tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26593465757437851012024-03-04T21:16:31.014-08:00Sandra Dodd in personnotes on gatherings and visitsSandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-46709295992802452112019-01-01T08:48:00.001-08:002020-07-11T17:35:26.880-07:00No speaking plans for nowI announced in Phoenix in 2017 that I was going to take a break. That was mostly because of <a HREF="https://www.facebook.com/groups/374310149676721/about/">some activism</a> I was going to participate in that could affect the conferences, and it did end up affecting one of them even though I was not speaking. <br />
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More than that, though, my husband retired, and was planning a shoulder surgery, and I had two pregnant daughters-in-law, and I was tired of being away from home. (Here you can see some of <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/2018">2018 in review</a>, including grandchildren I didn't have the year before.)<br />
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I'm still active on facebook, I still add <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/listen/">recordings</a> to my site, there is a <a HREF="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRaLUQfpUj7deXUV5JPwR3eYYV_wtyQX7">YouTube collection</a> (of other people's interviews of me, mostly), and I'm keeping <a HREF="https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com">Just Add Light and Stir</a> going. This month will see the 3000th post. <br />
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To keep up with newness and additions, please subscribe to <a HREF="http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com">Site News</a>. That has a randomizer, too, so if you're in the mood to find a page you haven't seen before on my site, or to see some of my favorite photos from Just Add Light and Stir, then <a HREF="http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com">aboutunschooling.blogspot.com</a> could be a good place to visit.<br />
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Thank you for your interest and kindness over the years. I also add to this collection nearly every week, as people send reviews of their own progress. <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/feedback/">http://sandradodd.com/feedback/</a><br />
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Photos of people at my house on Christmas Day, 2018:<br />
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Devyn, Holly, little Kirby<br />
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Original Kirby and the baby-girl Kirby, Keith, Marty, Ivan<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-56677190771826473752017-07-05T10:08:00.000-07:002017-07-05T10:08:10.084-07:00Phoenix, Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2017I haven't kept this blog up because so many people have moved to Facebook for their announcements, and I'm sorry.<br />
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I spoke in 2016 at the <b>Free to Be</b> Unschooling conference, so this will be my second year.<br />
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<A HREF="http://www.freetobeconference.com">http://www.freetobeconference.com</a><br />
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Here I am, with a photo from last year:<br />
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<A HREF="http://www.freetobeconference.com/speakers/">http://www.freetobeconference.com/speakers/</a><br />
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Sandra Dodd will be speaking at a one day event on Sunday 18th September from 9.30am to 5.30pm, followed by free pizza, and more informal chat until 6.30pm. The venue is in Long Ditton (near Surbiton & Kingston Upon Thames). There is free car parking on site and in the surrounding streets, and it is a 20 minute walk (or a short bus or taxi ride) to the nearest train station at Surbiton.<br />
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A Day with Sandra Dodd is an event for experienced unschoolers. It is designed for radical unschoolers who are already committed to the approach and who are looking to deepen their understanding and improve their practice. It is not really aimed at people who are brand new to unschooling.<br />
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Sandra says that she is getting old and cranky, and coming all the way from New Mexico to answer beginners’ questions isn’t a good use of her time. So if you haven’t progressed beyond “What?! You let them have more than an hour a day on screens?!” then go to <a HREF="http://SandraDodd.com/help">SandraDodd.com/help</a> and catch up.<br />
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The day will be an opportunity to hear Sandra speak in-depth about some of the more advanced/sophisticated aspects of unschooling and how it feels when solid unschooling principles underpin everything you do, so that learning, peace and joy are your everyday reality. There will also be opportunities to chat and share ideas with other experienced unschoolers.<br />
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Tickets for the day are £22.50 for adults. We also have junior tickets which are £17.50 and are available for teens/children who are interested in listening to the talks.The event isn’t suitable for children younger than about ten as there won’t be any activities for them on site. Babes in arms are welcome although we ask you to step outside if your baby is making a noise and preventing others from hearing the talks.<br />
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If you think you would like to attend please email us to let us know how long you have been unschooling, the ages of your children and what you are hoping to get out of the day. This will allow us to make sure that the content is well targeted. Please email at this address <a HREF="mailto:juliedaniel.email@yahoo.com?subject=A Day with Sandra Dodd">juliedaniel.email@yahoo.com</a>. You can also email us on this address if you have other questions.<br />
