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Returning Light
Read moreThis morning, as I sit in my bed, cup of tea in hand, the sun is flooding my covers and,…
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Throwing it
Read moreThrowing pebbles at the roaring waves, Of crashing noise, of cold, salty sprays. Shouting nothings across the vast sea, From…
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Winter Walk
Read moreMy feet shrink and grow with cold and use, The surfaces they meet equally crisp. My lungs washed clean and…
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Fairy Tale Endings
Read moreA year of oscillating between fearing which medical infliction might take my parents. Doing our utmost to defend them from…
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January Thanks
Read moreThank you skies for clearing, grey clouds and foggy head. Thank you air for cooling breath, as we ran wherever…
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At-Home-Schooling Starter Kit
Read moreMy suddenly-homeschooling first aid kit. As the UK enters another lockdown, with schools and colleges back to remote learning, and…
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Reflections
Read more2020 was the year I bought an A1 wall planner, so that the kids could see the whole exciting twelve…
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The Gift of Yule
Read moreAnd so it turns. Apparently the days will get brighter and longer from now on. There are many cold, hard…
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A Walk Through the Trees
Read moreExploring the forest with my kids is probably one of my favourite things to do. But there is something magical…
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Letting Go to Welcome
Read moreThe letting go of autumn feels just so fitting this year, The peak of our year’s outward energies curtailed, now…
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Passing Time
Read morePicking pumpkins during the wettest rain of the week – that was the last minute plan. I pulled on my…
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Learning to be a Home Educator
Read moreWe’ve been home educating from the start, I guess five years officially, with my youngest (now 5yrs) joining in since…
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Tip of the Iceberg
Read moreThe tip of the iceberg. What we choose to put in the educational feast we spread, or the rabbit holes…
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That September Feeling
Read moreOur kids don’t think in ‘terms’. They don’t think of curriculum or standards or ‘catching up’. They don’t think about…
