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Out and back - a good long walk in the mud | Day 215 of my 2023 Journal
We all had the feeling we were walking in the Shire. Beauty unfolds all the time, new angles, new hills, new beautiful horizons and small details, flowers and totes, and sheep and cows and birds.
Everyday life as a nomad | Day 214 of my 2023 Journal
It can not wait; we are leaving soon. Living nomadically gives you a sense of urgency. It wakes you up and forces you to decide and revise what is more important. And why. It pushes us to stay focused, ensuring we always do what is most important.
Hiking in the rain | Day 213 of my 2023 Journal
What is a good life? What makes us happy? How do we succeed in doing the things that make for a good life and make us happy? Hiking in the rain, changing the plan, and coping with dogs on leashes and cars passing can be a success, even if we imagined something else. It is all about mindset and about knowing our why.
Transition day | Day 212 of my 2023 Journal
It is not very interesting to drive on a highway in the rain, slowly, because of road construction. One of the delays was a 27 minutes queue deriving from a parked road construction vehicle on the side and people having to drive around it. Seriously! And the rain. What is going on with this English summer?!
Footpaths and barefoot walking | Day 211 of my 2023 Journal
There is something about the footpaths in England. At some point, a law was installed to protect the paths, allowing everyone to walk on the established paths. This means there are thousands of paths through fields and along and through other sorts of private land, making England very open to enjoy for everyone.
Bradgate park | Day 210 of my 2023 Journal
Watching Britain in a park. The different people, their vibes and styles, and projects. I love to look at people. I was amused by observing most of them still had their shoes on in the water. Where I come from, everyone would take them off.
Running alongside a train | Day 209 of my 2023 Journal
It is not like the world will stop spinning until I am done thinking. Wouldnāt that be nice, though? If the planet would please stop spinning, the inner processes give us a break when we need to sit down and THINK.
Canterbury Cathedral | Day 208 of my 2023 Journal
We have seen a lot of European Cathedrals, as in very many. It is one of my passions to visit them, as I find them all astoundingly beautiful,
Too much to do. In the rain | Day 207 of my 2023 Journal
Sinead O Conor died. Fjord's best friend called. When we finally went for a little walk, the rain started again. We shared the wash. Discussed shampoo. Met new people. Did two podcast recordings back to back. Organized the van a bit. Tried yeast-extract Marmite Style.
The Weekly Walk habit | Day 206 of my 2023 Journal
Walk and talk is just as perfect together as dahl and rice or sunshine and beach. Here are some observations on England as we walked there, some thoughts on unschooling as we walked with two other unschooling families and my whispering intention to try to build a real habit.
Ladies Fixing The World | Day 205 of my 2023 Journal
On Learn Nothing Day, 24th of July, I launched my podcast, which I am doing with 3 Ladies, two in this house in The Midlands and one in Tenerife. They are all three travelers and unschoolers, and we are all friends.
S1E1 | Da Ladies Fixing the world
Four long-time unschoolers, Sarah Beale, Luna Maj Vestergaard, Carla Martinez, and Sara Beale, join forces and dive deep into the world of unschooling. Enjoy this very first podcast episode.
Moving North | Day 204 of my 2023 Journal
The sunshine in the garden, the writing explosion, the driving, the arrival in sisterhood, the laughter. Perfect. Just perfect.
Learn Nothing Day, Compliance and Avoidance | Day 203 of my 2023 Journal
Learn Nothing Day combined with my genuine shock reaction to a new-to-me three-letter diagnosis inspired this text about leaving children be, accepting our parental responsibility of love and support, and shaking off the madness of demands and structure surrounding mainstream family life. Welcome to a rampage about freedom, trust, and real reality.
Wilderness Wood | Day 202 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
Martinās family introduced us to Wilderness Wood, a beautiful project close to where they live, where home-educated children take classes in woodwork and pottery, enjoy the forest and each other, where people co-live and share life, where people live and learn and grow.
England, finally | Day 201 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
Last year just around this time, we did not make it to England. Paperwork not in order. We had another great summer adventure, and it was all good. But NOW, we want to go to the lands of Shakespeare, Stonehenge, The Beatles, Queen Elisabeth, the Viking invasions, and you go on with the list.
Calais | Day 200 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
Moving through the day, we had to get practical things done and place the vehicles at the station for campers, watch a documentary, and go for a walk to look at Calais. We might need to give Calais more time.
The why revisited | Day 199 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
I am unsure why I keep writing these small stories about our travels. Some days it seems like an unnecessary chore. Writing every day about what happened and what we thought about seemed like a great idea in the beginning. I thought it would help me keep track of things.
Chilling | Day 198 of my 2023 Journal of my 2023 Journal
All the little things. The little things that are actually big. We did them. All day long and very far into the late evening.
So it goes sometimes. The adventure can be the silence.
So it goes sometimes. The adventure can be the silence.
The Gent Festival | Day 197 of my 2023 Journal
This time we had a plan! No loud music, no big crowds. We went out to see the Gentfest, but the focus was to find street artists, street musicians, some food, and just some hanging out time.
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Cancer-surviving psychologist, former single-parent; co-sleeping, yogi, gluten-free, primarily plant-eating; happily married, stay-at-home, organic barefooted hippie and mother of four, living in a bus, knitting teddy bears and learning languages, counseling and enjoying sunsets.
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