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Organising Team<blockquote>Janine Davies and Julie Daniel (UK)<br />
with support from<br />
Rippy Dusseldorp (Netherlands), Marta Venturini (Portugal), James Daniel and Karl Morgan (UK) </blockquote>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-72555584843037586972016-03-18T07:00:00.001-07:002016-03-18T07:01:42.909-07:00Free to Be Unschooling<font size=+2><a href="http://www.freetobeconference.com">Free to Be Unschooling Conference</a></font><br />
Phoenix, Arizona<br />
September 29-October 2, 2016<br />
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This is their third conference, and the first time I've spoken.<br />
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I'm still thinking about another main presentation, but here's what I have planned as of mid-March:<br />
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Presentation 1:<br />
Getting to Unschooling: Small changes bring big results<br />
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Presentation 2:<br />
(still thinking)<br />
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Workshop 1:<br />
Becoming Calm<br />
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Workshop 2:<br />
Gratitude and Generosity Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-3499581733955914792016-03-01T06:36:00.000-08:002016-03-01T06:36:02.029-08:00HSC Conference, San Francisco, 2016"I’ve been lucky enough to attend a homeschooling conference at which Sandra often speaks, for 15 years now. I’ve been at this homeschooling thing long enough that I don’t feel I need much advice on it, but I always like to listen in on Sandra’s talks anyway, because she’s encouraging and entertaining–and despite how long I’ve been doing this, I always learn *something*! Just saw her earlier this month, and loved hearing her thoughts on being the parent of young adults…"<br />
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That review was posted in 2012, as a comment on a blogpost in India. (<a HREF="http://www.mommy-labs.com/inspiring-interviews/interview-with-sandra-dodd-unschooling-homeschooling-india/">Here's a link.</a>) The blog post was one of two interviews with me. <br />
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I love finding things like that unexpectedly! <br />
I spoke in 2014, too. (Holly helped me.) <br />
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<A HREF="http://www.hscconference.com/main.html">This year I get to be there again. </a><br />
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I've spoken for conferences HSC has sponsored in Anaheim, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Orange County (a symposium). This one will be in San Francisco. The first year I was invited to speak was 1996, and so this will be the twentieth anniversary of the first time I spoke in California. <br />
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In 2016 I will have two sessions, and be on a panel. Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-62947020721520692312016-01-30T18:32:00.000-08:002016-01-30T18:32:31.101-08:00California, UK, ArizonaMy only speaking plans for 2016 are all within about a two-month window. <br />
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Still some hazy bits, but <br />
July 29-31 <A HREF="http://www.hscconference.com/main.html">HSC conference</a>, San Francisco<br />
<blockquote>It starts on the 28th, but I'm going just Friday noonish to Sunday noonish, for two talks, and one panel.</blockquote><br />
Probably one afternoon around August 27 (give or take), small gathering, NOT big, NOT general, but just unschoolers, in Farsley, West Yorkshire. Too soon to know for sure.<br />
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Possibly one afternoon somewhere around Brighton, at the beginning of September (not known, but being considered).<br />
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September 18, Sunday afternoon, definitely, Long Ditton, Surrey (not for beginners)<br />
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September 29-October 2 <A HREF="http://www.freetobeconference.com">Free to Be</a> Unschooling Conference, Phoenix <br />
Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-4503715964500045082015-12-23T19:58:00.002-08:002015-12-23T19:58:27.460-08:002016, early plansSeptember 18, I will speak near Kingston upon Thames, in the UK. More details later, but it will not be for beginners (not an intro to unschooling).<br />
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September 29-October 2, I will be in Phoenix, doing two presentations, a workshop or two and a panel at the Free to Be conference.<br />
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When schedules are set, I'll write more!Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-24200771855012101892015-07-28T23:28:00.001-07:002015-07-29T09:52:28.529-07:00A Big BreakI'm taking a long time to stay home. Kirby, his partner and her child are living with us for a while, and Keith and I are helping them out. <br />
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My next plan is to be in the U.K. in September 2016.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-28042912707495296002015-02-06T08:40:00.001-08:002015-02-06T08:43:23.808-08:00Toronto, May 9, 2015<a HREF="https://tulls2015.yapsody.com/event/index/8335/unschooling-live-and-learn-symposium"><img border="0" src="https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/10985324_10153073472082042_6455796726824598721_n.jpg?oh=868651a35642fcc88f25dfd465a533eb&oe=556324B1" width=98%></a><br />
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<a HREF="https://tulls2015.yapsody.com">TICKETS</a> (Price goes up after April 1, if any tickets are left. <i>Limited space.</i>)<br />
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From their website:<blockquote><br />
