writer, with links to two separate discussions about divorce avoidance.
Updated all the links to articles on Joyce's page on the skepticism page. I will link to its intro, not to itself: https://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com/2006/08/skepticism.html
It's an odd page, and twelve years old now. It's about adults learning about learning, I think.
To the bottom of a 2009 combo interview/chat with Pam-the-mom, I have appended the texts of two posts on a now-gone platform, in which Roya describes the earliest days of her unschooling life. The sections are called "part one of a long and fascinating story" and "part two of journey into the center of the universe." https://sandradodd.com/chats/pamsorooshian
Condemnation of a substance or interest is also condemnation of children and of non-fearful parents (additions to page): http://sandradodd.com/condemnation
Unexpectedly...
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Gail Higgins, an unschooling mom, wrote of this photo: "Opossum staredown.
Surprise photo op 😀"
It reminds me of those unexpected moments that pop up in ...
...it counts as fun
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Calvin and Hobbes cartoon, found and sent by Sadie Brown, about my kids'
age, also homeschooled in New Mexico.
Sadie sent it on facebook in 2014, and I brou...
Urgent care for my Uvula
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These were taken where I spent much of Christmas Eve morning. I love that
place, on Montgomery east of Juan Tabo, in Albuquerque. I took the photos
for the...
Glucose builds brains
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Joyce Fetteroll brought an article to an unschooling discussion, and wrote:
The article focuses on why human children spend so many years small
compared ...
Human sacrifice? Maybe...
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Part one, to which I want to add other stories. This reminds me of a story
from the book *Strange Survivals,* by Sabine Baring-Gould, which I hope to
find ...
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