Rainy Day At The Races: Photos
It was beautiful, albeit rainy. Of course, rain sometimes adds to the beauty of a place. It swirls around, muting colors, dripping off of old fences, adding glittering drops to once invisible...
View ArticleLuging In Queenstown: Better Than Being A Vegetable? I Think So!
It was grey out, misty and dark. The sun was just a bright spot shining through the haze above us. It’s been like this a lot lately. Did you know that the area around Queenstown holds the record for...
View ArticleHot Water Beach, Coromandel Peninsula
You know those days where everything is absolutely beautiful? Sunshine, salt water, a beautiful beach to be explored? Today was one of those days. After a week of rain and cold in the land of the long...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Reflections, aka The Importance of Boredom
Free time is just as important for our schooling as scheduled activities and courses. It gives us the ability to exercise our imaginations, to explore things on our own, and to learn about the things...
View ArticleTurning Seventeen, And A Few Reflections
Let me begin by saying that I couldn’t have asked for (or dreamed of) a better seventeenth birthday than the one I’ve had. It was brilliant. Fantastic. Epic beyond description or imagination. And,...
View ArticleSkiing Mount Ruapehu
I think I can easily say that my seventeenth birthday was far more incredible than I could’ve ever dreamed it could be. It lasted for three days, through some miraculous twist of space and time, and...
View Article10 Ways World-schooling Has Ruined My Childhood
I say this not to brag, but as evidence that worldschooling DIDN'T cripple me - instead, it set me up for success as an adult and student. There's no one right way to do school. Education is a...
View ArticleExploring The Great Ocean Road
It’s a beautiful house, ours. A lovely big kitchen, a nice living room, and a flourishing garden. It isn’t far into town, there’s a park just down the road, a lovely homeschooling community that meets...
View ArticleAdventuring With Whales: Welcome To The Great Ocean Road
I’m not entirely sure what it is. Maybe it’s the gentle beauty that emanates from them. Maybe it’s their sheer size. Maybe it’s the unbelievable grace that they possess despite the fact that they weigh...
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