Good to hear James, Gene, Don, and Rob in WA, are still around. Of course
that includes you and Bev too! I will be anxious to see what you all are
talking about now.....besides the economy and gas and war.
I'll be peaking in every now and then to say hi. I'm not much of a chatter
box unless I desperately need some help on something I'm working with. With
my Bob gone, life is not easy.
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: TVO (Lisa K.V. Perry)
2. Re: Public school politics (Lynda)
3. Not a Problem in CA, was Public school politics (Lynda)
4. Re: Pacifism (VAN DELL JORDAN)
5. Re: Asparagus (Lisa K.V. Perry)
6. Re: Pacifism (Gene GeRue)
7. Re: Asparagus (EarthNSky)
8. Re: Pacifism (paxamicus AT earthlink.net<mailto:paxamicus AT earthlink.net>)
9. Re: Asparagus
(paxamicus AT earthlink.net<mailto:paxamicus AT earthlink.net>)
10. Re: Selling lambs for meat (Bill Jones)
>
> I am able to read *some* of the lists e-mail, and like you, Lisa, I too
> learn alot. Say, what ever happened to James? He, TVO, and you too GENE,
> were always very informative and interesting- along with you Bev and
Lisa. I
> always loved gleaning all I could about mortgage information. (Lisa) Oh
and
> then there's Rob in WA State. Is Don still around?
James, Don and Rob are around. There are now two Rob's: Rob in WA (formerly
MN) and Rob in VA. And a wide assortment of other people as well.
I'm glad to no longer talk about mortgages (closed last loan 8/06), now my
level of so-called 'expertise' is being a Family Provider (aka Direct
Support Professional) to a 24/7 live-in client.
Welllll, you're half right <g> The law isn't on the books the way the judge
decided it is. The R4 does not require credentialled teachers. The judge
decided that parents weren't elligible to use the R4. That isn't the law
and the law clearly reads that anyone can be a private school. It even
divides the R4 up into categories for 1-5 students and 6 or more students.
And you're right about the teapot. It has a name, H$LDA!
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: <paxamicus AT earthlink.net<mailto:paxamicus AT earthlink.net>>
>
> The California thing, I understand, is a closer look at a law already
> on the books. It was an effort made to handle a situation where
> someone felt the children were actually in danger, so they pulled
> this out of their hats to get the kids somewhere safe. The point is,
> the law was already on the books. And again, I can see both sides of
> this equation. I understand the community having a vested interest in
> seeing all
> kids are being educated to a certain level. It should be left up to
> the parents to find the way to get the kids there. I just can't
> imagine this is really going to undermine the homeschool movement in
> California, of all places.
> I think it's sort of a tempest in a teapot.
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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:57:08 -0800
From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net<mailto:lurine AT softcom.net>>
Subject: [Homestead] Not a Problem in CA, was Public school politics
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O.K., silly me, I was hoping that the hysteria wouldn't reach this far <g>
The California case is about ONE family who has been in the Family Law
courts for TWENTY years over sexual and physical abuse of their children.
Daddy Dearest refused, yet again, to abide by the rules the court set
down -- 1) update the homeschooling texts from the 70s to current materials
and 2) have the local school district review and help, if needed, to bring
the curriculum into line with the DOE. Mom got newer workbooks but Daddy
Dearest refused to meet with the local school principal. He also kicked the
social worker out of the house. He refused to come up with a birth
certificate on one of the children who was in foster care. He hid the wife
and kids. He generally made some simple stuff beyond difficult. The judge
got bent out of shape and said put the two kids remaining in the home in
public school or they can go into foster care with the older daughter who
had filed the complaint about physical abuse by Daddy Dearest and sexual
abuse by Daddy Dearest good friend Lynn C. A good friend who had been
accused of sexually abusing another one of the daughters 10 or 15 years
prior to this.
Even the do nothing governor has stated that this will not effect
homeschoolers and if anyone tries he'll shove legislation through to make
schooling choice law.
This whole hysteria thing is being fueled by a membership drive by that
IDIOT Mike Farris and H$LDA and that sicko Dobson!
California homeschooling is alive and well and not going to disappear. AND,
teacher credentials won't be required for the simple reason that the judge
doesn't even know how to read California law. California doesn't require
teaching credential for parents who do teaching in California public schools
and if the ruling is allowed to stand it will necessitate the hiring of
hundreds, if not a thousands, more teachers and effectively bankrupt the
state! California has about 100,000 students in charter ISPs, brick and
mortar ISPs and charter cyber schools, plus the 200,000 homeschoolers all
of
whom would need to have a teacher hired! That would be about 100,000 new
teachers at $120,000/year (salary, bennies, per diem for travel time) for a
total of $12,000,000,000/year. Ain't gonna happen!
