Ten Things I Learned From My Mom

May 10, 2013 in blog, Education, Inspiration, Travelogue

Mother’s Day is this weekend… I’ve been thinking about my Mom a lot… I miss her. This year she’s celebrating in BC with my brother’s family, awaiting the birth of […]

Education Is Broken: Someone Should Fix It: An interview with David Blake

February 4, 2013 in Education

It should come as no surprise that Alternative Education is a passion of mine. We’ve educated our kids outside the box and we work to help as many other people, […]

Green School Bali

February 1, 2013 in Asia, Education, Indonesia, Inspiration, Travelogue

If you’ve been reading along for any length of time you’ve probably noticed that we’re not too tethered to the idea of “school” in the traditional sense. It’s not that […]

Travel With Young Kids Is Not A Waste!

November 15, 2012 in Asia, blog, Education, Inspiration, Thailand, Travelogue

Last night I made beef stroganoff over rice, with a side of lemony snake beans, crusty bread, salad and kiwi for dessert. This was a banner meal for us in […]

Snorkeling Nai Yang Beach: A Photo Essay

October 26, 2012 in Asia, blog, Education, Thailand, Travelogue

Sometimes, there are perfect days. Today was one: Lunch on the beach A long walk on the sand Sun on my shoulders Shells to collect Bubble crabs to lay on […]

Strategies for Waiting With Kids

September 20, 2012 in Education

We spend a lot of time waiting on things: Planes, trains, buses and more. We’ve gotten good at waiting over the years. Our secret weapon? Games. We play games while […]

What’s Your Philosophy of Education?

September 10, 2012 in Education

“So what should I do with my six year old for school?” and “What do you use for your kids for school?” are by far the two most commonly asked […]

Let’s Talk About Education: An Introduction

September 6, 2012 in Asia, Education, Thailand, Travelogue

As I sit to write this Tony is at his desk working. Hannah is at the kitchen table slicing a pear and eating the slices off of the knife blade […]

Welcome to our Education Corner: This is us: What would you like to know?

August 27, 2012 in Asia, Education, Thailand

Rain is falling in sheets over our clay tile roof. For going on forty hours now, it’s been non-stop. We keep relearning the meaning of “monsoon.” The rain was so […]

Education & Socialization: Why didn’t we think of that?!

July 20, 2012 in Education, Travelogue

You might not know this, but I spend a great deal of time answering questions from readers. They come every day, in the form of email, comments on posts or […]