Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Blog for victory! or Your fellow home edders need you but it doesn't have quite the same ring to it!

I was going to write a post today on the Select Committee Report, but, I've had such a snottygrotty headache for the most of the day that I haven't actually managed to read all of it yet! I have read looked at ('read' would probably imply far higher levels of attention and concentration than I have managed to achieve!) a number of comments and commentaries on it, mostly from some of those other blogs that have become invaluable in helping me to make sense these past few months, of the huge amount of political information that my brain has been trying (and mostly failing) to decipher! I am really grateful to the people who put their time into posts like these. I follow a number of blogs, most of which have some home education connection. But while some have admirably given their blogs over almost entirely to the political situation, others have continued to share their day-to-day home ed experience with an equally admirable 'business as usual' attitude.
So I'm celebrating some* of those ones too, the ones that remind us of what it is we are fighting to protect, by continuing to put it out there for all to see and share. From the ones which are written by people I know, to those charmingly sweet and at times disarmingly honest ones, the ones whose pictures speak a thousand words of the joys of parenting, the ones whose circumstances are similar to my own to some degree, and of course the just plain brilliant ones :)

*by no means a comprehensive list of all good home-ed blogs out there, feel free to slate me or add your own if I've missed you off! ;0)

7 comments:

  1. What a great post! Thanks for the link :)

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  2. Thankyou for including me :-)

    I agree - the home educating blogging community is just FABULOUS! I couldn't possibly manage without them/us, and I'm daily adding to my groaning RSS reader.

    Wonderful post. I'm happy again :D

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  3. So, what about a Blog For Victory ring?

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  4. you are very kind, thank you! part of me feels guilty about not blogging the home ed thoughts; i have a shed load of half digested posts about matters home ed, but mentally, i really need the break! and i have found that i have been glad to click round the home ed blogs and read lovely warm stories of knitting socks and christmas trees and family normality and winter everydayness. those have helped lift my mood so much!

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  5. sunnymama - you're welcome! :)

    Sam - glad you're happy again :)

    Sally - oooh now there's an idea - cogs are a whirring! :)

    Grit - don't change a thing! :)

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  6. Hi, I have a home ed blog (admittedly not updated very often these days!) at http://whatshallwedotoday.blogspot.com I see you're also a Folksy seller - me too! I'm 'Top Floor Treasures' ;)

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  7. (Aha...it's here not there!) Annkrozeika - added :) off to check out your folksy shop now :)x

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