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It’s always such a joy to hold that first copy in my hands. You can read more about the newest issue at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/current.htm">LFLF website</a>.</p> <p>Since the magazine is being published more irregularly now, I’ve reflected that change on the site. Every subscription is still six issues, but the average time between issues is about 3 months. As an unschooling mother with an active 9-year-old boy and an ever-growing, highly-demanding business, this change will take <strong>a lot</strong> of weight off my shoulders.</p> <p>Also, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cafepress.com/lflfmagazine.162974059"><em>Live Free Learn Free: The First Year</em></a> is finally out!! We’ve gathered together each issue from our first year and bound them together into a beautiful book filled with unschooling wisdom from organic learners. <em>Live Free Learn Free: The Second Year</em> will likely be finished within a few days, and I’ll be announcing both of them, along with the newest issue, when everything’s ready.</p> <p>Finally, I wanted to let you in on a secret I’ve been keeping. The website has been undergoing an enormous redesign. It will sport a completely different look and feel, as well as a new, more intuitive structure. We’re also including more information on unschooling in general, a calendar of unschooling events and cool happenings, an interactive section on unschooling in the news, and much more. Overall, the site will be more community-based and informative, and more easily navigable. We’re all impatiently working to get the redesign up and running, but we have no set timetable, as it’s really a labor of love. Hopefully, we’ll be announcing the new site with the next few months. </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/08/23/new-issue-new-book-new-site/#respond" title="Comment on New Issue, New Book, New Site...">Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-267"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/07/17/my-unschooling-articles/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to My Unschooling Articles">My Unschooling Articles</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> July 17th, 2007 at 4:29 am (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/unschooling-life/" title="View all posts in Unschooling Life" rel="category tag">Unschooling Life</a>, <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>I’ve finally uploaded the <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/SRH.html">articles I’ve written for <em>Live Free Learn Free</em></a>. </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/07/17/my-unschooling-articles/#respond" title="Comment on My Unschooling Articles">Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-234"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/24/2-articles-uploaded/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to 2 New Articles Uploaded">2 New Articles Uploaded</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> January 24th, 2007 at 1:29 am (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/unschooling-life/" title="View all posts in Unschooling Life" rel="category tag">Unschooling Life</a>, <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>We’ve uploaded two articles from the most recent issue of <em>Live Free Learn Free</em> to our website.</p> <blockquote><p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font size="3">Learning Together: Mixing Unschooling and University<br /> </font></strong><font size="3"> <em><font size="2">by Rebecca Ellis</font></em></font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I’m a part-time university student at a large research university in Ontario, Canada. Currently, I’m working on a Bachelor of Arts in Socio-cultural Anthropology. In a few weeks, I’ll be presenting a paper at an academic conference for the first time. My long term goal is to get a PhD in Anthropology. </font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I am also an unschooling mother of two.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Read more at the <em>Live Free Learn Free</em> Website: <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/13Ellis.html">Learning Together</a></font></p></blockquote> <p>and</p> <blockquote><p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font size="3">Abundance<br /> </font></strong><font size="3"> <em><font size="2">by Mary Thomas Draper </font></em></font></font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whenever my husband tells me I am crazy, I know I am on to something. One day last November I told him about a family that lived in a cabin in the woods on $500 a year. I imagined their lives to be particularly rich without any of the material trappings. The thought of raising our young son close to nature with the full attention of both of his parents seemed ideal to me. No distractions. The focus could be on what is essential in life.</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Read more at the <em>Live Free Learn Free</em> website: <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/13Draper.html">Abundance</a></font></p></blockquote> <p>Browse through articles from each of the back issues at the <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/UR/General/LFLF_Articles.htm">LFLF Articles page</a>. </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/24/2-articles-uploaded/#respond" title="Comment on 2 New Articles Uploaded">Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-233"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/22/online/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Online">Online</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> January 22nd, 2007 at 6:01 pm (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>Well, I’m finally back online and making my way through several hundred emails. If it takes me a while to respond, don’t worry. I’m reading and typing as fast as I can.</p> <p>And in between? I’m reinstalling all my programs. Luckily, no data was lost (phew!), but this has certainly been a huge (and unexpected) project. </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/22/online/#respond" title="Comment on Online">Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-232"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/20/offline/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Offline">Offline</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> January 20th, 2007 at 1:53 am (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>Well, it’s been a week since my computer fizzled and died a sad, sputtering death. We’ve been working to get it up and running, but we’ve had to replace several components. Luckily, nothing was lost, data-wise, but it’s certainly been a PITA. Sigh…. I haven’t been able to access my email accounts since last Saturday. I can only imagine the backlog of mail that awaits. I’ve been stealing time on various computers when I get a chance, approving members and posts on the <a target="_blank" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnschoolingResources/">Unschooling Resources</a> group, approving friend requests on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/livefreelearnfree">LFLF MySpace</a> page, etc., but I’m wringing my hands and tearing out my hair thinking of all the things I <em><strong>should </strong></em>be doing right now. Instead, I’ve been spending far too much time running back and forth between electronics stores with my absolutely amazing and wonderfully helpful brother, trying to find a motherboard/processor and RAM combo that are compatible. Strangely, this is much more difficult than it sounds.</p> <p>Anyway, I’m hoping to be back online tomorrow - fingers crossed…. </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/20/offline/#respond" title="Comment on Offline">Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-231"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/07/live-free-learn-free-on-myspace/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Live Free Learn Free on MySpace!">Live Free Learn Free on MySpace!