A few months ago we watched the documentary Off the Rails. C. and B. were already of the sound opinion that the “court system” was nothing but a matter of opinion, subject to whim and change, and just as full of babyish, unhappy bullies as it was full of good lawyers doing work with respect…
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climate change school walk-out
We “walked out” in the sense that Meg came by in a Lyft and we got in. Up at Dilworth Plaza, we ran into two School of Rock kids, and a kid they knew from LARPing/Fringe Festival, so B and C were convinced they were at a legitimate happening. They had watched Greta Thunberg’s TED…
mary, queen of scots
While still behind on the production schedule for the zines for our Capstone Projects, we did write in a good bit of wiggle room for that. And, while Béla begins studying Benny Hill, Claudia has moved onto Elizabeth Tudor. She watched both Cate Blanchett films (one during a day we all had a cold and…
protest banner workshop at asian arts initiative!
This is a post best told in pictures, mostly. In support of his “38 States” project, to work towards international adoptees being able to run for the office of President of the United States, Béla took a workshop in Protest Banner Making with Aram Han Sifuentes at the Asian Arts Initiative. There were some inspiring…
TED-Ed Talk at Indy Hall: Why Can’t International Adoptees Run For President?
After taking a Sunday class for a few months, sponsored by TED-Ed, the kids were invited to Indy Hall to present what is essentially their “elevator speech” about… well, they make it clear enough. (For someone who likes to do a lot of dramatic filming, Béla is definitely more held back on serious topics, but…
first week of homeschool year 2017-18!
It could have started off on the wrong foot entirely. Having had a medication reaction and in the midst of a rather extended period of pain-induced insomnia (I woke up on Sunday morning and did not sleep again until Tuesday night), being chipper and ready to start learning on Tuesday morning did not seem a…
38 states
Well, South Korea has a new President today. But Béla’s Facebook Group, 38 States, was created a couple of weeks ago while Claudia was working on her standardized testing. Béla did as much of it himself as is possible, and I am very proud of him for that. While kids younger than Facebook-age may be…
march for science, philadelphia
Last Monday, Tucker finally accepted an offer into a graduate program — one that we were all excited about. We had been waiting for that moment since September 21, the day he took his GRE. (Moments after putting his phone in his locker to take the GRE, we received the call that my father would…
martha graham cracker: all-access
We were excited to hear that the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret was doing a special show in a wheechair-accessible space, with adaptations for vision- and hearing-impaired fans. Memie and Ow Tow (Aunt Megan and Uncle Tom) had never seen Martha. Her monthly venue is an impossibility for Memie’s wheelchair. That’s showbiz. We have taken Tucker’s…
the national museum of african-american history and culture… and the MLK memorial (claudia’s pre-birthday trip to d.c.)
Wow is an understatement. When timed-tickets became available for the museum in October, these were the ones we got — for the weekend before Claude’s ninth birthday. Perfect. So we set off for one fun, and educational, and emotional, weekend. I have been waiting for the NMAAHC to open possibly since before its groundbreaking; certainly…
presidents’ day at the national constitution center
Tucker had seen that admission was free to the Constitution Center for Presidents’ Day. We’ve done very little of the stuff most people visit Philadelphia to do. So we did some. Béla kind of stole the day with this. But when we took this picture below, we put it up on Facebook, tagging our Philadelphia…
inauguration day: fight for your right. every right.
Claudia has been making some observations about identification of rocks, and what’s happening to them in the tumbler. She’s got a tiny little notebook here — they each got a number of them in their stockings — in which she and Béla each keep a variety of casual notations. Seeing her write in this reminded…
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