It will be quite different here, there will be people for me to help and people who will help me; there will be interesting people, dull people, crazy people - all individuals, all real and worthwhile. In town you spend your leisure rushing around doing things; in the country you stay put and live. Kate… Continue reading Snowdrops, soup and sourdough – February 2025
Tag: friendship
Summer Sundae 2 – July 2022
“So how do your children socialise?” is probably the most often asked question for home educating families. Up until recently I would smile, murmur something about Cubs, Brownies, football or ballet and move on. This quickly brought an end to the conversation, the enquirer was none the wiser about what he or she meant by… Continue reading Summer Sundae 2 – July 2022
Golden days and grey skies – November 2021
In this strange new way of living where uncertainty abounds, fear not love seems to be a motivating force, and language, ideologies and algorithms bring division, it can be hard, even for the sunniest and most optimistic of us to remain upbeat. Maybe this is appropriate. We are living, I believe, in dark times, and… Continue reading Golden days and grey skies – November 2021
Glimpses of our home ed days – Time outside – May 2021
Spending time in the great outdoors is a cornerstone of most home education philosophies and practice, from John Holt through to Charlotte Mason. For me, embarking upon our home ed journey with virtually no reading and research, it seemed a common sense approach. I remember a friend of mine telling me that small boys are… Continue reading Glimpses of our home ed days – Time outside – May 2021
Glimpses of our home ed days – How good it is to meet together! – May 2021
Hello everyone! I wonder how you all are? I’m amazed and grateful that folk from all over the world read these musings about our everyday life in our little part of England, and I wonder what your everyday lives are like? For those of us in the UK we are slowly coming out of a… Continue reading Glimpses of our home ed days – How good it is to meet together! – May 2021
Mothering through the seasons 