Karin Payne
Karin lives in Hawaii...
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Summer ends
getting ready for h.s. is thrilling and scary. we started this week. scott is doing math (interactive math), i am doing life skills (a workbook by dave ellis called Master Student), art class (Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain) and large animal anatomy (i figured why not start to tackle the stuff vet [...]
Continue reading...Letter to an old friend
still here we are slowly converting our temporary buildings into “permanent” ones. peace of mind. we have an intern here from nyc and one from sf. this is quite a change in geography and life style for both of them. the one from sf milked the goats and now won’t even consider tasting the milk [...]
Continue reading...9th grade begins
this is it. 9th grade starts monday. i am excitedly focusing on school (again). we are starting with the life skills block which is based on Dave Ellis’s book BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT. It is really a college text which i got at the reuse center but it is so fascinating and interesting. the sections [...]
Continue reading...Malia rides again
the vet was out a few weeks ago and gave our injured horse malia the thumbs up. he said there is NO sign of lameness from her injury. he gave us the ok to take her riding, so lauren and i took java and maila on a brief jaunt around the neighborhood. malia is a [...]
Continue reading...After receiving a forward about prayer in school
i actually have an issue with prayer in schools ONLY because it generally means CHRISTIAN prayer. what would allowing (only) christian prayers in a non religious, tax payer supported institution be saying to the jews, the hindu’s the moslems etc. who have a right to their religions practices being valued? it reeks of colonialism and [...]
Continue reading...Need for stuff
while lauren was in taos, she and her friend were invited to an ice cream social. it was held in a church. the two girls had a great conversation with one of the father’s of a child attending. he guessed that they were both homeschooled because they seemed “confident and intelligent!” eventually he asked them [...]
Continue reading...Local
with food i notice i am moving towards eating one food group at a time each meal (versus combining starch, protein and greens as i was raised with). with community and friendship i am moving towards being here now with the people i can see, touch immediately.i love seeing the facial expressions, i love the [...]
Continue reading...Homeschooling plan
we are hosting a Know Your Farmer Alliance workshop here about chickens. our friend ann is doing a section on ducks. gearing up for high school and realizing that lauren’s education is going to be something i can feel proud about. i believe i will be able to say that i gave her the best [...]
Continue reading...Mass transit
a few nights ago our community neighborhood association (scott and i are on the board) met and on the agenda was our response to our councilperson’s recent letter informing us of upcoming planned and proposed development projects. we wanted to let him know that not everyone wants bigger faster roads everywhere. part of our discussion [...]
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