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Maybe I need a bat detector...

I'm liking the tone of chapter 2 much more... Hopefully the ranting doesn't return...

"You're not going to the zoo. The money you have paid is not a contract with the gannets or the dolphins to become visible: it merely takes you through the back of the wardrobe into the unfamiliar land in which such creatures have their being. Just being in it yourself is privilege: just being there is a profound experience of wildness"

So far I'm not loving the ranting, which I knew might be true going in...

Continuing to struggle with things like referring to Nature as "Creation". Where are the non-religious homeschooling influencers?

Restarting with an audiobook version, not loving the narrator as they sound very robotic for a book about child development...

Really enjoying the story within the story...

An interesting confidence booster on homeschooling your child. I've appreciated the positive vibes and notes, but am looking forward to the later chapters on community building...

While easy to "read", I want to slow down to actually think about the ideas she is sharing...

I had forgotten how much i enjoy this universe, especially the books. There is so much depth that has never been able to come through in any of the film / mini series adaptations.