Truth in Advertising: Writing, homeschooling, and family life (on the road)

September 12, 2013 in Inspiration

I know it looks from my Facebook feed like life unfolds in one long stream of adventure around here… …and it kinda does, I guess. Sometimes. We go a lot […]

Ice, Ice, Baby: Freezing in Melbourne

September 10, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

I could tell you about the excitement level Ezra woke up with at the promise of attending an ice bar. I could tell you about whizzing around the rink playing […]

Sovereign Hill: In which we go for the gold!

September 9, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

The good news: We struck gold! The bad news: Elisha got caught bribing a police officer. In other news: the younger two bought the leather hats they’ve been shopping for […]

Mental Meanderings: Questions about parenthood

September 5, 2013 in Education

There are days when what I want to write about doesn’t really fit this blog. Sometimes I publish it on one of my other blogs, sometimes I write for myself, […]

Backyard Adventures: National Wool Museum

September 3, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

We are enjoying Drysdale so much. The Bellarine Peninsula is the curved spit of land that cradles the big bay south of Melbourne. In the summer it’s a tourist mecca, […]

Warrnambool, Australia: Southern Right Whales!

September 1, 2013 in Australia, Oceania

Logan’s Beach, along the coast at Warrnambool, at the end of the Great Ocean Road, is known as the “whale nursery.” Every year, between July and September, female Southern Right […]