Paul Baldwin

I greet all of you gardening mavens with a deep bow and stand in awe of your green
conversation. I am, (drum roll, please) a gardener-wanna-be. I am a bread-making
wanna-be as well, but thats off the topic. Last year my beloved dug me a garden plt
in the backyard, but, alas, nothing was ever planted in it, because I am a notorious
murderer of houseplants and outside box blooms as well, and I just didnt know the
first thing about what to plant. I want desperately to plant something, anything that
will grow and give my kids a thrill(they vote for pumpkins) Can anyone offer the
simplest, easiest advice about where to start? Many thanks and blessings.
Also, having three daughters, the big thing around here is pretending in all its
shapes and forms, both with dressup clothes and also toys. My mother in law
gaace them a big trunk with dress up stuff for Christmas last year and it was a
big hit. They can turn any kind of action figure into an extended character for as
long as I don't interrupt them. They also love books, videos, and soundtracks to
movies they have seen, so they can put them on and act them out. I am jealous that
they have each other for this, when I was little, I had to be all the characters by
myself and it got very exhausting! (You try being the entire cast of "The Wizard of Oz") Anyway, congrats on all that and best wishes and prayers.
Take care.
Teresa
mom to jolie, lucy and mara

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> Topics in today's digest:
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> 1. Re: Richland
> From: megates@...
> 2. Re:relatives in richland
> From: Paul Baldwin <ptjlmbaldwin@...>
> 3. Re: Quiet today
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> 4. Re: New list member
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> 5. How can we bring America's conformity epidemic to a screeching halt?
> From: "John O. Andersen" <andersen@...>
> 6. Re: Good News, Need Help!!!
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> 7. Re: Good News, Need Help!!!
> From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> 8. Re: Digest Number 383
> From: ECSamHill@...
> 9. Re: New list member
> From: Mara Winders <mwinders@...>
> 10. Re: Richland
> From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> 11. RE: Quiet today
> From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> 12. Re: Pen Pals
> From: HellElena@...
> 13. Good News, Need Help!!!
> From: megates@...
> 14. Re: Quiet Today
> From: "The Mowery Family" <jkkddmowery@...>
> 15. Re: New list member
> From: Cindy Ferguson <crma@...>
> 16. Record Keeping
> From: Nest4Robin@...
> 17. Re: Quiet today
> From: metta <metta@...>
> 18. Re: Re:relatives in richland
> From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> 19. RE: Quiet Today
> From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> 20. RE: Quiet today
> From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> 21. RE: Quiet today
> From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> 22. Re: Quiet today
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> 23. Re: Good News, Need Help!!!
> From: "Beth Burnham" <beth2002@...>
> 24. Being open about unschooling/homeschooling
> From: "Beth Burnham" <beth2002@...>
> 25. Puzzles and more puzzles
> From: Karol Gale <kgale@...>
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:27:48 -0800
> From: megates@...
> Subject: Re: Richland
>
> The children are named Brittany and Isaiah. Dad is Curtis. Only
> Brittany and the dad's legs are showing. From a month or so ago.
>
> My maiden name was Kacmarcik. It is a Slovak name and there are many
> variations of it as well. One of my uncles had it changed to "Karick".
> When I was a kid, I sometimes got the nickname of Mary Onion Ketchup.
>
> Mary Ellen
> One can never have too many buttons.
> Laurella Lederer
>
> > >Nanci,
> > >I cut a photo out of our newspaper of a dad pushing a stroller with
> > a toddler and a baby, last name of Kuykendall. Any relation, or is
> > it a common last name? :-)
> > >Mary Ellen in Richland
> >
> > Sounds like my husband and sons a year age. LOL But we did not get
> > any pictures in the paper that we are aware of. Check your phone
> books,
> > it's a fairly common last name. I run into folks who have all sorts of
> > pronunciations, but the same spelling. Kook-end-all, Kie-ken-doll,
> > even Kooey-ken-dall. My husbands family has maintained the traditional
> > German-Dutch pronunciation, Kirk-end-all. I tell people we have an
> > invisible "R" sort of like a silent letter. LOL
> >
> > Just in case the photo is my family and we didn't know it, when and
> > where was it taken and what do the Dad and kids look like?
> >
> > Nanci K.
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:07:15 -0800
> From: Paul Baldwin <ptjlmbaldwin@...>
> Subject: Re:relatives in richland
>
> Ack! I had to laugh because my sister is SO not a homeschooler. She is 15 years older than me, her one son is grown and recently married.(He lived with me for two years, but that is another sordid story) She relocated to
> Richland from Dana Point, Los Angeles, CA and has been suffering from severe culture shock. Is anyone near to Mansfield, WA? My good friend lives there. I must have flunked the class where I was supposed to know the cities in
> my own state by heart. Oh well. I can learn them now if I want to. By the way, since its safe to ask, what is the abbreviation LOL? Thanks.
> Teresa
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> > Topics in today's digest:
> >
> > 1. just a really silly question
> > From: jazballard@...
> > 2. Re: just a really silly question
> > From: D Klement <klement@...>
> > 3. Re: just a really silly question
> > From: Marbleface@...
> > 4. Hair Donations aka Locks of Love
> > From: "Aleasa J. Helsinger" <leestore@...>
> > 5. Be yourself
> > From: "John O. Andersen" <andersen@...>
> > 6. Re: Hair Donations aka Locks of Love
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > 7. Re: Digest Number 380
> > From: ECSamHill@...
