Eclectic Muddlehood

Take the time to view this TED Talk video by Sir Ken Robinson.  He takes a humorous, yet pointed, look at what he believes to be the crux of the problem with the world’s public education systems.  Founded less than 2oo years ago as a response to the Industrial Revolution, public school systems were a […]

I have heard this statement countless times in the last four and a half years in any number of locations, always in reference to the fact that I have taken my children somewhere with me that others dare not venture with their own or anyone else’s itty-bits.  Most recently, it was at a Major League […]

It is a sad scene, often repeated over and over again in this country with a terribly messed up birth culture.  A mother learns she is pregnant with multiples.  Her thoughtless, institutionalized doctor fills her head and heart with crushing, fear inducing phrases- high risk, preterm labor, bed rest, preeclampsia, mandatory c-section, TTTS, long NICU […]

As I begin tonight’s post, I have no title in mind as of yet.  Basically this is because I don’t really know where this particular post is going.  All I know is that I really, really wanted to blog tonight.  The past three nights, I’ve had a significant problem getting to sleep.  I’ve been seriously […]

In honor of our shifting curriculum plans and Kindy Girl’s near completion of most of our Kindergarten work, I have decided to update everyone’s (except mine) blog names on both blogs.  Sooo….
By official decree:
Kindy Girl will hereafter be refered to as Athena, Goddess of Wisdom
The Master of Destruction will hereafter be refered to as Apollo, […]