tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45701010524759459882024-02-02T07:17:03.397-08:00Albuquerque ALLive 2014Always Learning LIVE Unschooling Symposium December 27-30Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-64498934132141342202020-09-26T14:13:00.013-07:002020-09-28T08:34:23.499-07:00testing for just add light (so delete, or leave it)<center><script src="https://sandradodd.com/scripts/gallery.js"></script>
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In Santa Fe, New Mexico, there is a chapel. It once belonged to a Catholic girls' school. It was built as a half model of another chapel in France, but after it was being built, they realized a half-sized stairway wouldn't work. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=loretto+chapel+staircase+story&oq=loretto+chapel+staircase">Mystery and adventure ensued.</a><br><br>
There is much history, physics, artistry and varied purposes in such things. <br><br>
Toy soldiers were quite the rage in England at one time. That led to kids who knew military tactics as well as some kids know their favorite video games now. That led to lead, though—lead based paints on lead figurines, and there's some biochemistry involved that they didn't know about yet in those days. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=toy+soldiers+history">(Some were tin, and now they're other metals, or plastic.)</a><br><br>
Follow those trails, and things you didn't know were even out there will connect to things that are already in your own knowledge and experience.
<center><a HREF="https://sandradodd.com/connections/">Connections</a><br>
<i>photo by Sandra Dodd, of a detailed miniature carousel</i>
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<br>If you click the image above, you can see my other photos from my visit to <a href="https://www.hollycombe.co.uk/">Hollycombe Steam Collection</a>, on their music box day, in 2013. There were collectors of music boxes, and of miniature fair rides. <p>This is a first run of a trick Vlad Gurdiga has arranged for my site to do—a tool for using folders as slide shows. Vlad's pretty great. For me, the photos loaded quickly on my MacBook, semi-quickly on an iPad, and a subset of them loaded, after a while, on my iPhone. <p>The first photos are pub lunch in Liphook, animals on the property near the car park, some of Hollycombe's collection of wagons that travelling-fair workers used to live in, and various things inside the park.</center>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-2851505188751777092015-01-17T15:46:00.000-08:002015-01-17T21:43:18.412-08:00Holly is with the Daniels tonight A couple of hours ago, anyway, they were in the same place. <br />
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More photographic proof is here: http://wheelbarrowthings.blogspot.com<br />
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James, Julie and Adam are visiting with Janine Davies' family where Holly's staying in Molesley, not too far from where they live. They successfully completed their journey across the west, flew above the Grand Canyon in a helicopter, saw Las Vegas a bit, Yosemite more, and San Francisco quite a bit, spending their last evening at Heather Booth's house in Oakland, eating pizza (Heather came to the last two Albuquerque Always Learning Live events.)<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-56434916547388647792015-01-02T08:56:00.001-08:002015-01-02T08:56:51.779-08:00How Unschooling can FailHello, and I hope everyone is safely home from the symposium (or for the European residents, safely on to your next sight-seeing experience; the Daniels are in Arizona).<br />
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Amy Childs, an unschooling mom in Pennsylvania, is building a podcast library and I'm in most of her 15-minute presentations. The new one is pretty good! I know the other two voices there, too, so that was fun for me.<br />
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<A HREF="http://unschoolingsupport.com/failure/">http://unschoolingsupport.com/failure/</a><br />
Amy wrote:<blockquote>Sometimes people say “Unschooling isn’t working for my child” or they say, “We tried unschooling but it didn’t work.”<br />
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I asked Sandra Dodd, Nina Haley and Sue Patterson: <i>When, why and how does unschooling fail?</i></blockquote>Listening to some of those other podcasts (listed on the lefthand side) now, you'll hear other people you've recently met, too!<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-67805442889411102652014-12-29T06:05:00.001-08:002014-12-29T06:08:18.996-08:00Learning to read (links)Links for a question from Sunday:<br />
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Learning without Reading (advantages of later reading)<br />
<a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/r/hollydodd">http://sandradodd.com/r/hollydodd</a><br />
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Account of four children learning to read, one not until teens (the preemie-of-twins story I told):<br />
<a href="http://sandradodd.com/r/carol">http://sandradodd.com/r/carol</a><br />
That boy grew up to be a Marine, and is back from Afghanistan. When he was a teen, he could ride a bicycle up the back side of the Sandias. He's very athletic.<br />
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The Deepest, Best Reason for Learning to Read Themselves<br />
The Deeper Effect of a Child Learning to Read: Confidence<br />
<a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/r/deeper">http://sandradodd.com/r/deeper</a><br />
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The Nature of Real Reading<br />
<a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/r/real">http://sandradodd.com/r/real</a><br />
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Those have other links at the bottom, and the accounts of my own children learning to read are in a couple of places, one from 2002:<br />
<A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/r/sandra">http://sandradodd.com/r/sandra</a><br />
