• Idylissa

    Never Enough Canvas Bags

    There are a few things I seem to hoard. Pillows. Pretty rocks. Craft supplies I’ll never use. And bags. Backpacks, tote bags, canvas shopping bags, whatever! I have a gazillion of them, and I actually USE them. I just don’t…

  • Idylissa

    Welcome Posters

    I love these cute Welcome Posters in my Idylissa shop. I had a delightful time imagining who I might like to welcome into my home and what we might do once they joined me. And then designing these adorable posters…

  • Life

    Meandering Unschooling

    We’re a homeschooling family, and our style of homeschooling is unschooling, which means simply learning from life all the time, wherever life leads us. While it’s natural to be nervous about unschooling when first starting out, I’ve been at it…

  • Life At The Wallow

    A Day In The Sanctuary

    Quinn and I spent 5 hours playing in Wild Sun Sanctuary this afternoon. I thought it was going to be a cool autumn day, but alas, it was 70 degrees out! What a weird feeling for November! I worked on…

  • NVC

    Meeting Notes 7/31 NVC Call

    We talked about one of the basic assumptions that creates the foundation for NVC, which is the belief that it is in our nature to enjoy giving a receiving in a compassionate manner. NVC is a way of thinking, speaking,…

  • NVC

    NVC Needs List

    Everyone has different needs in different amounts or intensities at different times. However, in general, these needs are universal in all of us. When our needs are met we experience enjoyable emotions; when they are unmet we experience more difficult…

  • NVC

    NVC Feelings List

    There are no positive or negative emotions, just emotions we feel when our needs are met and emotions we feel when our needs are not met. Marshall Rosenberg Note – Watch out for feeling words than could be taken as…

  • NVC

    NVC at a Glance

    Nonviolent Communication (NVC) helps turn around the negative patterns that keep us from the joyful, compassionate giving and receiving that is in our true natures. The language and process of NVC is honestly expressing ourselves and empathically hearing others through…

  • Burn Life

    TTM24 Shop Tally

    I just finished the initial Flip Flop inventory. Our theme camp motto is “making life easier for everyone” and I think this list shows a LOT of lives made a little easier! Here’s what we gave away:

  • Burn Life

    TTM24 Spoon Commune Financials

    I finalized the financials for Spoon Commune for To The Moon 2024. I took in $175.00 in dues. I spent $2689.12 on theme camp materials. Some of that is recurring, like the golf cart rental, some of it is on…

  • Sanctuary

    Dreaming A Community Sanctuary

    I have this corner of my land that I think of as my Sanctuary. It’s about 3/4 an acre, mostly wooded with some open meadow-type space. There’s a composting potty, a big tent to get out of the rain, a…

  • WPW

    WPW Donation List

    At Wild Play Woods we get our best materials from things that would otherwise be “trash”, and we appreciate help from the community stocking our adventure materials. 🏠 Cleaning out your garage? We’d love to put some of your discarded…