DiamondAir

> From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
> Shortly after the new baby is born
>we're going to start traveling again.
>Thankfully DH lived in Tanzania for
>a number of years so we'll visit there
>and see them in their element. - Collette


Ahh, that's a dream of ours too. We love to travel and definitely like to
take the kids with us and let them see the world for themselves! Someday we
would like to maybe move to Arusha, Tanzania, where we have visited (before
kids) and really loved it. We'd like to be volunteer pilots and let the kids
experience living somewhere else without being tourists. Such a beautiful
country.

Blue Skies!
-Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
weirdo"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
in the world
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A. Yates

Do you need anymore kids???? I'm volunteering myself...but of course I come
with a husband and three even littler kids... ;)
Ann

DiamondAir wrote:

> > From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
> > Shortly after the new baby is born
> >we're going to start traveling again.
> >Thankfully DH lived in Tanzania for
> >a number of years so we'll visit there
> >and see them in their element. - Collette
>
> Ahh, that's a dream of ours too. We love to travel and definitely like to
> take the kids with us and let them see the world for themselves! Someday we
> would like to maybe move to Arusha, Tanzania, where we have visited (before
> kids) and really loved it. We'd like to be volunteer pilots and let the kids
> experience living somewhere else without being tourists. Such a beautiful
> country.
>
> Blue Skies!
> -Robin-
> Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
> weirdo"
> and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
> in the world
> http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family
>
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Collette Mattingly

Robin,
By pilots, you mean you fly?  That's awesome.  DH flies too but I'm a chicken.  I like to keep my feet on the ground as much as possible. - Collette
----- Original Message -----
From: DiamondAir
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 8:05 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Tanzania, was Re: aquariums

>    From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
> Shortly after the new baby is born
>we're going to start traveling again.
>Thankfully DH lived in Tanzania for
>a number of years so we'll visit there
>and see them in their element. - Collette


Ahh, that's a dream of ours too. We love to travel and definitely like to
take the kids with us and let them see the world for themselves! Someday we
would like to maybe move to Arusha, Tanzania, where we have visited (before
kids) and really loved it. We'd like to be volunteer pilots and let the kids
experience living somewhere else without being tourists. Such a beautiful
country.

Blue Skies!
   -Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
weirdo"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
in the world
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Collette Mattingly

You are all welcome to come live with us!  DH is originally from India so he's used to 4 or more families in one house. Plus I thrive on having as many people/family and as much community around me as possible, as I'm sure you can tell from my CONSTANT posting!  - Collette
----- Original Message -----
From: A. Yates
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Tanzania, was Re: aquariums

Do you need anymore kids????  I'm volunteering myself...but of course I come
with a husband and three even littler kids...  ;)
Ann

DiamondAir wrote:

> >    From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
> > Shortly after the new baby is born
> >we're going to start traveling again.
> >Thankfully DH lived in Tanzania for
> >a number of years so we'll visit there
> >and see them in their element. - Collette
>
> Ahh, that's a dream of ours too. We love to travel and definitely like to
> take the kids with us and let them see the world for themselves! Someday we
> would like to maybe move to Arusha, Tanzania, where we have visited (before
> kids) and really loved it. We'd like to be volunteer pilots and let the kids
> experience living somewhere else without being tourists. Such a beautiful
> country.
>
>  Blue Skies!
>    -Robin-
> Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
> weirdo"
> and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
> in the world
> http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers   Flying Clevenger Family
>
>
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Collette Mattingly

Robin,
My brothers and sisters and I have always said we're going to buy a private island or a thousand acres of land we could all live on.  Wouldn't it be awesome!?  I never thought about a whole island of unschoolers.  That would be a free and spirited community!  A community of happy and self expressed people, it's an exciting thought.-Collette
----- Original Message -----
From: DiamondAir
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:50 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Tanzania, was Re: aquariums

>    From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
>
> You are all welcome to come live with us!  DH is originally from India so
he's used to 4 or more families in one house. Plus I thrive on having as
many people/family and as much community around me as possible, as I'm sure
you can tell from my CONSTANT posting!  - Collette


Be careful, we might just take you up on that :-)
I'm with you, I love having community. Don'tcha think there should be
"Unschooling Island" somewhere where we could all just live and pursue our
interests in wonderful community? So your kid wants to learn basket weaving
or bicycle repair, just send them down the street to Jerry who weaves
wonderful baskets or Dee who knows all about bicycles or, or, or........

Blue Skies!
   -Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
weirdo"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
in the world
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DiamondAir

> From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
> Robin,
> By pilots, you mean you fly? That's awesome. DH flies too but I'm a
chicken. I like to keep my feet on the ground as much as possible. -
Collette


Pilots, skydivers, have tried hangliding. I love being up there in the sky.
I grew up with it, my dad was career law enforcement, but that was such a
tame job that in his spare time he was a volunteer air ambulance pilot,
flying in and out of dinky airstrips in an old Beech18 set up with
stretchers and such. I come by the adrenaline junky thing naturally ;-)

Blue Skies!
-Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
weirdo"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
in the world
http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family

DiamondAir

> From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
>
> You are all welcome to come live with us! DH is originally from India so
he's used to 4 or more families in one house. Plus I thrive on having as
many people/family and as much community around me as possible, as I'm sure
you can tell from my CONSTANT posting! - Collette


Be careful, we might just take you up on that :-)
I'm with you, I love having community. Don'tcha think there should be
"Unschooling Island" somewhere where we could all just live and pursue our
interests in wonderful community? So your kid wants to learn basket weaving
or bicycle repair, just send them down the street to Jerry who weaves
wonderful baskets or Dee who knows all about bicycles or, or, or........