> > 8. Re: Digest Number 380
> > From: Monkeycoop@...
> > 9. Re: Digest Number 380
> > From: Natrlmama@...
> > 10. Introduction
> > From: Sherry Hagen <oilmagic@...>
> > 11. Re: Digest Number 380
> > From: Monkeycoop@...
> > 12. Re: Digest Number 380
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > 13. Re: just a really silly question
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > 14. really having fun now
> > From: ptjlmbaldwin@...
> > 15. Re: really having fun now
> > From: megates@...
> > 16. Re: really having fun now
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > 17. Re: Introduction
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > 18. Re: Richland
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > 19. Re: Richland
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > 20. Re: Richland
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > 21. Re: Digest Number 380
> > From: Natrlmama@...
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: 25 Jan 2000 13:12:05 -0000
> > From: jazballard@...
> > Subject: just a really silly question
> >
> > O.K. I've posted to this list afew times..think it's
> > just the best thing I've come to read..especially since
> > i'm just starting out on this unschooling with my 3 yo
> > But I do have a little question, I really feel silly
> > asking....what are the abbreviations everyone uses...
> > I am relatively computer illiterate, and get alittle
> > confused when reading...I usually figure it out..but would
> > really like to know the real words behind such things as
> > dh/dd/ds ect.....figuring husband/daughter/son...but what
> > is the "d"???
> > thanks
> > Eileen
> > feeling really silly in NJ
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:20:00 -0800
> > From: D Klement <klement@...>
> > Subject: Re: just a really silly question
> >
> > jazballard@... wrote:
> > >
> > > From: jazballard@...
> > >
> > > O.K. I've posted to this list afew times..think it's
> > > just the best thing I've come to read..especially since
> > > i'm just starting out on this unschooling with my 3 yo
> > > But I do have a little question, I really feel silly
> > > asking....what are the abbreviations everyone uses...
> > > I am relatively computer illiterate, and get alittle
> > > confused when reading...I usually figure it out..but would
> > > really like to know the real words behind such things as
> > > dh/dd/ds ect.....figuring husband/daughter/son...but what
> > > is the "d"???
> > > thanks
> > > Eileen
> > > feeling really silly in NJ
> >
> > Don't feel silly! We've all asked about these at some time.
> > The *d* is for dear or darling
> > *g* are for grin
> > BG is for big grin
> > BEG is big evil grin
> > ROTFPMP is rolling on the floor peeing my pants....usualy follows the
> > posts in relationship to a hilarious joke previously posted.
> >
> > Then there are emoticons ;-) is winking, :-) is a smile face.....you
> > have to look sideways, then they make sense. There are many emoticons
> > too many for me to display here.
> >
> > Hope this helps.....Buzz
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> > Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> > Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> > Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> > e-mail- klement@...
> > Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> > Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:23:19 EST
> > From: Marbleface@...
> > Subject: Re: just a really silly question
> >
> > In a message dated 01/25/2000 1:13:20 PM !!!First Boot!!!, jazballard@...
> > writes:
> >
> > << but what
> > is the "d"???
> > thanks
> > Eileen >>
> >
> > It depends on your mood -- could be dear, darling -- or not!
> >
> > Nance
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:36:13 -0600
> > From: "Aleasa J. Helsinger" <leestore@...>
> > Subject: Hair Donations aka Locks of Love
> >
> > For those interested in donating, there is a place called Locks of Love. They give free wigs to kids who have suffered hair loss due to illness or chemotherapy. Their minimum length requirement is a 10" ponytail or braid.
> > Just a suggestion, if you don't have "hair to spare", is to remind any haircutting friends to keep an eye out. Most people are more than happy to donate!
> > Mail hair to:
> > Locks of Love
> > 1640 South Congress Ave
> > Suite 104
> > Palm Springs,FL 33461
> >
> > Aleasa
> > ps: info above came from an article my 10yo had read just last week....so info should be very up-to-date.
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: 25 Jan 2000 05:43:59 -0800
> > From: "John O. Andersen" <andersen@...>
> > Subject: Be yourself
> >
> > To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best night and day,
> > to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any
> > human being can fight; and never stop fighting. -- e.e. cummings
> >
> > It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. -- e.e.
> > cummings
> >
> > This is why it's so important to root out any generic dreams you may have,
> > and replace them with your own dreams.
> >
> > John Andersen
> > http://members.xoom.com/joandersen/generic.html
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:19:16 -0700
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > Subject: Re: Hair Donations aka Locks of Love
> >
> > remind any haircutting friends to keep an eye out. Most
> > >people are more than happy to donate!
> >
> > Mail hair to: Locks of Love 1640
> > >South Congress Ave Suite 104 Palm Springs,FL 33461 Aleasa ps: info
> > >above came from an article my 10yo had read just last week....so info
> > >should be very up-to-date.
> >
> > Here's an idea. Why not make up a flier with the name of the organization,
> > purpose and requirements for donation. Then take it to your local
> > Barber/Beauty Shop and ask the stylists for thier assistance in securing
> > donations from their clients. You could leave you phone number and ask
> > them to call when they have a donation for you to pick up and mail. What
> > do you think?
> >
> > Nanci K.
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:33:24 EST
> > From: ECSamHill@...
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 380
> >
> > In a message dated 1/25/2000 12:40:46 AM, [email protected]
> > writes:
> >
> > <<People just don't get it that life is sooo much easier when you can
> >
> > adjust your kids learning time table to the disease....it's so hard to
> >
> > get a school to accomodate me (BEG).>>
> >
> > This bears repeating. I'm not sure they are sincerely interested in
> > accomodating ANYBODY.
