Category: and so it goes

• The Voice of Authority

  Meanwhile… My neighbor’s young son toddles across the yard instead of getting into the car as ordered. My neighbor counts to three in his big,…

• Shoppers Disappoint Retailers

  “Shoppers Disappoint Retailers this Holiday Season.” Some analysts say the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., earlier this month may also have chipped away at shoppers’…

• Sometimes You Really Can’t Get There from Here

  Derek Sivers on why a focus on local isn’t right for everything, or everyone.  

• School is Prison 2.0

  Chipped ID cards, surveillance cameras and more! Peter Gray is right. School is prison.

• Resurfacing

  I have been away. I think I may be coming back. Late last year I took over the little café space in our local library,…

• A More Satisfying Relationship

  People come to unschooling through a search for alternatives to conventional school and curriculum-based homeschooling. It’s good to remind ourselves along the way that the…

• The Conceptual Lens

  “The conceptual lens through which we view (a situation) largely determines how we feel about it. This is one of the ways our thinking about…

• Signal to Noise

  “Until you remove the noise, you’re going to miss a lot of signal.” Why blogging may be (once again) the best place to go to…

• Learning to Write

  I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt…

• Keep Your Eyes Open

  People say you have to travel to see the world.  Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes…