Kelly
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | autodidact |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | I'm a full-time, homeschooling SAHM, blessed to be parenting five amazing young people, and married to my very best friend. |
| Interests | learning/pedagogy, homeschooling, music (playing it and listening to it), living an examined life, stopping to smell the roses (or the lilacs, or the lilies-of-the-valley), spending time outdoors, hiking, biking, skiing, swimming, kayaking, sailing, star-gazing, skydiving, catching fireflies, frogs, and turtles, wine-tasting, fine foods, reading, writing, bowling, playing (board games, card games, video games, role-playing games, strategy games, chess), international adoption, abolition of slavery, the Slow Movement, BEING |
| Favorite movies | The Princess Bride, It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Apollo 13, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Dave, Alien and Aliens, the Terminator movies, Star Wars movies, Star Trek movies, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Indiana Jones movies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, Big, Joe Versus the Volcano, Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Jackie Chan movies |
| Favorite music | Dave Matthews Band, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Keith Jarrett, Paul Simon, Barenaked Ladies, Billy Joel, Alanis Morissette, They Might Be Giants, Mike & Ted's Excellent Two Man Band |
| Favorite books | Alfie Kohn, John Holt and John Taylor Gatto, Be The Change: Your Guide to Freeing Slaves and Changing the World, Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers, Everything Bad is Good for You, A Hole is to Dig, Le Petit Prince, Teenage Liberation Handbook, The Pressured Child, The Game of School, Lies My Teacher Told Me |