Progressive Pioneer

Herb Fairies Book Club

Amy@ProgressivePioneer — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:37:11 -0700

You guys, I'm super excited about this Herb Fairies Book Club I just signed up for, but I feel so bad because the sign up period has already closed! I found out about it just before it closed and only barely got in in time, otherwise I totally would've mentioned it on here earlier. But it will open up again next April, so bookmark it, or pin it, or whatever, because it looks awesome! Remember the board game Wildcraft? Well, the creators of that, have created a year-long book club that teaches all about healing herbs. Each month a new...

Birth Story Movie

Amy@ProgressivePioneer — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:55:04 -0700

I was so excited to hear about this movie and all the wonderful reviews it got. Ina May's books were so inspiring to me during my pregnancies. But I was sad that I missed the one and only showing in Utah (back in November). Did anyone else see it? The good news is that you'll be able to download it to watch on April 30th! I'm thinking I might have to gather up some girlfriends and popcorn for a little movie night:)

Taproot Dream

Amy@ProgressivePioneer — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:15:00 -0700

Yep, it's a dream alright, a dream come true; Clay and I are in the latest issue (Dream) of Taproot together! I love seeing Clay bring my writing to life with his illustrations. And ever since I first heard of Taproot, I knew I wanted to be a part of it. My article is about all the things I learned from my my time spent in the family garden: about life and death, hard work and rewards, about growing and changing. And guess what's in the Taproot Print Shop? A gorgeous print of Clay's illustration of the little girl and...

Our Brief Experience With Pre-School

Amy@ProgressivePioneer — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:56:52 -0700

The plan has always been to homeschool the kids. But recently we thought it would be fun for Sam to go to preschool, not so much for academics, but just to have a chance to run around and play with some other kids. And let's be honest, Mom thought a little break a few times a week wouldn't be too shabby either:) So, we visited a local preschool that we'd heard good things about. We visited a class and spent about an hour just hanging out and observing. Sam did circle time and even participated in show-and-tell (he had randomly...

A Little Bit of Everything

Amy@ProgressivePioneer — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:30:00 -0700

I've been thinking and thinking about all of you and the blog as it's languished here for these past few months. My last post was before Christmas!! So, I wanted to pop in and say hello, see what's new with you (some of you regular commenters, I got to look forward to your comments so much, and I miss them!). So, I don't really have a cohesive post planned or anything, but here's a glimpse into what's been happening in our home these past few months: Christmas came and went with lots of time spent with family (at the cabin...

Christmas Book Advent

Amy@ProgressivePioneer — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:23:49 -0700

We got our tree last night and made an evening of pulling out all the decorations and making the house all Christmas-y. We're starting a new tradition this year that I'm really excited about. I've been planning it for months. Every since early fall whenever I've been in a used book store or thrift store I've looked specifically for Christmas books. We already had a few, but I needed at least 24! I was actually so thorough, that we now have about 30 :) The kids and I tucked them into our (very wrinkly!) cloth gift bags and put them...