(I guess it WAS <i>Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret</i> because there's a photo of it there. :-) )<br />
and from 2005<br />
<A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/r/threereaders">http://sandradodd.com/r/threereaders</a><br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-75919254813139786172014-12-28T10:58:00.000-08:002014-12-28T11:04:25.265-08:00The video about kid-perceptions of allergies<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wsRk0TXYXuA?rel=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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My favorite is "Salesman." <a HREF-"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsRk0TXYXuA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsRk0TXYXuA</a><br />
Holly's is "Lunch": <a HREF-"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXHt7GHNQ3c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXHt7GHNQ3c</a>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-44769983195303785882014-12-27T22:45:00.000-08:002014-12-27T22:45:23.531-08:00Schedule in briefSunday<br />
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9am: Morning rangoli <br />
9:30am: Sandra Dodd - Top of the Mountain<br />
10:30am: Jill Parmer and Luke Davidson<br />
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1:30pm Julie, James and Adam Daniel<br />
3:00pm Sandra Dodd on good advice, bad advice, and personal knowledge<br />
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Dinner break<br />
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7:00 Rangoli intro (review for those who missed the night before)<br />
Board games, table games, chit-chat, until 10:00 or so<br />
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Monday <br />
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9:30 Sandra Dodd on connections and play<br />
10:30 Gather to leave for Sandia Crest trip<br />
1:30 Hema Bharadwaj: My family's experience of unschooling in India and the USA<br />
2:30 Knotwork with Keith Dodd, a handout, some paper to try it out on, while you listen to...<br />
3:30 Sandra, with topics that have come up and could use expansion or clarification—questions to and from the audience, perhaps<br />
Monday night, Knotwork review for those who missed the earlier session or are confused, and board games, table games<br />
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Tuesday<br />
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9:30 One last rangoli and knotwork review for those who really want it (individual help)<br />
10:00 Panel of speakers willing to sit and answer questions (easy questions, hard questions, maybe personal questions)<br />
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11:00 or later, Sandra says something clever if we're all lucky, which will inspire you for a year or some part of a year<br />
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(Thank you Scott Tucker!)<br />
Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-80696950378638618632014-12-26T22:54:00.001-08:002014-12-26T23:10:30.311-08:00The mountains from CorralesThe Sandia Mountains, in the distance, from the cemetery across from the old San Ysidro church in Corrales this afternoon.<br />
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<i>Somehow my camera got set to take only small photos. Bummer about the background, but I'm too sleepy to fix it now... it will pass.</i>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-28518245418304909112014-12-25T18:49:00.000-08:002014-12-25T18:51:55.084-08:00Headcount11 Dads<br />
14 Moms<br />
1 Grandmother<br />
2 young adults (possibly 3, possibly 4 if Marty comes to play games)<br />
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16 boys<br />
8 girls<br />
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Boys' ages:<br />
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15<br />
14<br />
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11<br />
10<br />
9, 9<br />
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6, 6<br />
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Girls' ages:<br />
16<br />
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13<br />
11<br />
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6, 6, 6<br />
5, 5<br />
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Fifty-two people, possibly 53 for the tramSandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-16178758970186146392014-12-25T08:32:00.000-08:002014-12-25T08:32:00.371-08:00Knotwork, Keith Dodd<a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/sca/interlacing">Interlacing Without Erasing</a> is a handout created in the 1970's by <a HREF="http://www.threadsofhistory.com/EowynsEncheiridion/About%20Eowyn.html">Melinda Sherbring</a>, an artist and costumer (and former aerospace engineer or some such) who lives in California but who was originally from southern New Mexico. <br />
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For a long time, the method for doing knotwork was lost, and there's a Dover book with a convoluted mathematical explanation. But in the 1960's (I think), an unfinished piece of art was discovered, where the dots showed, which surprised researchers and artists, because in the finished medieval art, the field and background were both painted over. <br />
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Melinda based her instructions on Mark van Stone's work. He did research and teaching in the 1970's, but has gone on to other things. <br />
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Keith has a Powerpoint presentation for us, for Monday afternoon, with his own experiences to share, as he's been doing knotwork for many years. You can see photos of some of Keith's work here: <a href="http://sandradodd.com/knotwork">Knotwork</a><br />
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Feel free to print the handout if you want, but I'll have some at the site, too.<br />
