tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190827522024-03-07T14:23:30.122-07:00Ambling RamblingsBrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17479384005812548843noreply@blogger.comBlogger763125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-87360144002809658592015-10-21T13:49:00.004-06:002015-10-21T13:49:59.358-06:00Finding Rhythm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDySSQRzm-gsZfZ81MeWAX73YVeH-GfSLqDGRquOju9QjegaOUbA-mNx5JAJkXazR_N46e3-1aGcv1V6R-K7TEMshMPVD9Q31r7GPaAiYl32FiJrUac_KL0c7yVv65Y98AzW81lQ/s1600/IMG_0744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDySSQRzm-gsZfZ81MeWAX73YVeH-GfSLqDGRquOju9QjegaOUbA-mNx5JAJkXazR_N46e3-1aGcv1V6R-K7TEMshMPVD9Q31r7GPaAiYl32FiJrUac_KL0c7yVv65Y98AzW81lQ/s400/IMG_0744.JPG" width="400" /></a> <br />
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Homeschooling rhythm.<br />
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This is SUCH an important part of a Waldorf-style home school, and one that, in theory, my organized self delights in.<br />
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However, it's been slow in coming to us on this first auditioning year of school. We're six weeks into our year and I'm learning the difference between my ideal and reality.<br />
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I have a "plan" which I won't bore you with at this point (unless you really want to know?), but suffice it so say that it involves a 6:15 wake-up time for Mama, and all the good parts of Waldorf Homeschool, including Circle time, painting time, outdoor time, quiet time, and lots of reading and normal daily chores.<br />
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However, major road blocks to this smooth path of rhythm include:<br />
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- Sickness. We are all currently suffering from various stages of a brutal cold, making it hard to stick to routine when all we want to do is blow our noses and nap.<br />
- Daddy's conference. Between Thanksgiving and our trip to Edmonton to be with Daddy, last week was a complete write-off in terms of homeschool routine proper<br />
- Too many activities. Between Small Girl's various programs and my various endeavours, there have been several weeks that I look back on and wonder if we are simply too busy to do school.<br />
- My work. When I'm working my maximum number of hours in a week, it's a challenge to keep everything organized so there's hot meals on the table when I leave and have all the chores completed AND do schoolwork.<br />
- Weather. We have had the most beautiful amazing fall, and these sunny calm days call my name to be outside, rather than keeping house or maintaining any semblance of rhythm.<br />
- Sibling playtime. Small Girl and Little Brother are experiencing challenging times in terms of sibling playing. There are small windows of time when they play cooperatively and it is a lovely thing. But most of the time the power dynamic goes one way or the other and fighting, screaming and hitting results. When things are good, I hate to end them to start another activity. When things are bad, it's hard to sort things out and carry on with our intended plan.<br />
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I know all the standard answers for these dilemmas. Be flexible. Work with the season. Don't be too busy. But implementing them during the day-to-day, when I don't have the benefit of hindsight, this is the challenge. <br />
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<br />Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-62026462032790979402015-06-04T00:53:00.002-06:002015-06-04T00:59:21.116-06:00Inchmahome Priory at a Child's Pace<div style="text-align: center;">
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A major trip to a foreign place looks totally different when you're traveling with small kids. </div>
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The pace is much slower.</div>
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There are more snacks involved.</div>
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You set lower goals (figuratively and literally).</div>
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However, given the chance, you get an opportunity to view a place at a more microcosmic level, because that's where kids operate. </div>
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These are things we are learning.</div>
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<a href="http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/places/propertyresults/propertyplan.htm?PropID=PL_157">Inchmahome Priory</a> was the perfect place to explore with Small Ones.<br />
It comes complete with a ride on a tiny ferry.<br />
With ruins to explore, climb on, and build stories about.<br />
With unobtrusive interpretive signs.<br />
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And everything in between.</div>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-66169295811959624152015-05-25T11:24:00.000-06:002015-05-25T11:25:19.584-06:00Rambling as Four: Blogging AfreshOh hello.<br />
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I haven't blogged since before Small Boy was born, and now he's almost two.<br />
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So now we are Ambling Ramblers x4. With big plans, bigger dreams and a bushelful of energy.<br />
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Which we are at present expending in the gloriously green country of Scotland.<br />
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So I will take this opportunity to try to express thoughts and photographs via our blog once again. Stay tuned for thoughts on homeschooling with a Waldorf bent, parenting, traveling, being outdoors and being a thirty-something woman wanting to live intentionally.<br />
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So without further ado, I give you Small Girl, frolicking up a hill with her Mama whilst the younger one naps. Parenting one at a time is so much calmer, and I love the quiet talks we have while we walk together. <br />
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I convinced him to take the day off so we could go to the parade. It was worth it.</div>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-36261190797914075362013-07-04T13:06:00.000-06:002013-07-04T13:06:03.812-06:00Peony season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A gifted bouquet of peonies has made a lovely addition to our table the last couple of days,</div>
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even with the accompanying ants.</div>