> >
> > Betsy
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 13:58:32 EST
> > From: Monkeycoop@...
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 380
> >
> > In a message dated 1/25/2000 11:37:53 AM Central Standard Time,
> > ECSamHill@... writes:
> >
> > << <<People just don't get it that life is sooo much easier when you can
> >
> > adjust your kids learning time table to the disease....it's so hard to
> >
> > get a school to accomodate me (BEG).>>
> >
> > This bears repeating. I'm not sure they are sincerely interested in
> > accomodating ANYBODY. >>
> > It's so true. When my eldest son was in PS kindergarten, he was marked
> > absent w/o excuse when he had to go to relatives' homes during my chemo
> > treatments. There were some days when the relatives simply couldn't get him
> > to school. Besides, he needed the comfort and security of being with loved
> > ones at that time. Did the school care? NO. They informed me that the
> > unexcused absences would go on his (gasp) Permanent Record. As if I cared at
> > that point! :) I was too busy trying to keep my guts down and watching my
> > hair fall out in clumps! <bg> Geesh, just thinking about it makes me want
> > to give them all the old Bronx cheer. bbbbbbbpppppttttt.
> > Ah - that was so satisfying! :)
> >
> > **** Kim ****
> > runs with scissors
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:22:09 EST
> > From: Natrlmama@...
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 380
> >
> > In a message dated 01/25/2000 11:26:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > Monkeycoop@... writes:
> >
> > <<
> > **** Kim ****
> > runs with scissors
> > >>
> >
> > Kim, I grin everytime I read your signature, could you please tell me what
> > it means?
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 10
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:04:54 -0600
> > From: Sherry Hagen <oilmagic@...>
> > Subject: Introduction
> >
> > Hi folks,
> > I've been reading this listing for about 2 months. I find it refreshing and
> > reassuring. I'm a Mom at home with my own home based business and I unschooling my
> > energetic, curious 5 3/4 year old son. Whenever I have doubts I plug into this
> > websight and am re-energized. My husband is quite in favor of our "schooling"
> > method. We have a large homeschooling community (82 families) here in Upper
> > Michigan/Wisconsin area. Most are traditional homeschoolers and many use a
> > Christian curriculum. There are many opportunities for interaction. The other
> > families are welcoming but haven't got much of a clue to what unschooling is. I'm
> > going to write an article for our local newsletter to show what a day/week is like
> > for us. On Monday and Weds. afternoons I also take care of a boy who's 6 years old
> > who's family is using the Sonlight curriculum.
> >
> > Sherry, Jack and Rowyn in Menominee, Michigan (any Unschoolers out here?)
> >
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> > > Topics in today's digest:
> > >
> > > 1. Re: inner voice maintenance
> > > From: "Debra Bures" <buresfam@...>
> > > 2. Re: inner voice maintenance
> > > From: megates@...
> > > 3. Re: inner voice maintenance
> > > From: "Beth Burnham" <beth2002@...>
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:43:36 -0500
> > > From: "Debra Bures" <buresfam@...>
> > > Subject: Re: inner voice maintenance
> > >
> > > Wise words, Teresa. I have found that writing down just why we have chosen
> > > this path is helpful during the rocky times. And when I get anxious, my dh
> > > is often the one to tell me to relax, we're all doing a great job, the kids
> > > are great etc. I think that John Anderson posted the quote from Rudyard
> > > Kipling--one worth repeating, I think:
> > > "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed
> > > by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will
> > > be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay
> > > for the privilege of owning yourself."
> > > Debra
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <ptjlmbaldwin@...>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:38 PM
> > > Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] inner voice maintenance
> > >
> > > > From: ptjlmbaldwin@...
> > > >
> > > > thanks for the words about both journaling and meditating.
> > > > I do keep a journal sporadically, and I try to get quiet
> > > > and pray in the morning, but often worry crowds out these
> > > > important activities. Its funny, but I was so concerned
> > > > about my husband teaching the kids about the recent eclipse,
> > > > that we almost missed actually looking at it. Ack! I guess
> > > > my kids aren't the only ones needing a learning experience.
> > > > On the positive side, our month is improving as I become
> > > > more certain about the validity of our journey together, I
> > > > appreciate the freedom to share concerns and insecure moments.
> > > > I would encourage Beth(new to list and unschooling) to go back
> > > > and read some of the archives and hear some of the great
> > > > philosophies being shared. They really help me remain firm
> > > > in knowing unschooling offers the best for my kids.Thanks all.
> > > > Teresa in WA
> > > > mom to Jolie, Lucy and Mara
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> > >
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:07:55 -0800
> > > From: megates@...
> > > Subject: Re: inner voice maintenance
> > >
> > > I'm in Tri-Cities. Where are you?
> > > Mary Ellen
> > >
> > > > From: ptjlmbaldwin@...
> > > > Teresa in WA
> > > > mom to Jolie, Lucy and Mara
> > > >
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> > > Message: 3
> > > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 03:29:35 -0500
> > > From: "Beth Burnham" <beth2002@...>
> > > Subject: Re: inner voice maintenance
> > >
> > > > I would encourage Beth(new to list and unschooling) to go back
> > > > and read some of the archives and hear some of the great
> > > > philosophies being shared
> > >
> > > Thanks Theresa will do! I am already learning so much from you. I am
> > > definitely going to try journaling again too.