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<a HREF="http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-letter-2014.html">My Christmas letter</a> didn't go to too many people this year, but I wanted to have it for my own memories, for sure. And I added recent photos of my kids, if you'd like to see it. <a HREF="http://sandradodd.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-letter-2014.html">SandraDodd.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-letter-2014.html</a><br />
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Hema found some pictures of rangoli with Christmas themes. (Click to see a few more.)<br />
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I'll put more of Hema's rangoli notes and links at the tab on the blog. Some of it will be more interesting after you've seen the process in person, and gotten home and rested, probably. So don't feel at all bad if you haven't even looked at that tab. It will be there for a long time. :-)Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-91377049786939474562014-12-24T13:51:00.001-08:002014-12-24T13:51:35.698-08:00Camera, powerCheck the checklist before you leave.<br />
I'm adding camera (because rangoli will not be the only impermanent thing at the symposium!)<br />
and reminding people about power (cords, batteries, chargers, maybe a power strip, adaptors for the Europeans).<br />
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Remember... snack food that's left over from Christmas, or something your family is tired of or doesn't much love, unload it onto our Big Monkey Platter Buffet!Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-17646771979079488582014-12-24T08:53:00.000-08:002016-04-13T07:35:15.724-07:00Jill Parmer, about her family and unschoolingFirst, the newest photos of Jill and Luke!<br />
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<font color=green>This is most of a recent interview. It will appear in the HSC magazine in a slightly shorter version, and eventually on my site in a longer one, with more photos. Don't spread it around; it's just for the conference blog, for now, until a month after it's published. Thanks!</font><br />
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<hr />Jill Parmer lives in Fort Collins, in northern Colorado, with her husband Steve, and her two children Luke (15) and Addi (18 and studying in Spain).<br />
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Jill's early homeschooling journey involved nearly a year of The Well Trained Mind and Saxon Math, which made her decide to look into unschooling, in April 2002, she has not looked back <br />
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In the twelve years Jill has been unschooling, she has traveled across the country, stayed with other families, written and spoken clearly and enthusiastically about her experiences.<br />
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Recently Jill has been very involved with knitting and sewing, and is working in a fabric store. I hadn't known, when I met her years ago, that she was involved with needle arts, but she's really expert and creative.<br />
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I began by asking her about that.<br />
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Sandra:<br />
<blockquote>When I first met you, were you knitting and sewing as much as you do now? Are they hobbies you came back to as your kids got older, or did I just not notice before? We were both pretty busy, years back.</blockquote>Jill:<br />
<blockquote>You sure notice a lot! I did put my hobbies on the back burner while my kids were young, I really got the idea about spending lots of time with them. </blockquote><br />
(...and there will be more about that below.)<br />
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Sandra:<br />
<blockquote>Addi went to Kindergarten and 10 days of first grade. Luke has not been to school. What happened with Addi?</blockquote>Jill:<blockquote>It was a bilingual school. Addi enjoyed her Kindergarten teacher, and I volunteered once a week. <br />
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In first grade there was one teacher she did not like, and another one she did like, but she would not do any work for. That instigated my observing a day of what Addi did at school, and us choosing something different—ultimately unschooling.</blockquote>Sandra:<blockquote>Your husband, Steve, was hesitant at first, you’ve said, about unschooling. What helped him become more relaxed and accepting of it?</blockquote>Jill:<br />
<blockquote>Oh I messed that up in the beginning, sadly. I was over zealous at first, and Steve felt like I took off in a new direction without him. To fix that I included him in more things, and gave him more information about our day, I helped the kids see the things Steve wanted; I considered his feelings more. And just the passing of time helped, to see that his kids were doing ok, and it helped to compare to what our schooled friends were doing.</blockquote>Sandra:<blockquote>So you had set sewing aside for a few years.</blockquote>Jill:<blockquote>I did give up sewing for long periods of time, started when Addi (my first child) was born. Having pins around just made me too nervous. I knitted A LOT of socks though, I got to the point where I could do it from memory and not need to look at my work too much, my fingers knew what to do. And it's a small project that I could take with me. Before Luke (my second child and youngest) could read I sat with him many hours reading World of Warcraft quests for him and knitted during that.<br />
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There were a few times I did get a bit of sewing done, like one year I made everyone pj bottoms for Christmas.</blockquote>Sandra:<blockquote>I love the stories of your time playing World of Warcraft with Luke and others, when he was younger. Are you still doing that?</blockquote>Jill:<br />
<blockquote>Luke was nine years old when he started playing. I started so that I could help him with the game, I ended up really liking it. He quickly grouped up with several boys (who were also unschooling at the time) for a few years I was an important player for them, as the group healer. I also farmed gold and raw materials for them. He still plays with these boys and we have travelled to see them, across the country a few times. Sometimes Luke has stayed for a month. <br />