Join us for the <a HREF="https://tulls2015.yapsody.com/event/index/8335/unschooling-live-and-learn-symposium">Toronto Unschooling Living & Learning Symposium</a> (TULLS) on Saturday May 9, 2015 in Brampton, ON.<br />
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Participants will have the opportunity to hear from renowned speakers Sandra Dodd, Pam Laricchia and Carlo Ricci and connect with other unschooling parents.<br />
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Sessions include:<br />
- Unschooling 101<br />
- How do we learn best? Can someone get into post-secondary schooling without a high school diploma?<br />
- Critically contemplating mainstream assumptions about schooling and learning<br />
- How lots of little choices can lead toward a different way of seeing and being<br />
- "Walking a mile in their shoes". Connecting with and trusting our children when their choices conflict with what we believe is the 'right' decision<br />
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8.30am - 9.00am - Registration<br />
9.00am - 10.00am - Session 1: Unschooling 101 by Sandra Dodd<br />
10.00am - 10.15am - BREAK<br />
10.15am - 11.15am - Session 2: Carlo Ricco <br />
11.15am - 11.30am - BREAK<br />
11.30am - 12.30pm - Session 3: Pam Laricchia <br />
12.30pm - 1.45pm - Lunch and Prayer<br />
1.45pm - 2.45pm - Session 4: Keynote Speech by Sandra Dodd<br />
2.45pm - 3.00pm - BREAK<br />
3.00pm - 4.30pm - Q & A Panel - All Speakers<br />
4.30pm - 5.00pm - Wrap up, closing remarks and evaluation</blockquote>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-21929614432271688882014-10-30T08:33:00.003-07:002014-10-30T08:33:37.538-07:00Images, in Maine in September 2014Me at the symposium (by Laurie Wolfrum), and below that, in a photo by Amy Bradstreet, me and Laurie Wolfrum at the Common Ground Fair.<br />
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I don't have photos of the presentation at the Camden library, or the potluck in NH, but that's okay. :-) I'm not very photogenic, but these are for the record, for memories for those who were there (including myself).<br />
Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-88641709963163363602014-10-27T09:39:00.002-07:002014-10-27T09:39:38.310-07:00May 30, Portugal (by teleportation of image and sound)<a HREF=
"http://europeanunschoolingsymposium2015.blogspot.pt">European Unschooling Symposium</a>: The Unschooling way: Trusting, Learning, Partnering, Connecting<br />
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Marta Pires and Rippy Dusseldorp are hosting a symposium near Lisbon May 29-31, 2015, and I'm speaking "on the wall" by Skype.<br />
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Alex Polikowsky will also be "skyped in," from Minnesota.<br />
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<b>The conference will be in English.</b>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-49699738271941127842014-09-25T11:47:00.000-07:002014-10-27T09:39:54.316-07:00Albuquerque ALLive 2014 site <a HREF="http://albuquerqueallive.blogspot.com">http://albuquerqueallive.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Hema Bharadwaj (India/New Jersey)<br />
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Julie, James and Adam Daniel of Ashford, in Surrey (UK)<br />
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Jill Parmer and Luke Davidson of Fort Collins, Colorado<br />
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Sandra Dodd (Albuquerque)<br />
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Go here for links to information about the speakers: <a HREF="http://albuquerqueallive.blogspot.com/p/speakers.html">Speakers</a><br />
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Registration is open; hotel reservations may be made.<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-2372677758637840082014-09-25T11:44:00.000-07:002016-03-13T20:26:45.123-07:00Maine / New HampshireI'm TIRED!<br />
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In a week, I've spoken with Laurie Wolfrum at the Camden library, at the Common Ground fair, and went with Keith through Vermont (where we heard Susan Gaissert read award-winning writing, and we went to the Shelbourne Museum), and spoke to a group in New Hampshire, and drove back up to Camden. <br />
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For anyone who reads this before the weekend, one-day rates are $30 and $50 (for Friday and Saturday repsectively).<br />
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<A HREF="http://allinmaine.blogspot.com">http://allinmaine.blogspot.com</a>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-32532197877182764702014-07-06T09:47:00.001-07:002014-07-06T09:48:18.514-07:00ReviewsI have added two recent comments about the conferences, to a page linked at the top of the blog.<br />
<A HREF="http://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Attendees wrote...</a><br />
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There have been other very positive comments in the past, but I didn't collect them. If anyone remembers having written one (on a blog, if you have a link; in e-mail, or in a discussion) if you can remind me where, I could add a quote here.<br />
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If any reader who has attended an Always Learning Live symposium and would be willing to write something that would help someone else decide whether they might benefit from the experience, I would appreciate it.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-68551167839956600812014-06-23T20:32:00.000-07:002014-06-23T20:32:14.395-07:00ALLive in Maine site is upRegistrations can now be made for the September 26-27 event in Maine. Keith and I will be visiting Laurie Wolfrum's family and some other parts of New England for a week, culminating in two days of presentations and discussions, and the details are here:<br />