> > > Beth
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 11
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:40:38 EST
> > From: Monkeycoop@...
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 380
> >
> > In a message dated 1/25/2000 2:35:30 PM Central Standard Time,
> > Natrlmama@... writes:
> >
> > << Kim, I grin everytime I read your signature, could you please tell me what
> > it means? >>
> >
> > Thanks, glad I could make someone smile! Do you remember how teachers and
> > moms always said (in that screechy tone), "DON'T RUN WITH THOSE
> > SCISSORS!!!!!" ? Well, I've always had this little problem with
> > authority... <g>
> >
> > **** Kim ****
> > runs with scissors
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:57:35 -0700
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 380
> >
> > > **** Kim ****
> > > runs with scissors
> > > >>
> > >
> > >Kim, I grin everytime I read your signature, could you please tell me what
> > >it means?
> > >
> > >Kathy
> >
> > Same same Kim. Is that your native name? Like Dances with Wolves, Swims
> > after Eating, etc?
> > By the way, didn't your mother ever tell you that you would poke your eye
> > out that way? I bet you sit right up next to the tv too!!
> >
> > Nanci
> > ******** Eats after Toddlers**************
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 13
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:13:42 -0700
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > Subject: Re: just a really silly question
> >
> > >ROTFPMP is rolling on the floor peeing my pants....
> > Buzz
> >
> > Hey that's a new one (to me anyway) I usually hear ROTFLMAO, ROTFLOL I
> > don't use the first one, so this will give me an option to LOL! Thanks!
> >
> > Nanci K.
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 14
> > Date: 26 Jan 2000 00:45:35 -0000
> > From: ptjlmbaldwin@...
> > Subject: really having fun now
> >
> > we are in Everett, Washington, as you may know, is about
> > 30 miles due north from Seattle. I have a sister who recently
> > moved to Richland, which I think is either near or actually
> > one of the Tri-cities, right? I got such a kick out of all
> > the hair talk. My friends ask me whats so cool about unschooling,
> > all I have to do is show them this list!! Thanks for the
> > support on inner voices. Take care.
> > Teresa
> > mom to Jolie, Lucy and Mara
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 15
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:23:02 -0800
> > From: megates@...
> > Subject: Re: really having fun now
> >
> > Yes, Richland is one of the Tri-Cities, along with Pasco and Kennewick.
> > We also have three rivers! The Yakima and Snake both dump into the
> > mighty Columbia here.
> > Does your sister home school?
> > I just heard about a new Mark Chagall (sp) exhibit at the Seattle
> > Children's Museum. Have you checked it out? Some friends of ours were
> > married this summer and used Chagall art in their invitations and
> > programs. It was a somewhat non-traditional wedding. One of the women
> > singing in the chorus was wearing a toddler in a sling! I was impressed
> > by that.
> > Mary Ellen
> > One can never have too many buttons.
> > Laurella Lederer
> >
> > > I have a sister who recently
> > > moved to Richland, which I think is either near or actually
> > > one of the Tri-cities, right?
> >
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> > Message: 16
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:08:55 -0500
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > Subject: Re: really having fun now
> >
> > Hey Teresa, I have a sis in Richland too. Small world huh?
> > Ann
> >
> > ptjlmbaldwin@... wrote:
> >
> > > From: ptjlmbaldwin@...
> > >
> > > we are in Everett, Washington, as you may know, is about
> > > 30 miles due north from Seattle. I have a sister who recently
> > > moved to Richland, which I think is either near or actually
> > > one of the Tri-cities, right? I got such a kick out of all
> > > the hair talk. My friends ask me whats so cool about unschooling,
> > > all I have to do is show them this list!! Thanks for the
> > > support on inner voices. Take care.
> > > Teresa
> > > mom to Jolie, Lucy and Mara
> > >
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> > Message: 17
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:12:09 -0500
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > Subject: Re: Introduction
> >
> > Well Sherry, I wish I was up there. We used to have a summer home in Land O lakes. It
> > is still my most favorite place on earth! Bet it's cold right now though.
> > Ann
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 18
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:07:59 -0700
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> > Subject: Re: Richland
> >
> > >Yes, Richland is one of the Tri-Cities,
> > >Mary Ellen
> >
> > Mary Ellen already knows this, but we just moved from Richland last year to
> > Idaho for DH's work. Smaller town, but nice.
> >
> > My parents, brother and his family, and aunt and uncle, as well as my DH
> > parents live in the tri cities still. Kind of funny because I just moved
> > there about 5 years ago (from Oregon) when my parents moved there (from New
> > Mexico) for work and offered to help me with a place to live so I could go
> > back to school (ick! Long story) Then my brother moved back in with them
> > after he got out of the navy (in San Diego) and met his wife up there. My
> > Uncle got a job in the area therough my parent's contacts and so my aunt
> > and Uncle moved up there from Georgia. So now they live there.
> >
> > It's a smaaaaaal, smaaaaaal world
> >
> > Nanci K.
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 19
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:22:29 -0500
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > Subject: Re: Richland
> >
> > It really is... My sis's in laws are nearby (Goldendale) I haven't been out
> > there, but my Mom has, and she said it was a very nice area. Very different
> > than what we are used to though. I'd like to see it. But, it's a long way!
> > A
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 20
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:22:29 -0500
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> > Subject: Re: Richland
> >
> > It really is... My sis's in laws are nearby (Goldendale) I haven't been out
> > there, but my Mom has, and she said it was a very nice area. Very different
> > than what we are used to though. I'd like to see it. But, it's a long way!