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I still play with Luke and some friends, although I'm not that vital anymore. The people he plays with are really good, organized players doing current end game content. </blockquote>Sandra:<br />
<blockquote>At the height of it, what were some of your favorite aspects of sharing that with your son?</blockquote>Jill:<br />
<blockquote>Probably my favorite aspect of playing the game with Luke is that I knew the game lingo (and meaning) to discuss this big part of Luke's life. We would laugh and be astonished about funny, intense, exciting encounters in the world of Azeroth (the name of the world setting in World of Warcraft). <br />
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One thing really interesting to me was that so many teens were amazed that Luke's mom played World of Warcraft, and wished their moms would play. </blockquote>Sandra:<br />
<blockquote>You’ve helped other unschoolers quite often, writing, speaking, and answering questions in discussions. I’m grateful that you do that. What’s the upside of doing that, and is there much downside? </blockquote>Jill:<br />
<blockquote>When I participate in groups or conferences, I generally like to volunteer to do something. <br />
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Upside: Selfishly, I like to get nearer to the fascinating, smart unschooling people who inspire me, in order to see if words match actions and to learn more. Unselfishly, I like to contribute, to give back, and pass on what I've learned.<br />
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Any bits of downside are the usual frustrations that come from doing anything. Those are relatively small.</blockquote>Sandra: <br />
<blockquote>Had you expected to do that? Has it been in your nature to become a leader or facilitator in other activites and hobbies? </blockquote>Jill:<br />
<blockquote>I didn't think about expecting to do that, but looking back yes, I usually become some sort of facilitator or support person in other activities: I volunteered for advance team of a traveling group when I was younger, I was treasurer and newsletter editor of a Weaver's guild before kids. I coordinated field trips and park days for our homeschooling group, and was the treasurer.</blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45CeFGUPo22Kw-X6bbHAGfHcdy3vns7dyH8HkVw7ZpOymu5Hn1nZXy0yZmk2tpFJKJPZ2Wak1tRkqPctUd5jOcxrygLGUVHXh3Us7D855np89GoEtYZoJSJLMLgwphi3cFVEBV7nLUNXr/s1600/Family.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45CeFGUPo22Kw-X6bbHAGfHcdy3vns7dyH8HkVw7ZpOymu5Hn1nZXy0yZmk2tpFJKJPZ2Wak1tRkqPctUd5jOcxrygLGUVHXh3Us7D855np89GoEtYZoJSJLMLgwphi3cFVEBV7nLUNXr/s640/Family.jpg" width=98%></a><br />
Sandra:<blockquote>Addi went to Spain with her dad recently, which had an exciting unforeseen outcome.</blockquote>Jill:<br />
<blockquote>Every now and again Steve reminisces about his time in Spain. He lived there for a few years in his 20s; he speaks Spanish fluently. Last spring he got a nice bonus from his work, and Addi had just taken a semester of Spanish at the community college. Steve's boss lives outside Madrid, and he has a pretty good relationship with him. So, off they go, and it worked out pretty nicely. The boss has a couple of girls Addi's age, and they all hit it off quite well.</blockquote>Sandra:<br />
<blockquote>How did you learn about the Spanish language program that she’s gone back to participate in? </blockquote>Jill:<blockquote>Addi wanted to go back to Spain. Steve is a guy who knows how to find pretty much anything on the internet that he wants. Steve's boss had said that in Salamanca, Spain they speak the most clear Spanish (without strong accents), but I think Steve and Addi wanted to be nearer Steve's boss and her friends.<br />
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A day or two before before school started, she went to an orientation that included a walk around the campus. For whatever reason she could not find the group, even though she arrived early. After searching for a bit, she decided to go back to her apartment. Leaving the campus, she saw an interesting dressed guy coming to the school. It turned out he was late for the orientation. She told me that I would have liked to meet him, knowing that I like looking at clothes with out of the ordinary details and embellishments. She became fast friends with him and his girlfriend; he's from The Netherlands, the girlfriend was born in Cuba, but lived mostly in Austria. And they've all helped each other out when things were rough. I'm glad she's outgoing enough to meet folks, I'm glad she's helpful, and that she has friends who will help her out.</blockquote>Sandra:<br />
<blockquote>Now that she's settled in a bit, Is she enjoying being where she is?</blockquote>Jill:<blockquote>She really loves being there. She misses home, but not enough to want to come home, yet.<br />
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Addi's teachers have told her that they really like having her as a student, because she's not afraid to speak up, and that she brings some fun and delight to the class. I wonder if it's not some of the stirring up of excitement, that got her in trouble in Kindergarten, which prompted us to homeschool, and quickly move toward unschooling.<br />
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Steve is in Europe working for six or more weeks, over this holiday season. He's working in Paris, but goes to Madrid for three-day weekends to visit Addi. When they were chatting before his first visit, he told Addi he needed to look for transportation to a paella restaurant into Madrid (the school Addi goes to is NE of Madrid about 20 minutes by train). Addi waved Steve's planning aside and said she'd take care of it, and started looking at bus and train routes. I got to hear the conversation as I was on Skype with them at the time. It was such a role reversal. She was now the one who knew the most efficient and least expensive way to do something. And there was a sweetness, because Steve and I had up to this point been the ones who planned and helped the kids get what they wanted.<br />
