Welcome!

Grab your favorite beverage, pull up a chair, and make yourself comfortable. My name is Stephanie. I’m mom to two, mostly grown, always homeschooled, sons. Lover of YA literature. History geek. Photography buff. ENFP. Enneagram Type 9.

I don’t have a brand nor am I trying to develop one. I started this blog over 15 years ago as a place to document our homeschool journey. Now, I’m using it mostly as a place to capture my musings as I do my best to make sense of this world we live in.

In looking for an underlying theme to my writing (and to my life), I keep coming back to the idea of seeking understanding. I believe that it is a desire to understand (and make sense of) ourselves and others which drives so much of human nature, whether we are aware of it or not.

Getting Started

How throwing marshmallows is organized

Why Throwing Marshmallows?

“Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he’s not interested, it’s like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating.”

—Katrina Gutleben

The idea of “throwing marshmallows” with respect to learning comes from a long-ago discussion on an unschooling email list. It is such a great visual and a perfect reminder that the best learning comes when a person is interested and personally engaged.