> > A
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 21
> > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 01:37:30 EST
> > From: Natrlmama@...
> > Subject: Re: Digest Number 380
> >
> > In a message dated 01/25/2000 2:48:32 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > Monkeycoop@... writes:
> >
> > << moms always said (in that screechy tone), "DON'T RUN WITH THOSE
> > SCISSORS!!!!!" ? Well, I've always had this little problem with
> > authority... <g>
> >
> > **** Kim ****
> > runs with scissors
> > >>
> >
> > Ohhh now I have good reason to smile. I must have known it meant something
> > like that. <gg>
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:08:53 -0800
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> Subject: Re: Quiet today
>
> We're gardening nuts here too. I have a million seed catelogs but finally
> found a couple that guarantee no genetic engineering and all organic! Now,
> I am waiting for the Brinks truck so I can order everything I want! We're
> still pulling carrots and cutting broccoli and cauliflower out of the
> garden and my dumb, and I mean DUMB raspberries decided that they weren't
> going quite dormant this year so I have about a half dozen raspberries to
> pick (well, o.k., so I mean eat on the way into or out of the garden <g>).
>
> The kidlets each have their own garden section. The 16 yo is a flower nut
> and has all kinds of different flowers in his garden. The 12 yo loves
> beans, carrots and sunflowers in his. He grows all kinds of different
> beans and some I haven't the foggiest idea where he got them! Youngest
> kidlet is into strawberries and peas and whatever catches her fancy in the
> books.
>
> Lynda
>
> ----------
> > From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> >
> > OH COOL!! I met a fellow gardener!! I'm an addict. I'm going to be
> getting
> > my leeks and some onions going pretty soon here... Do you start a lot
> from
> > seed? What do you grow? Do your kids get in on it?
> >
> > B~
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:18:13 -0800
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> Subject: Re: New list member
>
> Have you joined Taffie? They are a real helpful bunch if you are in Texas.
>
> Lynda
>
> ----------
> > From: Mara Winders <mwinders@...>
> >
> > I am very excited about the probability of my life going in this
> > direction. I am also a little nervous about making such a big change.
> >
> > I was born and raised in NY. I went to public school (very
> > competitive), and to The Johns Hopkins University in MD for college. I
> > spent six years there and got my MA in Chemistry. I met my husband Tim
> > there (he is from CA). We work at the same small community college in a
> >
> > small West Texas town called Levelland - I teach chemistry and he is the
> >
> > network administrator. My oldest Zachary is in K this year, Zane will
> > be 4 in March and my new darling McKenna is 7 months. Over the past few
> >
> > years, we have grown into raising our children with attachment parenting
> >
> > (didn't start out that way but are now) and non-punative discipline.
> >
> > I took last semester off after having McKenna - I wanted to be able to
> > give her an "in-arms" experience for her first 6 months. It was
> > wonderful to be home. I enjoyed it more than I thought possible. I
> > began to wonder if we could manage on just one income until the kids
> > were school aged - now I'm wondering how to go about getting my oldest
> > out of school and staying home to learn with them. I began reading John
> > Holt's work and have become fascinated with it. I am no longer a
> > believer in performance based learning, and long to allow my family to
> > grow without schooling.
> >
> > I find myself rejecting more and more of our western culture and
> > becoming less mainstream. Out here, in West Texas, the atmosphere is
> > very conservative and structured. I am not a church goer. I do not
> > believe in punishment of any kind. I am becoming fairly isolated and
> > fear that my ideas will only take me more towards isolation. The
> > internet is a wonderful "place" to contact like-minded people, but it is
> >
> > not the same as having a real community. This is something that I am
> > struggling with at the moment. I do not see our society producing
> > people that are truly happy with their lives. I want different for my
> > family, but I wonder if it is possible to be truly happy in isolation.
> >
> > I don't have any questions right now, but I'm sure I will. I will be
> > resigning my position at the end of this semester and making decisions
> > about homeschooling during the summer. For now, I will be reading and
> > longing for warmer weather.
> >
> > All my best,
> > Mara
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Message: 5
> Date: 26 Jan 2000 17:56:06 -0800
> From: "John O. Andersen" <andersen@...>
> Subject: How can we bring America's conformity epidemic to a screeching halt?
>
> Perhaps we could brainstorm about ways we can make this happen. Sure,
> modeling a life of individualized and heart-inspired dreams and
> noncompliance in things like rampant consumerism are the mainstay tactics.
> But are there other actions we might take to sabotage the forces which
> systematically turn fully alive human beings into conforming zombies?
>
> John O. Andersen
> http://members.xoom.com/joandersen
>
> "Only dead fish go with the flow." Anon.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:00:25 -0800
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> Subject: Re: Good News, Need Help!!!
>
> Well, all little girls are different but most love Barbies, coloring,
> reading, music, Disney videos, dress up and aren't too old for cuddle time
> at night. Our youngest female kidlet is 7 and eldest will be 30 next month
> but the time inbetween these two hasn't made too much difference to what
> they like in general. Of course, youngest kidlet is 7 going on 42 (or she
> thinks so <g>) and eldest is 30 going on 16, so you just never know. We're
> all reading Harry Potter and Little Women right now. She is reading the
> American girl books.
>
> Lot's of luck with the red tape and hope you have someone home with you
> soon!!!!!!