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It's really cool to see the changes in kids as they get older, and for me to get a glimpse of Addi as an adult.</blockquote>_________________________________________<br />
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Jill has spoken at a couple of conferences in New Mexico, and Luke has spoken about gaming and unschooling, with his mom.<br />
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Before her trip to Spain, Addi visited unschoolers in England. <span style="color: red;"><i>James, Julie and Adam!</i></span> <br />
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These opportunities have grown naturally out the family's thoughtful and joyous exploration of the world!<br />
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Sandra Dodd lives in Albuquerque with her husband, Keith. Their three grown children are all in happy flux around them these days—a move, a marriage, and a trip to India.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-80560879552393554882014-12-24T07:51:00.000-08:002014-12-24T07:51:32.299-08:00Clear weather Monday the 29th!<A HREF="http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USNM0005">http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USNM0005</a> Intellicast shows sunny days all though the symposium. There might be a little snow late on the 30th. <br />
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In Colorado, it might snow on the 29th, but be clearing by the time folks need to drive north. Nice! <br />
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So although I was open to the possibility of rearranging the schedule to go up to the Crest on Sunday, Monday looks good. What we need is a clear sky, so you can see a long, long way from the top of that mountain!<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-80540760721252208452014-12-23T21:22:00.002-08:002014-12-23T21:22:51.423-08:00Who, and whatFor the first time of any symposium I've done, everyone sent an intro! <br />
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It's in the "Who" tab up top. The URL says speakers, but it's everybody.<br />
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Warm clothes, for the Sandia Crest trip. Not ski-warm, but cold-air warm. Water-resistant shoes. Not rubber boots, not insulated boots, but just not cloth tennis shoes or sandals (for those who might end up going over toward snow, which is not a requirement).<br />
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We'll only be a few steps from a building, but kids who aren't used to snow might want to play with it, and so for kids, please bring gloves, and for everyone, a cap hood, or maybe a scarf. Something to cover ears. We'll be at the edge of a big rise (okay, cliff. It's a cliff.), so all the cold air coming up the mountain comes right across that edge. It won't blow you down, but it won't warm you up.<br />
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I'm taking Marty's life's worth of Lego (with his permission) which is disorganized, hoping that in the course of people playing with it, it might become more organized. Specifically, I'm hoping people who can spot the parts will separate Bionicles from plain old Lego. A little boy played with it in a frenzy, and took everything apart and... well... it could use some attention.<br />
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We have a Fisher Price village, but it's old-style Fisher Price, so if any of your babies or todders are toy-eaters, keep an eye out. <br />
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I have extra markers and crayons that people are welcome to use. <br />
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There are other things I need to send here that I haven't yet, about rangoli and knotwork. I interviewed Jill and planned (still plan) to share that with you, and haven't "html"-ed it onto a page yet. <br />
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See you soon!!<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-63419485483053410602014-12-23T18:38:00.001-08:002014-12-24T20:46:48.872-08:00The Spaeth family, from DenverKen and Anna Spaeth<br />
David Spaeth - age 10<br />
Elliot Spaeth - age 6 <br />
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We live in Denver, CO near City Park and have been married for 13 years. Between us, we have six children total. Anna's older children, Oliver (23) and Emma (21) live in Vail and Boulder respectively. Ken's older children, Brian (20) and Lauren (17) live in Atlanta. We started our homeschooling journey with our younger children, David(10) and Elliot, (6) four years ago being influenced by a Waldorf curriculum. We have steadily been moving towards the unschooling philosophy as we experience the limitations of curriculum and begun exploring the wide-open possibilities of unschooling. We have been doing lots of reading, attended various talks and we are now excitedly jumping in to deschooling. We discovered Sandra Dodd through a homeschool program our boys attend in Kittredge (near Evergreen) and from viewing "School Dismissed." <br />
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Ken is a software engineer who works full time for a healthcare organization in Colorado and loves hiking and exploring the outdoors. Anna most recently taught preschool through 2nd grade, stopping work outside of the home when David was born, and loves being outdoors in nature. Her most recent endeavors involved learning more about nature programs even though the boys are not as interested (much to her chagrin). David loves football and has had a lot of fun with his fantasy football this year. He also just joined the Jr. Rock Climbing team at our local gym. Elliot, being 6, just doesn't stop moving and is very curious. The boys have recently become very interested in video games since we have just since Thanksgiving "allowed" them to get online and play them! They have also been watching more TV. Before that, they were avid readers and played outside more, so we are trying to be patient and trust the process!!! <br />
