at 1:37:10 in the July 20 "Self Directed" podcast:
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photo by Karen James
Breathing.Links to all those things are at SandraDodd.com/struggle
Clarity.
Peace.
Positivity.
Thoughts about doing better.
SandraDodd.com/foodIf it doesn't take you directly to your chosen topic, you'll get to a search box.
SandraDodd.com/joy
SandraDodd.com/gratitude
SandraDodd.com/abundance
(like that)
Do you use books at all, Sandra?SandraDodd:
What do you mean "use books"?That mom:
As in curriculum, textbooks, etc.SandraDodd:
I use books like crazy—we need to look at what you mean by "use."
A lot of the problem with discussing all this is philosophical—the definitions of "learn" and "know" and things like that.If we talk about what we "do" and "use" and "are" instead of what's happening in and with our children we dance around the "thing" without seeing the "thing" (and the next philosophical problem is: what is this "thing"?)
We paused - oh - probably at least 25 times during the documentary to look up things ranging from "When was the Bronze Age?" and "What exactly is Stonehenge anyway?" to "Who were the Normans?" and "How exactly big is England?" and "They killed the garrison... What's a garrison??"
We also paused a bunch of times as he described how he's going to be getting up early tomorrow to start work in Minecraft right away - he plans to build a motte-and-bailey timber castle, as described in the documentary. He asked me to keep the documentary in our Netflix queue so he can refer to it as needed for the particulars.
When the show ended, he stood up from the couch and proclaimed "That was AWESOME. And the whole time it was Spock. Spock just GIVING you interesting history stuff!!!"
It hit me right away that he didn't say "Spock teaching you history" or "A show teaching you history" or anything about teaching at all. He doesn't see things in terms of Being Taught. In his mind, he received a gift of new knowledge and facts this evening. A gift given by Spock, which made it all the better. 🙂
When you look as far to the east as you can see, what is the view? Turn around and look the other way, too.
Where you are is exotic to most of the rest of the world. Most other people will never see it. Knowing that your plainness is someone else's curiosity can make your life richer.
Sometimes, when you look, listen, taste, feel, smell, close your eyes and rest, remember that you are in one special place.
First there is a mountain
Then there is no mountain
Then there is