>
> Lynda
>
> ----------
> > From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> >
> > Hi everyone!! I am just bursting with good news and wanted to share with
> > all of you folks. For those of you who do not know it, we are in the
> > process of adopting from foster care. After months of discouraging
> > negative responses from Case Workers all over the country who have truned
> > us down for children we were interested in, we finally have some good
> news.
> >
> > We are being considered for a sister pair in Louisianna!! We are also
> > being considered for a little girl in Ohio!!
> >
> > I have pictures and more info, but I cannot send attachments to the list,
> > so anyone interested in Oooohing and Aahhhing with us, just let me know!!
> >
> > By the way, if either of these come through for us I will need to be
> > preparing a home for these girls and I need help from you experienced
> > parents of girls about what kinds of things I will need for them. I
> > realize it depends on their personalities and interests, but what kinds
> of
> > books, toys, games, etc do your girls like? The sisters are 4 and 7 and
> > the other little girl is 8.
> >
> > What kinds of things do kids these ages do for schooling? They are
> coming
> > from IS and I will probably need to begin with some structure for their
> > comfort and ease out of it as they deschool and settle into the family.
> > Also we will be dealing with attachment and placement issues, and showing
> > visible schooling results to the state while the adoption finalizes.
> After
> > that we can relax more. Help me out here.
> >
> > Nanci K.
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:31:58 -0500
> From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> Subject: Re: Good News, Need Help!!!
>
> Nanci, how wonderful for you.
> I have two boys, and one girl. Although they are young the only difference I
> see so far, is she likes to do crafty type things, and she will sit and play by
> herself for much longer than the boys. She is only 3, but loves to sit and do
> puzzles forever.
> My inclination is to say just wait and see what develops, and how they are.
> They will let you know quickly I'm sure.
> Just enjoy and adapt for awhile first.
> Though, I have no experience with this whatsoever.
> A
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:15:43 EST
> From: ECSamHill@...
> Subject: Re: Digest Number 383
>
> In a message dated 1/26/2000 11:44:16 PM, [email protected]
> writes:
>
> <<The sisters are 4 and 7 and the other little girl is 8.
>
> What kinds of things do kids these ages do for schooling? They are coming
>
> from IS and I will probably need to begin with some structure for their
>
> comfort and ease out of it as they deschool and settle into the family.>>
>
> Nanci -
>
> If the 7 year old is not "old for her years" how about something like Five in
> a Row, if you get the 4 and 7 year old sisters? This is a literature based
> "curriculum" that's not very curricular. What you do is read some really
> good picture books several times and explore concepts in language arts,
> social studies, science and art. I think the best ages for this are 5 and 6,
> but your potential kids could be within the range.
> (Check out the website: www.fiveinarow.com.)
>
> They do recommend supplementing Five in a Row with math and phonics
> instruction.
>
> One lesson book, covering about 20 books, or 20 weeks of lessons costs about
> $20, I think. You can get the story books at the library, usually.
>
> Anyway, something with lots of reading stories on the couch and having the
> siblings work on the same stuff, but at their own level seems like it would
> promote togetherness.
>
> I have less clear ideas about how to approach an 8 year old. Although, Laura
> Ingalls Wilder books have been big with the homeschooled girls I have known.
>
> Best wishes,
> Betsy
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:28:55 -0600
> From: Mara Winders <mwinders@...>
> Subject: Re: New list member
>
> I've never heard of Taffie - where can I find out more? The problem with TX
> is that we are so spread out. I did see some groups in Austin and Houston but
> they are both over 7 hours from me by car.
> Thanks,
> Mara
>
> Lynda wrote:
>
> > From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> >
> > Have you joined Taffie? They are a real helpful bunch if you are in Texas.
> >
> > Lynda
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Mara Winders <mwinders@...>
> > >
> > > I am very excited about the probability of my life going in this
> > > direction. I am also a little nervous about making such a big change.
> > >
> > > I was born and raised in NY. I went to public school (very
> > > competitive), and to The Johns Hopkins University in MD for college. I
> > > spent six years there and got my MA in Chemistry. I met my husband Tim
> > > there (he is from CA). We work at the same small community college in a
> > >
> > > small West Texas town called Levelland - I teach chemistry and he is the
> > >
> > > network administrator. My oldest Zachary is in K this year, Zane will
> > > be 4 in March and my new darling McKenna is 7 months. Over the past few
> > >
> > > years, we have grown into raising our children with attachment parenting
> > >
> > > (didn't start out that way but are now) and non-punative discipline.
> > >
> > > I took last semester off after having McKenna - I wanted to be able to
> > > give her an "in-arms" experience for her first 6 months. It was
> > > wonderful to be home. I enjoyed it more than I thought possible. I
> > > began to wonder if we could manage on just one income until the kids
> > > were school aged - now I'm wondering how to go about getting my oldest
> > > out of school and staying home to learn with them. I began reading John
> > > Holt's work and have become fascinated with it. I am no longer a
> > > believer in performance based learning, and long to allow my family to
> > > grow without schooling.
> > >
> > > I find myself rejecting more and more of our western culture and
> > > becoming less mainstream. Out here, in West Texas, the atmosphere is
> > > very conservative and structured. I am not a church goer. I do not
> > > believe in punishment of any kind. I am becoming fairly isolated and
> > > fear that my ideas will only take me more towards isolation. The
> > > internet is a wonderful "place" to contact like-minded people, but it is
> > >
> > > not the same as having a real community. This is something that I am
> > > struggling with at the moment. I do not see our society producing
> > > people that are truly happy with their lives. I want different for my
> > > family, but I wonder if it is possible to be truly happy in isolation.
