Newsletter
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I was looking at some of the latest headlines from around the world and saw a few articles that I thought were very interesting. Apparently, some deeply religious men on the other side of the globe are protesting the infiltration ...
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The Force (Superbowl Commercial)
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I know this makes me a bit of an iconoclast, but I am fantasizing about possessing all of the powers of Dr. Ruth Wordheimer. I imagine myself with a big letter E, tweaking tomorrow's television lineup by turning The Super ...
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Food Cravings During Pregnancy (Silliness)
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Pregnancy: a time when my body had a very strong-willed mind of its own, a time when I was blindly obedient to the commands of my food cravings. Not satiating a food craving was punishable by nausea. Nausea was a ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I’m sitting in a huge bus with other girls my age. We are headed to a youth camp and I am very excited. I feel more like I am seated on a sofa and less like I am riding on ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I am having a difficult time learning French. It's not finding a sticky place in my brain. Yesterday, I forced myself to listen to a French talk-radio station (France Info 105.5 FM) that I found on the internet. French conversations ...
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Slow Motion - Sigur Rós "Staralfur" (video)
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
One evening I was bored so I began to follow tweeted links and ended up at an interesting article, “Slow Down,” over at The Beautiful Brain. It was a little write-up about how our perception of time can be distorted ...
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“Every human is a magician..."
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Friday morning, as I made my usual trek to the coffee pot, my nine year old popped up and excitedly exclaimed, “I fixed your computer! It runs faster now.” “Oh really? What did you do?” He proudly answered, “I deleted ...
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Confessions and a few COOL Math Links
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
I don’t know if I’ve confessed to you that I take a “better late than early” approach to schooling here in my home. If you Google that phrase you will find a book with that title. I don’t feel comfortable ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
While walking with my grandpa through his garden one day, he told me, "I don't want to eat the vegetables that the insects avoid." He was reminding me not to eat fruit and veggies that had been sprayed with poisons. ...
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I would eat bugs if you dared me.
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
And I would enjoy it! When I was a little girl, my favorite flavor was butterscotch. I remember sitting in the back of my grandmother’s car holding a red mesh bag stuffed full of butterscotch candy. I ate all of ...