Lynda, supremely tired of H$LDA's fearmongering!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com<mailto:genegerue AT ruralize.com>>
> Yet more proof of the political abuse of public education:
>
>snip<
> And in California:
>
> "Parents who lack teaching credentials cannot educate their children
> at home, according to a state appellate court ruling that is sending
> waves of fear through California's home schooling families. . . ."
War is an admission of our
> failures.....
.........Unnecessarily but purposefully killing
> another human, no
> matter how heinous their behavior, sets back our
> quest to
> civilization, it reduces our humanity and coarsens
> our soul.
> For those of you still mired in winter, I am sending
> pleasant thoughts--we harvested and ate our first
> asparagus of spring tonight here in southwest Texas!!
Wow, asparagus in early March. Like when we grew the most beautiful red
peppers until Thanksgiving in Charleston, SC. Can't imagine gardening in a
climate such as TX or coastal SC right now, meanwhile we're getting light
flurries but the leaves of the daffodils are above ground and the first
crocus opened two days ago.
On Mar 8, 2008, at 1:22 PM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> Do you think there are times when we must fight??
> Times when the alternative would be even worse?
Must? That is an imperative. Of course, we must fight to protect
ourselves or those we care about. Unless we choose to be martyrs.
I once had a concealed weapon permit. I had a perfect score on the
written examination. One of the laws one must follow regards when
deadly force may be used. It is when we believe ourselves or another
is in peril of death unless the attacker is stopped. At such a moment
one does whatever is possible. Immediately.
Woke up to snow on the ground here this morning. It was just a dusting,
but snow nonetheless. It's supposed to be about 25 tonight and all the
fruit trees are about to bloom. They are at the stage that if you look
close, you can see the pink of the flower bud. We already done crocuses
and daffodils a few weeks ago.
Bev in NW GA
Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
Like when we grew the most beautiful red
> peppers until Thanksgiving in Charleston, SC. Can't imagine gardening in a
> climate such as TX or coastal SC right now, meanwhile we're getting light
> flurries but the leaves of the daffodils are above ground and the first
> crocus opened two days ago.
>
> Lisa
> sw VA
--
BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
I'm not saying I think you are wrong in how you feel, I'm just saying,
Ghandi walked right under the clubs. The Honoured Uncle gave the
Robber his last shirt.
One thing I have learned to do is judge my actions against how they ar
going to effect ME. And I don't mean, in a materialistic calculating
way.
What I mean is, If I'm about to say something really catty, I've
learned to think about whether I really want to take that cattiness
internally. When I think of myself as the "er" part of the an
equation, it changes things.
I know, that doesn't make any sense. Let me try again. If I am having
a sarcastic conversation with someone, I'm not just being sarcastic
and hurtful to them. I'm bearing the brunt of carrying around sarcasm
and meanness.
It has taken a long time and a lot of help to get to this point. I
think it's a good one.
Anyway, I think pacifism of any sort is doomed to failure and long as
it is the thrust of our culture to be bigger, better, and have more
plastic crap than the next guy. Or, conversely, to think it's ok to
push one's opinions down someone else's throat, no matter how much you
want to save them.
I love asparagus fries. With parmesan panko and garlic aoli. With
cornmeal and sweet tangy hickory sauce. Rice flour tempora and ginger
sauce.
I have this theory that eating fried veggies is a karmic wash. The
veggies negate the evilness of the frying. You can eat as much as you
want. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. : )
Now I'm hungry and can't wait for the asparagus to come up.
They're crosses between Soay and Katahdin, and some other breed I can't
remember. It was not Cheviot.
Lynda wrote:
>What breed do you have? We've looked at Soay, but I'm kinda worried that
>they might be too small with the local coyote problem. So we're also
>looking at Icelandic.
>
>Lynda
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Jones" <billj AT harborside.com<mailto:billj AT harborside.com>>
>
>
>
>
>>I''ve tried out many farm animals here, and the only ones that come
>>close to getting along with no feed are the sheep. I went away for 3
>>months this winter. Even though my caretaker only brought my 5
>>miniature sheep one flake of hay each week, they got along just great
>>with their bowl of salt and 1 2/3 acres of grass.
>>
>>I especially came to appreciate them when one newly acquired "lamb" gave
>>birth. What a boon to think they can get along all by themselves like
>>that! There's no wonder that people have kept them throught the ages.
>>Now we're looking for a miniature ram.
>>
>>Yesterday I opened up the gate into the garden, so they could graze the
>>grass between the beds. The last of the Brassicas have been removed,
>>and there are no tall favas yet, so how much can they harm a few leek
>>tops and old celery plants, I figure.
>>
>>
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