Episode 1: The Joys of Crappy Nature Journals

Look! I did it! This little podcast does not replace the Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, so don't worry, but it's here to fill in some of the gaps when Suzanne and Amy's podcasting schedules refuse to line up. And to give me a chance to ramble about some of the things I'm thinking about homeschooling these days -- because I probably think about homeschooling way too much! :) New episodes go up on Patreon immediately and over here eventually.

In this first episode, I'm chatting about how we never got good at doing nature journals, but they were a great part of our homeschool life in spite of that. With bonus Roman mobs!

I'm a little self-conscious talking to myself, so I am not offended if this podcast isn't your cup of tea. But if it is, and if you'd enjoy more episodes, please let me know in the comments -- and if you wanted to suggest some future topics for discussion, that would be amazing!

Way back before the pandemic madness started, I created a Facebook group called Thinky Homeschool, where I hoped we could talk thoughtfully about some of the bigger questions about homeschool life. What does it all mean? Why does it matter? Why do we worry about it all so much? I never really got the group going, but it struck me that this podcast is really about some of the same big questions, so I thought maybe now is the time to revisit that group. So if you'd like to join, here's the link.

There's not anything happening there right now, but it would be fun to change that!