The Gatannah Files

The "school year" is almost over, which affects us as homeschoolers more than I would have thought before I started doing it.  Mal...

First, James's company laid off 15% of their staff. Then James went in for an emergency dentist's visit because one of his fillings ...

James and I have been "together" for more than ten years now. Waiting for the bats to come out, September 2012 When we first start...

In the past year or so, I've had several short bouts with what I think is depression. It comes and goes. (Memo to me: check out Delta-8 ...

In December 2019, I posted about my "hemorrhaging money" concerns of the day. It's been better since then, but the past few m...

Every once in a while, I jump onto LinkedIn to see if a person I no longer have access to through other social media has an account there so...

I'm well aware that my last post, though full of thrilling twists and turns, was also extremely whiny and self-serving. So please allow ...

Right about the time our Instacart came up for renewal, Walmart Grocery started offering delivery to our address (which isn't exactly ou...

Friend, I've wanted to affirm you for months, but wasn't sure how to bring this up. It's an awkward subject in our society becau...

It's the day after Memorial Day, schools are getting out, and we're well into at least a week of 100+ temperatures. James worked f...

I had an epiphany last week. It's about fishing. I've never gone fishing. I like being on a boat, but I don't have any urges to ...

I'm not sure how smart it is that we bought Mal a second sandbox at a time where we are coming close to breaking heat records, but... we...

I have smiled and laughed a lot this week. Amazing things have happened. Not win-a-new-car-and-a-trip-to-Hawaii-level stuff, but just things...

A friend of mine had posted something on social media about how expensive child care is, sharing an article about how it costs more than col...

Yesterday, someone posted a set of pictures on a radical unschooling board of which I am a part. It was their "school" day (they c...