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<center><font size=+2><a href="http://allinmaine.blogspot.com">ALLive in Maine</a></font></center>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-69594902681559456312014-06-23T05:54:00.001-07:002014-06-23T09:45:25.442-07:00My topics, HSC 2014, Santa Clara, California<font size=+1><b>Perspective</b></font><blockquote>Where were you before (intellectually, emotionally, philosophically)? Where are you now? Where might you be next year, or in five years?</blockquote><font size=+1><b>Connections </b></font><blockquote>Cognition and retrieval systems—the mysteries of our minds, and the benefits of the unfolding future, explored a bit.<br />
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Personal knowledge is a web inside us of images, ideas, feelings, memories, fantasies and experience. Learning happens when we take in something new and connect it to what we already knew. There are ways to enable that in yourself and to facilitate it in your children. <br />
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There is a web outside us, too, of people, ideas and information.</blockquote><font size=+1><b>Seven Years of Learning Nothing (workshop)</b></font><blockquote>Attendees who have participated in <A HREF="http://learnnothingday.blogspot.com">"Learn Nothing Day"</a> can share with those who have never heard of it, and Sandra will explain the history of the event. </blockquote><br />
<b><i>I will be on a panel of unschoolers, too.</i></b>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-53022558998060843842014-05-06T12:48:00.002-07:002014-05-06T12:48:51.176-07:00December in New Mexico: Top of the MountainWe are going up here:<br />
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The symposium will be at the Ramada Albuquerque, same as the last two times. But we will have an outing at no extra cost for anyone who wants to ride the tram up the mountain and look back down!<br />
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Hema Bharadwaj, who was in Albuquerque a few years ago, will be one of our speakers in 2014. To see more about her first visit, here are some old notes and photos. Her name is pronounced like "HEYmah".<br />
<A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/festival/">http://sandradodd.com/festival/</a><br />
<A HREF="http://monkeyplatterfestival.blogspot.com">http://monkeyplatterfestival.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Her children are older now, and you can read a bit about them here. She will be coming to Albuquerque without her family this time.<br />
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(Hema is not always as colorful as in the photo—not to look at, anyway, but inside she is!!)Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-38013309136891001592014-05-03T11:48:00.000-07:002014-05-03T11:48:56.389-07:00A recommendation (a testimonial!)Kirsty Harriman wrote this recently, on Always Learning:<blockquote>We attended one of the Australian gatherings and can say without doubt that seeing and listening to Sandra in person (instead of on the computer from the other side of the world which can feel quite remote) and meeting other unschooling families and making some friends who we are now in contact with has been absolutely invaluable to getting close to what radical unschooling means, and we are pretty new to this way of life. We drove for two days to get there because we live on the edge of outback queensland which is far from, well, everywhere, and was totally worth the money and time away from work. We can now carry that experience with us now. Its so much better to have had that personal contact. Highly recommend getting along to an ALLive event!</blockquote><br />
Minnesota, Maine, New Mexico. Those are the only three planned. <br />
I'm getting old. Don't wait too long.<br />
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SandraSandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-41479486835382240312014-04-16T15:46:00.003-07:002014-04-16T15:46:57.652-07:00Minnesota, California, Maine, New Mexico!I'm back from Australia, and back from Texas. Fun events, rich experiences, exhausting.<br />
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Home is very comfortable and I would like to relax and eat familiar food and do as close to 'nothing' as I can for a while. <br />
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Next stop: Rochester, Minnesota! End of May, early June. <br />
<A HREF="http://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com.au/p/minnesota-2014.html">http://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com.au/p/minnesota-2014.html</a> <br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-26220413960543248202014-02-27T08:29:00.001-08:002014-02-27T12:25:41.680-08:00Australia, Texas, Minnesota and beyondTomorrow I leave for five weeks in Australia. I'll stay with Schuyler's family a while, visit unschoolers in Cairns, and then do a circuit of Always Learning Live events, in Adelaide, Melbourne and the Gold Coast (back to Schuyler's for that).<br />
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We're taking registrations even at the site for those. <a HREF="http://alliveaustralia.blogspot.com
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Four days after I return, I'll be in Austin with Kirby, on our way to the Texas Unschoolers Campout Conference. <a HREF="http://www.texasunschoolers.com/2014-conference">http://www.texasunschoolers.com/2014-conference</a><br />
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Registration is open for Minnesota ALLive, in Rochester, May 29-June 1<br />
<a HREF="http://minnesotaallive2014.blogspot.com">http://minnesotaallive2014.blogspot.com</a><br />
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In late April I will open registration for September's activities in Maine, and the end-of-the-year Albuquerque symposium.<br />
