Image by Cyranny Thank you for joining our awesome writing community who challenges themselves weekly as we weave together our 100 words! I’ve been traveling and taking a social media break – I’ve missed seeing you on Instagram and here, but look forward to catching up with you this summer! Miss me? Feel free to post stories linked to previous 100 Word Wednesday images — … Continue reading 100 Word Wednesday: Week 135
Deadpool’s references can influence reading anything. twitter.com/bikurgurl/status/1165106920786497537 Thanks for the reference 🖤 Continue reading Deadpool Movie
Image by Bikurgurl Thank you for joining our awesome writing community who challenges themselves weekly as we weave together our 100 words! I’ve been traveling and taking a social media break – I’ve missed seeing you on Instagram and here, but look forward to catching up with you this summer! Miss me? Feel free to post stories linked to previous 100 Word Wednesday images — … Continue reading 100 Word Wednesday: Week 134
Image by Bikurgurl The Show Must Go On They took the stage ready to play the song I longed to hear them play. An old favorite I’d heard when I was young, I longed to have the music take me back to a time of innocence. A time of ignorance. “This is for all of you who are young at heart, but old in soul,” … Continue reading The Show Must Go On
Image by Bikurgurl Thank you for joining our awesome writing community who challenges themselves weekly as we weave together our 100 words! I’ve been traveling and taking a social media break – I’ve missed seeing you on Instagram and here, but look forward to catching up with you this summer! Miss me? Feel free to post stories linked to previous 100 Word Wednesday images — … Continue reading 100 Word Wednesday: Week 133
Image by Bikurgurl Deep in Planning So putting together the planning doesn’t start wit making a calendar, oh no…it starts with knowing my children. It starts with knowing their interests, goals, dreams, dislikes…it proceeds to what I’d like to weave into our year and what our long-term plan is for college readiness. The long term plan is more like a framework, not a directive. It’s … Continue reading Deep in Planning
Image by Bikurgurl Thank you for joining our awesome writing community who challenges themselves weekly as we weave together our 100 words! [I’m posting an unfiltered image with a link to my travel account in case you’d like the unfiltered image! I took it on my smartphone – thanks for your grace!} I’ve been traveling and taking a social media break – I’ve missed seeing … Continue reading 100 Word Wednesday: Week 132
Image by Bikurgurl Getting back into a regular school rhythm takes some time, so I go back to what the ‘ideal’ looks like. For us, it’s a lot of margin. We also call this Opportunity. A lot. How else can we pursue our passions without it? I’ve taken to making weekly/daily lists of obligations, and in this ‘ideal’ week, color blocked the time in our … Continue reading Planning our Eclectic Unschool with Margin
Image by Bikurgurl Closing In On our regular biking route, we pass by Wilmot Gateway Park. Clean restrooms, plenty of shade, tables, water bottle filling station, and this great playground. As I rounded the corner, following screams of delight on the playground, a cold sensation cloaked me. The familiar dread found me again. Silent pinpricks eroded my resolve to stay; I could fathom only one … Continue reading Closing In
We love the seagulls! As transplants to Seattle, we quickly found one of our favorite spots was on the Seattle waterfront. At a restaurant called Ivars, where feeding the seagulls has been encouraged for as long as the place has been in business. Out of town guests love the novelty of the experience year-round. While I never otherwise suggest feeding wild animals, particularly birds who … Continue reading Feed the Birds: Seagulls