> > >
> > > I don't have any questions right now, but I'm sure I will. I will be
> > > resigning my position at the end of this semester and making decisions
> > > about homeschooling during the summer. For now, I will be reading and
> > > longing for warmer weather.
> > >
> > > All my best,
> > > Mara
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:45:03 -0700
> From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> Subject: Re: Richland
>
> >The children are named Brittany and Isaiah. Dad is Curtis. Only
> >Brittany and the dad's legs are showing. From a month or so ago.
>
> Never heard of em. :-)
>
> >I sometimes got the nickname of Mary Onion Ketchup.
>
> Cute, although I'm sure you didn't think so at the time.
>
> Nanci K.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:50:29 -0800
> From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> Subject: RE: Quiet today
>
> WOW, where do you live that you've got berries? We have a bit of greens
> left, tatsoi, pac choy, collards, and chard, and a lot of cabbage, but the
> berries are sleeping.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynda [mailto:lurine@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 2:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Quiet today
>
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
>
> We're gardening nuts here too. I have a million seed catelogs but finally
> found a couple that guarantee no genetic engineering and all organic! Now,
> I am waiting for the Brinks truck so I can order everything I want! We're
> still pulling carrots and cutting broccoli and cauliflower out of the
> garden and my dumb, and I mean DUMB raspberries decided that they weren't
> going quite dormant this year so I have about a half dozen raspberries to
> pick (well, o.k., so I mean eat on the way into or out of the garden <g>).
>
> The kidlets each have their own garden section. The 16 yo is a flower nut
> and has all kinds of different flowers in his garden. The 12 yo loves
> beans, carrots and sunflowers in his. He grows all kinds of different
> beans and some I haven't the foggiest idea where he got them! Youngest
> kidlet is into strawberries and peas and whatever catches her fancy in the
> books.
>
> Lynda
>
> ----------
> > From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> >
> > OH COOL!! I met a fellow gardener!! I'm an addict. I'm going to be
> getting
> > my leeks and some onions going pretty soon here... Do you start a lot
> from
> > seed? What do you grow? Do your kids get in on it?
> >
> > B~
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:56:58 EST
> From: HellElena@...
> Subject: Re: Pen Pals
>
> In a message dated 1/26/00 11:32:20 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> brynlee@... writes:
>
> > Tell me more...you can write to me personally at my addie.
> > We have two girls aged 9 and 11 (almost). They love paper dolls so this
> > caught my eye.
>
> Oh I have a daughter is who is 10 and would probably love this. Count me and
> her in. What a neat idea!!!
> Chelle in the desert
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:52:30 -0800
> From: megates@...
> Subject: Good News, Need Help!!!
>
> I try for plenty of unisex toys for my girls 4 & 7. They play with cars
> and with dolls. They like puzzles, blocks, balls, little animal and
> people figures, helping me, playing with bread dough. Paper, pencil,
> pen, & marker. We are enjoying American Girls books and dolls, Little
> House on the Prairie series, and Harry Potter. Science experiments are
> always a hit. Reading, reading, books on tape, listening to music, and
> dancing. Dress-up. Pretending!!!!
> I don't have boys, but it seems that most of what my girls like is
> similar to most of what boys like. They will wrestle, but they haven't
> ever made weapons of anything, that I've noticed. They do wiggle and
> shout, sometimes act wild and other times sit still and focus.
> I'm excited for your family, Nanci, and send many best wishes for the
> adoptions! My brother adopted a foster child, and then his sister about
> 6 months later. They are pre-teens now. There were some issues at the
> time of adoption due to the children's Native American heritage.
> Mary Ellen
> One can never have too many buttons.
> Laurella Lederer
>
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> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:14:14 -0000
> From: "The Mowery Family" <jkkddmowery@...>
> Subject: Re: Quiet Today
>
> >>>>>I wish we were playing in the snow! No snow here, about 35 miles North
> of
> Seattle. It does look like it might clear up a bit, and it's not raining, so
> we might go play in the garden beds later!
>
> Any gardeners getting the itch?
> Brynn<<<<<<<<<
>
> Oh yes Brynn!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Here in the metro detroit area, it is 10f and windy. My next door neighbor
> and I decided as soon as we could, we would drive to his father's farm about
> 45min north of us and pick up some 15yo composted cow manure. I told him we
> should package and sell it!!! We could make beaucoup bucks on that stuff!!
>
> Since we live in the city, I have a compost bin in a 35g trash can, I cannot
> wait until my pride thaws out so that I can put the contents on my flower
> bed.
>
> At night, when I can't fall asleep, I lie there and visualize how I will
> re-do my garden this year. I never would have imagined the joy I have
> received from my flower beds, rose bushes, herbs and container tomatoes. I
> cannot wait for spring. As soon as my crocus pop....look out garden
> centers, here I come!!!!!
>
> Anxious,
>
> Karen Mowery
>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:13:22 -0800
> From: Cindy Ferguson <crma@...>
> Subject: Re: New list member
>
> Mara Winders wrote:
> >
> > From: Mara Winders <mwinders@...>
> >
> > I've never heard of Taffie - where can I find out more? The problem with TX
> > is that we are so spread out. I did see some groups in Austin and Houston but
> > they are both over 7 hours from me by car.
