Button Book Review: Try Hard

Title: Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress Author: *Max Kerman Cover Photographer(s): Kate Sinclair and Tom Mike Hill Type: Audiobook Genre: Memoir Publisher: Penguin RandomHouse Canada The word I would use to describe Max Kerman’s book would be ‘refreshing’. At no point is he a try-hard, just genuinely trying, and that means everything. Try Hard…

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This Is Not What We Do

Crisis Schooling is not homeschooling and you can stop pretending it is. I see an onslaught of future posts/articles coming from people who now think they know what we do. They don’t. Not really. Yet, they’ll give their articles negative titles like ‘Why Homeschooling Doesn’t Work’ or ‘How Homeschooling Ruined My My Children’s Lives”. You…

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The Autumn People

Winter people are warmth. They bring fire filled hearths, gingerbread cookies, the fuzziest slippers. They string up the twinkle lights making the coldest nights sparkle. Spring people are our gardeners. The motivators and encouragers. They bring patience, planning, and foresight. They know how to sow the earth and work the land. They always make the…

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