</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> January 7th, 2007 at 3:16 pm (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>Yes, Live Free Learn Free finally has <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/livefreelearnfree">a home on MySpace</a>. If you do, too, add us as a friend! </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/07/live-free-learn-free-on-myspace/#comments" title="Comment on Live Free Learn Free on MySpace!">3 Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-146"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/07/03/fairhaven-school/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Fairhaven School">Fairhaven School</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> July 3rd, 2006 at 12:37 pm (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/unschooling-life/" title="View all posts in Unschooling Life" rel="category tag">Unschooling Life</a>, <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>Kids at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fairhavenschool.com/broadband/Select%20a%20site.html">Fairhaven School</a>, a democratically run Sudbury school in Maryland, participated in the making of <a target="_blank" href="http://newamericanschoolhouse.com/">a video</a> over the last few years. In it, they talk about their school, about learning, about friendships, and more. The trailer is intriguing. This is, perhaps, as close to unschooling as a school can get.</p> <p><img id="image148" alt="Fairhaven2.jpg" src="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/Fairhaven2.thumbnail.jpg" /><img id="image149" alt="Fairhave3" src="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/Fairhaven3.thumbnail.jpg" /><img id="image147" alt="Fairhaven1.jpg" src="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/Fairhaven1.thumbnail.jpg" /> </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/07/03/fairhaven-school/#comments" title="Comment on Fairhaven School">1 Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-145"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/07/01/all-in-the-family/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to All in the Family">All in the Family</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> July 1st, 2006 at 1:47 pm (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/unschooling-life/" title="View all posts in Unschooling Life" rel="category tag">Unschooling Life</a>, <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>Here’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2005-10-27/news/feature2.html">a great article</a> by Glenna Whitley of the Dallas Observer from October of 2005 (thanks to Kay from the <a target="_blank" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RuralUnschoolers/">Rural Unschoolers Yahoo group</a>):</p> <blockquote><p>I learned about unschooling from Linda and Dan Jacobs, my sister and her husband. I knew they home schooled their twins, Ryan and Austin, 11. When they moved back to Houston from California last year, I noticed the kids read a lot but had no curriculum. They stayed up late and got up when they wanted to. When she and Dan explained they were unschoolers, I thought, “Uh-oh, living on the West Coast turned my sister into a nut.” <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2005-10-27/news/feature2.html">Read more</a></p></blockquote> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/07/01/all-in-the-family/#respond" title="Comment on All in the Family">Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-143"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/06/27/unschooled-teens/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Unschooled Teens">Unschooled Teens</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> June 27th, 2006 at 5:31 pm (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/unschooling-life/" title="View all posts in Unschooling Life" rel="category tag">Unschooling Life</a>, <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>Kris Bordessa, author of</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569762015/qid=1116347918/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3638088-8790436?s=books&v=glance&n=283155">Team Challenges: <span class="sans">170+ Group Activities to Build Cooperation, Communication, and Creativity</span></a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974934461/002-3638088-8790436?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance">Tools of the Ancient Greeks:<strong class="sans"> </strong><span class="sans">A Kid’s Guide to the History & Science of Life in Ancient Greece</span></a> and<span class="sans"> </span></li> <li><span class="sans" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977129403/qid=1134067724/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-3638088-8790436?s=books&v=glance&n=283155">Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself!</a></li> </ul> <p>recently had a wonderful older article, <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/current.htm">A Balancing Act</a>, published by <em>Live Free Learn Free</em>. In it, she quipped, “All too soon, they will hit puberty and decide that I am the most embarrassing person they know.” Now, several years after she penned that line, does her prediction hold true? <a target="_blank" href="http://paradisefound.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/26/homeschool-parents-an-embarrassment-to-teens/">Not quite</a>. </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/06/27/unschooled-teens/#comments" title="Comment on Unschooled Teens">2 Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-140"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/06/27/new-blog-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to New Blog">New Blog</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> June 27th, 2006 at 3:05 am (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/" title="View all posts in The Magazine" rel="category tag">The Magazine</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>As you can see, the blog has moved to the LFLF website. It’s been a long time coming, and I can’t say the wait wasn’t at least partially influenced by my unfamiliarity with php. But, I decided it was time to delve in and get my hands muddy, or my brain muddled - whichever you prefer.</p> <p>I’ll probably be playing around with the features (and with the script, itself) over the next few weeks, but for now, it looks okay. There’s no guarantee I won’t completely muck things up while I mess around with it, but I’ll try my best not to…. </p> </div> <p class="postmeta"> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/06/27/new-blog-2/#comments" title="Comment on New Blog">3 Comments</a> </p> </div> <p> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/page/2/">« Previous entries</a> · <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/page/2/"></a> <a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/the-magazine/page/2/"></a> </p> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li id="meta"> <h2>Meta</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-login.php">Login</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/" title="Syndicate this site using RSS">Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/comments/feed/" title="The latest comments to all posts in RSS">Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="search"> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="/blog/index.php"> <p> <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" class="submit" value="Search" /> </p> </form> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="footer"> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org" title="Powered by Wordpress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">Powered by Wordpress</a> · Design by <a href="http://beccary.com" title="Theme designed by Beccary">Beccary</a> and <a href="http://weblogs.us" title="Theme sponsored by Weblogs.us">Weblogs.us</a> · <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional"><abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a> · <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer" title="This page validates as CSS"><abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr></a> </p> </div> </div>  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=605365; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=4; var sc_security="d224bf47"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=605365&java=0&security=d224bf47&invisible=1" alt="free stats" border="0"></a> </noscript>  </body> </html>