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Sunshine, picnics, sand and family. </div>
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A weekend well spent.</div>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-22848561409442781292013-06-05T21:20:00.000-06:002013-06-05T21:21:11.020-06:00Corb LundIt was a cranky tired day, and we were both thankful for the distraction of Corb Lund. Why don't we own this album??<br />
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There's nothing like a fresh season to rejuvenate and inspire.</div>
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I finished one Christmas project and started another. </div>
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A day of highs and lows, ending with my favourite dessert and YO and K2tog.</div>
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Music, knitting and sunshine: all the good things in life.</div>
Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-67194236499726551542012-11-09T21:53:00.002-07:002012-11-09T21:53:23.576-07:00Another snowy day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She was so proud that her hair was finally long enough for a pony tail. </div>
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Instead of Mama going to a conference and little E going with Daddy,</div>
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Not quite how the day had been planned, but not bad either.</div>
Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-74416665636142362692012-11-07T17:02:00.000-07:002012-11-07T17:02:02.689-07:00Swing state<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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she's always ready to swing.</div>
Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-47145161058588489382012-11-05T21:51:00.001-07:002012-11-05T21:51:21.821-07:00A break in the clouds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And much joy, like an afternoon walk in the sunshine, after days of cloud.</div>
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<br />Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-641731090061457932012-05-31T13:07:00.001-06:002012-05-31T13:12:32.952-06:00Rockelbel's Canon - ThePianoGuys<div style="text-align: center;">
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We first saw Jon Schmidt a couple of years ago when he did a concert in Calgary (<a href="http://www.amblingramblings.blogspot.ca/2009/08/classical-piano.html">see post here</a>). He and his cello co-conspirator have become a major YouTube sensation, and justifiably so.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-74090798986420424712012-05-26T21:08:00.001-06:002012-05-26T21:08:44.401-06:00Weary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The plowed furrows in the field across the street have a lovely pattern in the evening light,</div>
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and the evening is so lovely and peaceful...relief.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-6451637436423122012-05-23T21:56:00.003-06:002012-05-23T21:56:46.192-06:00Raindrops on poppies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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she napped and cuddled, we made muffins, and then Daddy came home for waffles and wine.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-48134503984197013832012-05-07T22:26:00.002-06:002012-05-07T22:26:39.332-06:00Time to Be in Earnest<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3831.Time_To_Be_In_Earnest" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Time To Be In Earnest: A Fragment Of Autobiography" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320463653m/3831.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3831.Time_To_Be_In_Earnest">Time To Be In Earnest: A Fragment Of Autobiography</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/344522.P_D_James">P.D. James</a><br />
My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/314284863">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I expected not to like Time to Be In Earnest simply on the principle of it being an autobiography and therefore being navel-gazing. Consequently, I was happily surprised to really enjoy it. <br /><br />I liked the format of the book--part daily diary, part lifelong history. I thought James combined the two well, going from a discussion of a minute detail of her life to the broader topic of, for instance, the purpose of the BBC, fairly effortlessly. <br /><br />James referenced a number of events and people of whom I had no notion, so at times it was handy to have the internet close by to look things up, and that was a bit arduous.<br /><br />It is clear that James loves her country--the cities, the churches, the country landscape, the ocean, the language. This love comes through her writing clearly, and with me reading, she was preaching to the choir.<br />
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<br /></div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-84999149764951342932012-05-06T22:51:00.003-06:002012-05-06T22:51:44.904-06:00Closing the Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She brought me my glasses and insisted I get up, </div>
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and thus began another day with my two favourite people.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-36110220931033721412012-05-04T20:31:00.000-06:002012-05-04T20:35:27.041-06:00Sprouts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We planted potatoes together: I dug the holes, she put the potatoes in and we covered them up together.<br />
It is so much fun to hang out with a curious two year old.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-13231178988081649242012-04-25T20:47:00.001-06:002012-04-25T20:47:21.808-06:00Greening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Small Girl grows in leaps and bounds (sometimes literally) these days. </div>
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It's beautiful to watch. And frightening.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-59510359372443108672012-04-19T21:08:00.005-06:002012-04-19T21:08:41.862-06:00Boots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The sun came out and we found worms AND ladybugs.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082752.post-35548156815086220472012-04-11T21:07:00.001-06:002012-04-11T21:07:07.237-06:00Digging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We spent the afternoon digging in the garden. </div>
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The dirt felt so crumbly and healthy, and apparently it tasted good too.</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03076016069522840674noreply@blogger.com0