> > Thanks,
> > Mara
> >
>
> Susan Frederick runs taffie. I pulled up several old posts of
> hers and found this website :
> http://www.jsoft.com/archive/taffie/
>
> I hope this helps -- if not, send Susan email -- I'm sure her
> email is on the website.
>
> --
>
> Cindy Ferguson
> crma@...
>
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> Message: 16
> Date: 27 Jan 2000 04:35:30 -0000
> From: Nest4Robin@...
> Subject: Record Keeping
>
> I just finished reading "And What About College?" How do most of you keep records? With unschooling everything is a learning experience. Therefore, how can you possibly record everything your kids are learning and break it all apart into subject areas and so forth? Even if the kids kept their own journal and did it themselves, they still would miss things maybe not realizing the importance of something right now, but it may effect them later on in the process and should be accounted for. It seems like they'd have to be writing all of the time, as not to miss some learning experience in order to include it in their hours to get credit for that subject area. What do most of you have planned for the long term in ways of diplomas, GED's, nothing? I don't know. In the book the author issued their own transcripts, but kept records of hours spent in certain subjects to meet the requirements for credit hours. Clonlara does this too. What are your thoughts on this private school? It just seems like a lot of work to figure out if the kid is meeting the credit hours or not in their unschooling. Then again, it may help to offer some guidance if the kid knows they have to study so many hours in a particular subject any way they like, as long as they do it. Thoughts, Robin
>
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> Message: 17
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:40:09 -0800
> From: metta <metta@...>
> Subject: Re: Quiet today
>
> on 1/26/00 9:43 AM, David & Betsy Wright at deejay@... wrote:
>
> Question: Has anyone ever felt sick to their stomachs trying to figure out
> algebra problems? I have, today. David brought home a CD from a computer
> show last weekend and I thought I'd sit down and "play" with it today. I
> haven't felt this stupid for a while - and the cover says for ages 10 and
> up! I did get the right answers eventually, but wow, it has been a while
> and Mama's math is rusty.
>
> Hey, you're not in school and there's no time limit or teacher standing over
> your desk with a red pen. ;-)
>
> I feel that way sometimes though lately when I'm doing fractions with my 11
> yo. He zips right past me and I'm still sitting there trying to remember the
> algorithms I was taught so long ago. He hasn't been taught any algorithms. I
> think that's why he's faster than me. ;-)
>
> This gives me a chance to plug one of my favorite algebra resources
> though... "The Algebra Survival Kit" by Josh Rappaport. He sends out a
> free email newsletter every month which you might enjoy. His website is:
> http://www.mathkits.com/
>
> --
> Thea <metta@...>
>
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> Message: 18
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:25:08 -0700
> From: Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall <tn-k4of5@...>
> Subject: Re: Re:relatives in richland
>
> but that is another sordid story) LOL
>
> >I must have flunked the class where I was supposed to know the cities in
> >my own state by heart. Oh well.
> LOL
>
> >by the way, since its safe to ask, what is the abbreviation LOL? Thanks.
> >Teresa
>
> LOL is Laughing Out Loud. Thanks for a very funny message.
>
> Nanci K. still LOL
>
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>
> Message: 19
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:30:33 -0800
> From: "Brynn Panchot" <panchot@...>
> Subject: RE: Quiet Today
>
> WE HAVE BULBS UP! I can't remember which ones they are, I'm going to have to
> look at my order form, or the package, but they are up! Was sitting out on
> the front steps and just happened to glance over at the flower/herb bed, and
> sure as anything, right next to the Hypericum, were some beautiful little
> green bulb sprouts. OH, what a joyous day!
>
> Your urban garden sounds great! I read a wonderful article in an Organic
> Gardening mag about 3-4 years ago about some people that lived in a very
> urban area and turned their whole yard into a garden. Squash and flowers out
> front, and just a huge garden out back. One thing I remember from that
> ariticle, was that they had some pole beans growing up an old leaf rake that
> they'd stuck in the ground. :-) We are in a suburban type area, small
> house, but large lot, so we're able to have a big plot for a garden. We put
> in 10 fruit trees when we got here, which was in April of last year, cherry,
> apple, pear, plum, and peach. We are hoping to put in a couple of fig trees
> this spring. Ahhhhh, I just LOVE hearing/talking about growing....
>
> Brynn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Mowery Family [mailto:jkkddmowery@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 3:14 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Quiet Today
>
> From: "The Mowery Family" <jkkddmowery@...>
>
> >>>>>I wish we were playing in the snow! No snow here, about 35 miles North
> of
> Seattle. It does look like it might clear up a bit, and it's not raining, so
> we might go play in the garden beds later!
>
> Any gardeners getting the itch?
> Brynn<<<<<<<<<
>
> Oh yes Brynn!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Here in the metro detroit area, it is 10f and windy. My next door neighbor
> and I decided as soon as we could, we would drive to his father's farm about
> 45min north of us and pick up some 15yo composted cow manure. I told him we
> should package and sell it!!! We could make beaucoup bucks on that stuff!!
>
> Since we live in the city, I have a compost bin in a 35g trash can, I cannot
> wait until my pride thaws out so that I can put the contents on my flower
> bed.
>
> At night, when I can't fall asleep, I lie there and visualize how I will
> re-do my garden this year. I never would have imagined the joy I have
> received from my flower beds, rose bushes, herbs and container tomatoes. I
> cannot wait for spring. As soon as my crocus pop....look out garden
> centers, here I come!!!!!
>
> Anxious,
>
> Karen Mowery
>
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