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Thanks for reading!<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-64501607016388418232013-12-08T09:16:00.004-08:002013-12-08T11:24:22.979-08:002014 looks like...I have six big plans for 2014. Links are above.<blockquote>Australia (three events) in March, a visit with Schuyler and her family, and meeting unschoolers I've known on discussions for years.<br />
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Texas in April, with my oldest, Kirby and maybe his roomie/partner/girlfriend will get to meet unschoolers and hear more about it; he's hoping.<br />
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May/early June, Rochester Minnesota with Alex Polikowsky, and Pam Laricchia will be there.<br />
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End of July, early August, the HSC conference in a new city. After years of Sacramento, the converence is moving to Santa Clara, in the soutern Bay area, silicon valley. <br />
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In September, Keith and I are going to spend a week and a half in Maine with Laurie Wolfrun, and there will be several activities related to that, including a side trip to New Hamshire for a potluck and discussion.<br />
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In December, Keith and I will host another Albuquerque <i><b>Always Learning Live</b></i> event at the same wonderful Radisson hotel at I-40 and Eubank in Albuquerque. 2014's theme is "Top of the Mountain." </blockquote>This makes it a busy year. I hope to be home most of the summer to work on my yard, and to keep up my website, discussions, and <a HREF="http://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com"><i>Just Add Light and Stir</i></a>, my favorite project.<br />
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For those who can't attend any of these 2014 events, but who are glad for the advances in unschooling that such gatherings invariably bring to families even beyond those who attend, financial assistance would be accepted! Either register for an event even if you don't think you'll make it, or perhaps donate to my PayPal account, where site fees, transportation, name tags and printing are handled.<center><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br />
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If that's the only one you're interested in, you can subscribe there!Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-15643593345543721252013-10-08T21:12:00.000-07:002013-10-08T21:12:12.441-07:00Three events firmed upThe immediately upcoming event is October 25-27 in Orange County, in southern California. <A HREF="http://www.hsc.org/hsc-unschooling-symposium.html">*</a><br />
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Three events have been added with details to my schedule for 2014:<br />
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Texas, April 11-15 <i>(It's near Austin; Kirby Dodd will be there with me, and speaking.)</i><br />
YOGI BEAR’S HILL COUNTRY JELLYSTONE PARK, Canyon Lake Texas, between San Antonio and Austin<br />
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Minnesota ALLive, May 29-June 1 <i>(with Pam Laricchia and Alex Polikowsky, too)</i><br />
The Kahler Grand Hotel, Rochester, Minnesota<br />
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California—HSC Adventures in Homeschooling July 31-August 3<br />
Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA<br />
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<i>Also things previously confirmed: Australia in March, Maine in September (with half a day in New Hampshire), and Albuquerque at the very end of December! </i><br />
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<b>Details are linked above (if you're reading at the blog). If you're reading in e-mail, click here and see the tabs at the top of the page: <A HREF="http://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com">http://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com</a></b><br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659346575743785101.post-14369785661274278142013-09-12T12:22:00.000-07:002013-09-12T12:22:28.462-07:00Southern California, October 25+ (not New Mexico this year)HSC's Unschooling Symposium, October 25-27<br />
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In two weeks (Septembers 27), hotel costs should go back to full rate, so if you're thinking of attending, reserve a room while you ponder. <br />
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This one is unlike anything before. (Well, a little like the Albuquerque ALLive events, but in California! With nicer rooms!)<br />
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"The number of attendees is limited to approximately 70 people - enough for lively discussion, but few enough to allow each person to fully participate to the extent they desire." <i>Because this is limited, register soon!</i> <br />
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Speakers' bios aren't all in yet, perhaps, but in addition to myself, there will be Pam Sorooshian, Joanna Murphy, Roya Dedeaux and Rose Sorooshian.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hsc.org/hsc-symposium-venue.html">HOTEL:</a> The reservation cutoff date is Friday, September 27, 2013. Any reservations made past the cutoff date cannot be guaranteed but will be accepted based on availability.<br />
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TRANSPORTATION: If you're thinking of flying, it's best to go to Long Beach or Orange County, if you can.<br />
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<s>Between Christmas and New Year's there will be another Always Learning LIVE Symposium in Albuquerque, similar to last year's, with more group participation and a trip to the top of the mountain for anyone interested. <br />
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Registration will open in in a few weeks. </s> <font size=+2>2014 instead</font>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com2