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<i>Of the older children:</i><br />
Oliver works at a high end restaurant in Vail to support his passion for snowboarding and rock climbing. Emma just graduated from CU's business school and will be job hunting. Brian is searching to find something he enjoys and Lauren is a junior in HS. <br />
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Elliot and David with Flat Stanley - Downtown Denver - 2013<br />
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Anna at the Rowley Homestead - Near Camp Chief Ouray - Summer 2013<br />
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Ken at the Rockies Game<br />
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Elliot with our dog Juno<br />
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Elliot at Denver Botanic Gardens - 10/14<br />
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Elliot at Denver Botanic Gardens - 10/14<br />
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David at TLC Homeschooling Program - 10/14<br />
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Anna with Emma at Emma’s CU Graduation - 12/19/14<br />
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Elliot on our Christmas Tree cutting expedition - 12/23/14</center>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-43849180436456091102014-12-20T22:40:00.000-08:002014-12-23T18:39:06.246-08:00Jennifer Jorgensen's and family, Edgewood, New MexicoHello fellow unschoolers! I’m Jennifer and my husband is John. We have six kiddos: Shannon (24), Tyler (22), Garrett (20), Tara (18), Sheila (11), and Gavin (8). We live in Edgewood, New Mexico. All of the kids were homeschooled/unschooled from birth except Shannon who had the misfortune of enduring school through second grade. It was primarily a bad experience for her and we regret ever putting her in school, especially since homeschooling appealed to us from the beginning. <br />
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When I first started homeschooling, I was fairly structured. Both of my parents were teachers and my mother was very critical of homeschooling at the time, so I was worried about making sure the kids were “taught” everything that the schools were supposed to be teaching. However, between having to work and the kids being oppositional to the structure, I gave up pretty quickly and we became rather eclectic in our style. I had never heard of unschooling at this time but was fortunate to find Sandra and began going to weekly get togethers at her home. It didn’t take me long to relax and adopt the unschooling philosophy. It has worked wonderfully for all of the children and I am so thankful to have found the support that I got in those early years. <br />
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All of the kids enjoy video games and, despite some initial fears about them spending too much time doing it, I am thankful for gaming! It provided the motivation that my younger five needed to pursue reading (my oldest learned to read in school). All of the kids love Minecraft as well as many other games. <br />
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Shannon (my oldest) currently works in security for a movie production company in Santa Fe. However, she loves astronomy and has decided to begin pursuing a degree geared towards a career in that field. She loves the outdoors, reading, writing, and exercising. She is a second degree black belt in Tae Kwondo and assists in teaching at her Dojo. <br />
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Tyler loves music. He taught himself how to play guitar as well as keyboard/piano and is very good! He spends most of his time expanding and refining his skills including writing musical compositions. He is exploring whether or not to pursue a career in music. He also enjoys staying physically fit through exercise and other activities.<br />
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Garrett began attending CNM when he was 17 and recently transferred to UNM to pursue a degree in Geology. He is an avid caver and devotes many hours to volunteering for the BLM and other agencies. He is very active in Parkour and also enjoys the outdoors. He also works part-time at Cool Springs (trampoline park). <br />
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Tara is drawn (no pun intended!) to art. She is very accomplished in drawing and enjoys being active on the Deviant Art website. She has also recently become interested in carpentry and has dabbled a bit in that. However, she is interested in a career in computer security and is considering attending CNM <i>[Central New Mexico Community College, in Albuquerque]</i> next fall. <br />
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Sheila also loves art and enjoys drawing as well as making creatures and other animals out of paper. She has a huge collection and loves to show it off! Recently, she has begun to create creatures, including an alternative Universe for them, complete with a story line. She also enjoys playing on-line games and has made many “cyber” friends doing this. These interests have really propelled her reading and writing skills. A mere six months ago, she couldn’t read at all…now she has caught up (maybe even surpassed) her “grade” level and her writing is coming along nicely as well. Both Sheila and Tara did not have any interest in reading until they were 11 years old. This was scary at first, but unschooling has proven itself here; when left to their own devices, they learned when they were ready and as a result enjoy, rather than dread, reading and writing.<br />
