It seems like when Joel and I lived in Ottawa we sketched mostly pretty buildings, but here in Sudbury there are no pretty buildings so we end up drawing the contrast between residential and industrial. This is a scene from the outlying town of Copper Cliff where the residents get lovely year round views of the Inco (nickel mining) smoke stacks.

...work. Damn, I suck. :( If I could've gotten at least 2 shifts a week, it would be worth it to work. Hopefully next week will be better. I guess I should be happy, now I have more time to work on Sudbury stuff. I'm not sure where to begin though. Flyers? A website? Ads on craigslist? There's not a whole lot I can do without money, it feels like. The planning kit is $600. I'm sure it would have...

Sudbury School St. Louis A blog about my intent and experiences trying to research and start a Sudbury school in St. Louis. Currenty I am in the researching and networking stage, if there is such a thing. Feel free to read it. The more readers I have, the more likely I am to update. And updating requires work towards my goal, so it's all good. Thanks. -Sarah-

...either middle school or elementary school children in St. Louis. I think it would be great because I could understand better how to reach out to those kids and their parents, when I do open up a Sudbury school. I don't want my school to just be a private school for rich kids; I want to have financial aid for low-income students. Anyway, also today I'm going to see if I can help out in some of...

If you haven't been following my facebook, here's some videos on YouTube that are good explanations of Sudbury model schooling. Here's one that's an overview by an outsider. Here's a really good one about learning. It's part of a series of interviews. This on is #4, part 2, but I thought it was a good point. The others are interesting too, I'm working my way through them now. Enjoy! -Sarah-...

...just have a bunch of little ones. I will try to collect them. Well, number one, I do have a passion for children's rights. I know that much. I shouldn't hide it. My long term goal is to start a Sudbury model (also called democratic or free school) in the St. Louis area. Now that's a lot of work, and I know I'm not ready for that yet. But it's out there. I will keep it in the back of my mind...

They were so big that. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. I still wonder how I managed to end up in this little and sometimes overly irritating city I now call home. How did I manage to relocate from our nation's capitol to the lowly nickel capitol? I do miss the simple pleasures of, speed limit signs, street signs, turning lanes, BestBuy, 24hr grocery stores, Boxing Day shopping, Shawarma...etc. My first...

But, are you Lovin it? I cannot but notice, as I drive me automobile down the long bumpy, and overly uneven streets of Sudbury, that my Orange Crush (that I recently purchased from MacDonald’s) is quite watery and horribly flat. I however, continue to ingest this deathly concoction of water, sugar and added colorings. As my vehicle drives over the countless potholes on Kingsway Blvd, I...

...think straight? Well thinking straight with a point of refrience with my normality. Am I making anysence? Anyways, as 'less sence' as this post will be, I may as well point out that I'm back up in Sudbury. I drove back up Saturday afternoon. I pritty much just spent the day packing, driving and unpacking. I didn't start feeling so bad untill yesterday morning. I work up and it felt like a dumptruck...

Beginning to surface from over two weeks of unpluggedness. Although I was not completely able to be offline for two weeks, I did manage to not turn on my computer for over a week. And it has been wonderful...but I really do not like getting into or out of the tub. Right now, I do not want to get into the tub. Time to get  back to some delicious television. Oh yeah: I also *finally* learned how to knit!