UNSCHOOLING & UNWORKING: Confessions of a stay-at-home family (Part 4)

My grandparents believed, as Revelations said, that the earth would be consumed with fire. They believed this would happen via nuclear weapons, because in the mid-80’s, this seemed a quite realistic scenario. Sure, the good folks would go to heaven and the bad folks would die and go to hell, but as a little kid, [...]

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AT LEAST THEY ARE ACCEPTING SOMETHING?: New Old News Feed (February 8, 2010)

The US Airforce is dedicating a patch of US Airforce land to practice the pagan arts “The Air Force Academy has defended its policy to make a place for witchcraft on its campus as an expression of its commitment to cadet’s freedom of religion” And yet men who like to kiss each other are still [...]

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WELCOME MYRA EDDY!!!: Our new team contributor

We Revelers in the New Old Tradition wish to welcome our latest contributor, Myra Eddy, to the New Old Tradition tuath of tasty truths. In addition to writing the two-part feature on unschooling and unworking, Myra puts out The Village Magazine and has recently finished a book of and on folktales. It is a blessing [...]

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UNSCHOOLING & UNWORKING: Confessions of a stay-at-home family (Part 1), by Myra Eddy

In part 1 of this special feature, our comrade from the Upper Midwest, Myra Eddy, discusses her reasons for unschooling her child and the wonderful benefits the two have gained. I admit it. I do it because I’m selfish. I want my time for myself. When I think of the time I would have to [...]

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