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Gavin, the youngest, is also very much into gaming. He is particularly into Minecraft right now, especially the many MODs. Unlike his siblings, he became interested in reading early (around 6) and requested workbooks. Of course, I accommodated his request. The workbooks did provide some building blocks but his reading has really taken off recently due to gaming (again!). He wants to be able to communicate with his siblings and other friends on-line and they tend to do this primarily through reading/writing (rather than using microphones). He also loves to be physically active and is in an advanced boys' gymnastic class. <br />
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We haven’t gone to a homeschooling conference since 2006 and are looking forward to meeting all of you. It is such a wonderful thing to be able to meet other like minded people and we were very excited to learn that so many of you are from other states, even countries. We really enjoy learning about other places and cultures. Thank you, Sandra, for putting together this opportunity for everyone! <br />
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<i>I don't have any recent pictures of the older four, so I'm just attaching some pics of Gavin and Sheila, at the Rio Grande Zoo and at Tingley Beach fishing ponds. </i><br />
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Kirby, Jill, me, at Gold Pride on Central (old Rt. 66) in Albuquerque, in spring, 2012.<br />
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I will bring new photos of Jill and Luke, and some of the Jorgensen family who will be attending, tomorrow.<br />
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To see whose intros are up, and to read more about speakers, click the "Who?" tab at the blog (and if you're not at the blog, click the title of the e-mail to get there).<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-67884359268713975042014-12-16T12:45:00.000-08:002014-12-16T12:45:07.413-08:00Coffee question can relax nowTessa, who works in the hotel's office, says they keep their coffee on all day. So with that, Starbucks across the parking lot, and one small coffee maker in the room, we should be fine. We will have a tea station, too (hot water and tea bags, additives). We'll have a couple of kinds of juice. Bringing more drinks would be nice. :-)Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-90715978328589512752014-12-16T07:03:00.000-08:002014-12-16T07:03:31.204-08:00Ali and Jon Zeljo, and their four sons, from BoulderHello! We are the Zeljo family from Boulder, CO. I'm Ali, my husband is Jon and our four sons are Nicky (14), Will (11), Gianni (6) and Giacomo (4). Our children have never been in school and never followed a curriculum; however, I had a bunch of hang-ups that kept us from being as free and happy as we are now! <br />
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We came across Sandra Dodd's work about three years ago. I am still a bit hung up on food and health issues, but much less than before reading Sandra's work. I love reading the Always Learning list posts and we are all really looking forward to some real life inspiration soon! <br />
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All four of the boys love playing Minecraft. They all also love playing with balls, playing games or sports of any sort. Maybe we will bring our collection of foam balls (see photo below) and find a good time to turn our hotel room into a (quiet?) dodgeball game?<br />
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Nicky spends most of his time running 10+ Minecraft servers on the computer he built last year. <br />
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Will loves Minecraft PVPing, watching movies or prank videos on Youtube, and practicing basketball and baseball. <br />
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Gianni is really interested in outer space right now. He loves to look through the telescope at Jupiter's moons. He also loves frogs and lizards, baking cakes, and playing basketball with his brothers. <br />
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Giacomo loves to watch Youtube videos on Minecraft Mods. Sometimes he likes to play the mods too! He also enjoys doing gymnastics around the house or playing Batman or Superman games with his brothers. <br />
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We look forward to meeting new friends!<br />
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We live outside Seattle, WA. We are still fairly new to unschooling.<br />
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Mia: I get to stay home with Nora :) I like to make things with my hands. I especially love painting things…walls, sets, canvases, and more. I'm currently experimenting with teaching myself to sew again. It borders on humorous.<br />
I also love to cook (and eat!) sing, put puzzles together and those candy crush games on fb.<br />
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Scott is a software engineer by day. Outside of work he enjoys playing video games in his spare time and is super happy to be able to play Minecraft with Nora. He also enjoys watching and reading sci-fi and fantasy. He is currently reading Isaac Asimov robot short stories with Nora.<br />
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Nora: "I like to watch movies like Bubble Guppies, Frozen and My Little Pony. I like to do art and play with clay. I like to play games like Minecraft. I like to play with my mom. It's fun to play babies and have fun." <i>I've also noticed Nora likes to design spaces and clothes and host pretend plays and how-to videos. Oh! And flying on airplanes and staying in hotels! :D</i><br />
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We have a dog we like to say is a 'Muppet' because he looks like he's made out of yarn and feathers. But he will be staying home, because he hates airplanes.<br />
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We look forward to meeting everyone!<br />
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-Mia<br />
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In our house, couches are for climbing and shows.<br />
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Mia, Nora, Scott<br />
