Becoming Peculiar — Adventures in a Backwards Kingdom

I Think I Want to be a Disability Advocate (But I Have a Lot of Work to Do)

August 6, 2018 by Kathleen Quiring 18 Comments

Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash (Trigger warning: I express some really ableist shit early on. It embodies previous attitudes that I’m working to dismantle.) As longtime readers know, I don’t get pregnant easily. So when we were ready to start having kids, I had months (and months and months) to think about what I […]

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Filed Under: Disability Advocacy

A Very Quick Thanks

August 3, 2018 by Kathleen Quiring 11 Comments

Photo by Morvanic Lee on Unsplash Dearest readers: Wow. I was stunned by the encouragement I got after my last post. You really showed up to let me know you’re still here! When I wrote that post, I honestly thought there weren’t many people out there still reading, who would really notice or care if […]

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If Blogging is Dying, What is a Blogger To Do?

July 30, 2018 by Kathleen Quiring 60 Comments

I have self-identified as a writer ever since I was six years old, when my first-grade teacher told me I was one. During my elementary school years, I wrote stories. During my university years, I wrote academic papers. And in my mid-twenties, I started blogging. By my late twenties, I felt like I was finally […]

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Our Second Year of Unschooling, In Review

June 14, 2018 by Kathleen Quiring 4 Comments

The end of June marks the end of the school year for Canadians. If Lydia would have been in traditional school, she’d be finishing up first grade right now. As most of you know, we unschool, so we just live life and learn along the way, allowing her to follow her interests and facilitating her […]

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Filed Under: Peculiar Parenting

5 Things I Learned This Spring

May 28, 2018 by Kathleen Quiring 6 Comments

Hi, friends! I’m joining with Emily P. Freeman and sharing a few things I learned this spring. I know there were many more things, but Felix hasn’t really let me sleep for the last two months and my brain is not totally functioning. Here are the things I could remember! 1. Red cabbage has magical […]

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Filed Under: Life Updates and Just For Fun