Welcome to the blog! - I’m mother to an endlessly curious and energetic thirteen year old boy. We live on a suburban block in town in WA’s South West. I’ve been renting in different situations […]
Living A Peaceful Life In A Violent World - This year I’ve felt confronted and shaken by watching war unfold in Ukraine, covered in heart-wrenching detail by Western media. This is not the only conflict in the world right […]
Best ADHD Homeschool Resources – Australia - We’ve been homeschooling for almost three years now, from grade five to grade eight. I have a teenager now! Our school year runs from February to December but we generally […]
How To Start Homeschooling in Western Australia - Starting homeschooling this year? Here’s what you need to know as a beginner homeschooler in Western Australia. How do I register? Do I have to register my child? Is it […]
Fermented Garlic - This is a super easy ferment to make, using just two ingredients, and it produces a powerful remedy with a long shelf life that also tastes delicious! What’s not to […]
Covid 19: Crisis as Opportunity - When Covid 19 was looming, in February 2020, I rearranged our life to be 100% home-based. I did this easily and quickly because we had already started homeschooling last year; […]
Permie Pandemic Prep - Just when apocalypse fatigue was growing, Australians have realised the corona virus pandemic is a thing and have leapt into collective action by buying up all the toilet paper and […]- Climate Strike Sep 2019 - The night before the global climate strike, I told my ten year old a bedtime story. We had been researching the climate crisis as part of his homeschooling, and I […]
Why We’re Homeschooling - This term I took my ten year old out of school and registered myself as a home educator. I am a single working parent paying off a mortgage, so this […]
Australian Federal Election 2019 - I went into grief and despair when I found out that Australia has re-elected the same conservative right-wing government for another three years. Then I picked myself up and went […]
The Wonder of WWOOFers - Over Easter 2019 I stayed home for the school holidays and got the next stage of the food forest happening with the help of our first WWOOFer, Ken from South […]