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Nora and a dog masquerading as a muppet.<br />
Or as Nora says "a pic of me and my brother"<br />
(Scott just pointed out that even though the dog is staying home, <br />
his fur will come with us to the conference…<br />
because it goes everywhere)<br />
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See you in Albuquerque!<br />
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I am Lisa Jonick. My husband Michael and I have two boys, Alistair age 10, and Emmett age 7. We fully embraced Radical Unschooling after attending the last ALL Symposium in 2012. Before then we were not using curriculum, and didn't have a lot of arbitrary rules, but I had a lot of fears and hang ups about tv and video games, media in general. After attending the conference, and meeting other families and grown unschoolers, I completely changed my opinion. <br />
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By lifting all the arbitrary rules and limits around "screen time" our home has become so much more peaceful and relaxed, and my children's learning environment has become infinitely richer. <br />
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I look forward to meeting everyone. I live here in Albuquerque so please feel free to ask me anything you want to know about our beautiful city—things to do, places to eat etc.<br />
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<i><font color=orange><b>Note from Sandra:</b></font><br />
Lisa will probably attend alone, and will be my lovely assistant in traffic direction within the hotel, and to help people get to the tram and back when the time comes. I appreciate her willingness to help us all!</i>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-25244899185528105032014-12-14T12:52:00.000-08:002014-12-14T12:52:00.045-08:00DoodlingThis is a piece of art by Holly, my daughter, who won't be with us in December. It was a doodle. It was sized down for use in <a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com">Just Add Light and Stir</a> and is a link to the post in which it appeared, in 2010.<br />
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Not everyone doodles, but for those who do, we'll try to make it easy for you to do that during the symposium! It's also fine for you to be on the computer or iPad or playing a game (quietly).<br />
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Maybe you could be practicing rangoli patterns or knotwork, and we will have plain paper and coloring pages galore, so bring coloring materials with you.<br />
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I will have a printer right in the room, so favorite art can be copied or scanned, and coloring pages can be duplicated. Some of the rangoli patterns could be copied to become other people's coloring pages. :-)<br />
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If you haven't thought much about doodling, there is new research on how it helps some people think, and there is "Zentangle," a meditative form of doodling, You could google "doodles"! (While you're in there, maybe look up "google doodles.")<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-14243481697556527972014-12-13T08:09:00.000-08:002014-12-14T11:32:17.918-08:00Adam Daniel, recently..."Agent Brains and Agent Ninja"<br />
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Julie sent this photo of Adam (and probably his friend Huxley).<br />
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Subject: "Adam next to a bush or possibly his friend Huxley"<br />
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Kind of matches the other one...<br />
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Julie<br />
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Grahm works at Leprino Foods, his schedule is crazy but when he has time off he enjoys playing golf and watching sports. <br />
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I have been exploring metal stamping and <A HREF="http://www.allfreecrochet.com/Crochet-Amigurumi-Patterns">Amigurumi</a>. <br />
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Gavin is very into yu-gi-oh, Kaijudo, pokemon, Harry Potter and Destiny. <br />
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Aleka loves cooking, painting, play dough and collects cans to feed animals at our local humane society. <br />
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Geirson loves all things water! We just went on a boat ride to look at Christmas lights and all Geirson did was stare at the water. :) <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7wgYicjGwQGBgXEu0BzbG7IULcysqfrXHer-AsN5JNNzLKM5JFSKWeOy09rS9bWgndF6wHgs2DIi8yVZ8SzBc2JuGqZiY5aPYtWtRh6K0iZ0ZPThvOrK09IcF2VgtqrPxyT9bM-bU7tQ/s1600/20141208_172925.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7wgYicjGwQGBgXEu0BzbG7IULcysqfrXHer-AsN5JNNzLKM5JFSKWeOy09rS9bWgndF6wHgs2DIi8yVZ8SzBc2JuGqZiY5aPYtWtRh6K0iZ0ZPThvOrK09IcF2VgtqrPxyT9bM-bU7tQ/s400/20141208_172925.jpg" height="360" width="640" /></a></center>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570101052475945988.post-66966867254448476952014-12-12T07:09:00.001-08:002014-12-12T07:09:05.639-08:00ElectronicsI've added power strips and chargers to the checklist (a tab at the blog, or if you're reading on e-mail: <A HREF="http://albuquerqueallive.blogspot.com/p/checklist.html">Checklist</a>).<br />
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Please consider marking your chargers with a return address label or your name in Sharpie or something. I've had one left at teo different gatherings, and I never found their owners. <br />
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Put on your checklist to make a checklist of what you brought so you can get it all home again, perhaps. :-)<br />
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MICROPHONE STAND: <br />
Does anyone who's driving own a mic stand with a boom that we could use? Please e-mail me soon if you do have one. Thanks. <A HREF="mailto:Sandra@SandraDodd.com?subject=Mic Stand">Sandra@SandraDodd.com</a>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0