The Wild Cherry Farm
~ Creativity, Seasonal Food and Free Range Learning ~
Writing about Unschooling feels risky and vulnerable. So I want to try it. I will begin with a quote by Joyce Fetteroll: The goal of unschooling is not education. It is to help a child be who she is and blossom into who she will become. Learning happens as a side effect. ~ Joyce Fetteroll …
“Depression is emotional quicksand. Once we get stuck, it’s hard to pull free. Our struggles exhaust us and depress us further. It is easier to avoid depression than overcome it, and yes, we avoid it by taking risks (emphasis mine). If we remember that we need to court, woo and romance our creative selves, we …
Here is a video of how I make our zero waste dish sponges from fabric scraps, burlap and old towels.
My 10 year old is making a lot of animations at the moment and he showed me how to use an app called flipaclip. So I played around a bit and made my own first animation. It’s very simple but oh, the possibilities!
Another small creative act. This morning Ronan came to me and asked if I could put a patch over the torn fabric of his favourite pants. He was quite explicit and wanted a smiley face. So here are his new happy pants…
Over the last few weeks I felt more and more as if I was getting burnt out by my daily tasks. I know that I chose this lifestyle of being with my kids all the time and being responsible not only for their well being but also for their education. And even though I deeply …
At the moment I have lots of parsley growing in the polytunnel, next to the first heads of lettuce and bunches of baby spinach. So I’m trying to find easy ways to use these greens every day. Today I tried this quick chickpea salad with some homemade parsley pesto. It only took 5 minutes to …
Yesterday I stumbled upon a book I’ve had for a long time but had never read. It looked perfect for my quest to unblock my own creativity. Walking in this World: the Practical Art of Creativity was written by Julia Cameron who also wrote her famous book The Artists Way. The first assignment is to …
