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Screwing Up as a Teacher- (book blog)
I already knew I had a real gift of not being able to see dirt when I was an adolescent. My father would stop me as I walked across the carpeted floor of our house at a speck of lint and say, “Cynthia, why don’t you pick up that … Continue Reading Screwing Up as a Teacher- (book blog)
Coming Full Circle in Conservation- (book blog)
Tell me, I forget Show me, I remember Involve me, and I understand – Anonymous When my fifteen-year-old daughter attended her county’s youth conservation camp, she felt like an outcast. She wasn’t into shooting black powder rifles like most of the kids, for the powerful recoil scared her. … Continue Reading Coming Full Circle in Conservation- (book blog)
It Takes a Village to Raise a Home-schooled Child- (book blog)
In October of 2004, a twist of fate brought Dr. Lee Reinert into my life. I was leading a group of women on a backpacking trip under the “Becoming an Outdoors Woman” Program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Lee had signed up late and had nine women ahead of … Continue Reading It Takes a Village to Raise a Home-schooled Child- (book blog)
Coming Soon- A New Blog on Using the Whole World to Teach MY Kids
Many of you know that I have been struggling to write a new book about using the whole world to teach my kids. I say struggle because I have not, at least up until this point, figured out where and how to extract the motivation and dedication needed to get … Continue Reading Coming Soon- A New Blog on Using the Whole World to Teach MY Kids
Riding the Night Train- Part 1
THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES- How I Got a New Tooth in Record Time
I’ve always believed there are no coincidences in life and after reading “The Celestine Prophecy” years ago, I was assured this philosophy of life and way of thinking was right on track. Lately, I delight in watching it happen. When my brother-in-law decided to choose buck hunting instead of attending … Continue Reading THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES- How I Got a New Tooth in Record Time
CHINA- It’s Not What You Think it is
All I Want for New Year’s is my left top incisor – or not!
I’d Rather be a Mom
There was a time,not too long ago, that I wished I were a dad instead of a mom.Sierra was in a bad way in China. She was sick and had been on and off multiple drugs- scary ones like powders in paper bags and a dose of 30 pills a … Continue Reading I’d Rather be a Mom
Getting Ready for China at the Local Chinese Buffet- OR NOT!
Getting Naked – Reflections on Being a Life Drawing Model after a 20 year Absence
A Good Enough Wife but a Great Mother
When Gratitude is Mistook for Spam… Something is Wrong
Too Busy Living to Think About Dying, but maybe we should
I recently got reconnected to my midwife who delivered my children here at our home the base of Hawk Mountain. (Twenty years later, yet another Facebook success reuniting story). She was on her way to the North Lookout to watch soaring migrating birds and heal from a particularly sorrowful funeral … Continue Reading Too Busy Living to Think About Dying, but maybe we should