Blue Skies!
-Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
weirdo"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
in the world
http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family

Vaughnde Edwards

Definetly cool. Isn't that what community was all about in the pioneer days? Husbandry, Farming, etc? I would for one be interested in basket weaving or blacksmithing. I mean I would love to be a jack of all trades <G>.
Jessica
 
Vaughnde Lee
Missoula, Montana
http://www.stampinbookworm.eboard.com
-----Original Message-----
From: DiamondAir <diamondair@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, March 31, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Tanzania, was Re: aquariums

>    From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
>
> You are all welcome to come live with us!  DH is originally from India so
he's used to 4 or more families in one house. Plus I thrive on having as
many people/family and as much community around me as possible, as I'm sure
you can tell from my CONSTANT posting!  - Collette


Be careful, we might just take you up on that :-)
I'm with you, I love having community. Don'tcha think there should be
"Unschooling Island" somewhere where we could all just live and pursue our
interests in wonderful community? So your kid wants to learn basket weaving
or bicycle repair, just send them down the street to Jerry who weaves
wonderful baskets or Dee who knows all about bicycles or, or, or........

Blue Skies!
   -Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
weirdo"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
in the world
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Johanna

i belive the term for this concept is utopia...
Johanna
----- Original Message -----
From: DiamondAir
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Tanzania, was Re: aquariums

>    From: "Collette Mattingly" <collettemattingly@...>
>
> You are all welcome to come live with us!  DH is originally from India so
he's used to 4 or more families in one house. Plus I thrive on having as
many people/family and as much community around me as possible, as I'm sure
you can tell from my CONSTANT posting!  - Collette


Be careful, we might just take you up on that :-)
I'm with you, I love having community. Don'tcha think there should be
"Unschooling Island" somewhere where we could all just live and pursue our
interests in wonderful community? So your kid wants to learn basket weaving
or bicycle repair, just send them down the street to Jerry who weaves
wonderful baskets or Dee who knows all about bicycles or, or, or........

Blue Skies!
   -Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "I told you I was going to grow up to be a
weirdo"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who says "Fishy swim!" at the aquarium, her favorite place
in the world
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Collette Mattingly

Tracy,
Maybe our common ground could be we trust our kids and stay out of each others business(that would be a something, huh?).   I like debating and having my ideas challenged, it helps me grow, as long as it doesn't become personal attacks. Besides I didn't say we'd have to live in the same house.LOL-Collette
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Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Tanzania, was Re: aquariums

> Robin,
> My brothers and sisters and I have always said we're going to buy a
> private island or a thousand acres of land we could all live on.
> Wouldn't it be awesome!?  I never thought about a whole island of
> unschoolers.  That would be a free and spirited community!  A
> community of happy and self expressed people, it's an exciting
> thought.-Collette

Um.  After the aggro on another list I'm on atm I'm reinded of the
quote 'Hell is other people.'  A potential drawback (for me, anyway)
would be the fact that we're all so forthright and radical and stuff
that it might be difficult for us to find some consensus to live by! 
Now, obviously one would hope that this wouldn't be the case, but
like I said...

I'd love to live in a space where my children could find someone to
play out with who wasn't into fighting with the opposite sex, for the
sake of it, and can relate to people who don't go to school!  Now
that would be nice!!

Tracy


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Tracy Oldfield

> Robin,
> My brothers and sisters and I have always said we're going to buy a
> private island or a thousand acres of land we could all live on.
> Wouldn't it be awesome!? I never thought about a whole island of
> unschoolers. That would be a free and spirited community! A
> community of happy and self expressed people, it's an exciting
> thought.-Collette

Um. After the aggro on another list I'm on atm I'm reinded of the
quote 'Hell is other people.' A potential drawback (for me, anyway)
would be the fact that we're all so forthright and radical and stuff
that it might be difficult for us to find some consensus to live by!
Now, obviously one would hope that this wouldn't be the case, but
like I said...

I'd love to live in a space where my children could find someone to
play out with who wasn't into fighting with the opposite sex, for the
sake of it, and can relate to people who don't go to school! Now
that would be nice!!

Tracy

Tracy Oldfield

> Tracy,
> Maybe our common ground could be we trust our kids and stay out of
> each others business(that would be a something, huh?). I like
> debating and having my ideas challenged, it helps me grow, as long as
> it doesn't become personal attacks. Besides I didn't say we'd have to
> live in the same house.LOL-Collette

Now that sounds good :-)

I can envisage, actually, that it would be extremely beneficial to live
in such a community, I just felt like playing Devil's Advocate, or
something ;-)

Tracy