This week we are continuing the scintillating conversation I was having two weeks ago, with Andrew Einspruch when time unceremoniously interrupted us just when things were getting interesting! Andrew was an improv comic when he locked eyes with Billie, an Australian stand up comic, in Hawaii. It was love at first sight (sound familiar?)…
Lori Zulliger is a certified teacher who has had experience working with the native peoples in Alaska. Lori first became involved with homeschoolers through a curriculum project she was field testing to help students pass the Alaskan State exit exam in reading, writing and math. Her experience with the homeschool families was so positive she…
My guest this week is an ex-pat, homeschooling father living in New South Wales. Andrew Eisenpruch was an improv comic when he met an Australian stand up comic and immediately knew he had found his future wife. Together they laugh, make films, rescue animals, write books and educate their daughter in rural Australia. You…
Have you ever stepped outside your comfort zone for your child? Have you discovered a part of you that lay dormant until your child’s needs prodded you to go deeper? Have you unwrapped talents out of necessity for those you love? These are powerful questions and my guest this week, Juliette Wallen, is…
Homily With any musical performance we are taken on a journey. Whether as performer or listener we are involved in this intimate moment where we are carried, transported, where we are enlivened, supported, where we transcend reality and are ultimately transformed. But the performance comes to an end and we return to the reality. And…
Jake Eulogy Given by Jonathan This is without doubt the most difficult and heart-rending thing I have ever had to do. After almost two years of sharing Jacob’s pain and hopes and fears; of fervent but consistently unanswered prayer, we now as a family have to strive to make some sense of the awful truth…
Dear all, I have been reading the lovely messages and we are so grateful for the kind words of your parishioners and friends. We noticed that some even wanted to give a gift towards the Jacob Barnes Award at the Royal Academy of music. We have already collected enough to support students mount a…
Join me this week and take a master class in balancing as I chat to MOMpreneur Karla Marie Williams. Karla will tell us how she homeschools her three children, manages her business, directs a new foundation she has just started, drafts and edits her second book and prepares for the launch of her…
I am devastated — I felt like I knew Jacob personally. I watched the whole concert Sunday night and was so excited to now have a face with the name Jacob — I am so sorry – I am at a loss for words — may GOD bring peace and strength to your whole family–…
THE CATHEDRAL AND METROPOLITICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST CANTERBURY Funeral Service for Jacob Laurie Barnes Monday 16th May 2.00 pm Our Lady Undercroft Hymns and songs reproduced under CCLI number: 1031280 Instrumental music before the service will be provided by friends from the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music Cello Suite in…
We keep thinking we’ve written the last email about Jake, but perhaps we never will…so here’s another one: You will find the crypt in the Cathedral by going in the south door (with scaffolding round it, half way along the building) and asking a verger to direct you from there. There will be two baskets…
I have a weatherman joining me this Friday and although he may not be able to give us a favourable forecast for this weekend in our area, he will definitely get us up to speed on the homeschooling front in Rapid City, South Dakota and tell us how to stay upwind of the social…
We are looking at another career this week and my guest is Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis an expert on the different ways we learn. We will talk about how she became interested in this topic and what she did to bring it to the people who need it most. Parents and teachers! Mariaemma is a…
Rethink Teen: Diane Flynn Keith May 6th, 2011 I am thrilled to welcome back Diane Flynn Keith this week as my guest. Diane is an alternative education specialist, coach, author, and speaker. Her sons bypassed traditional high school and engaged in volunteer work, flight lessons, working in retail and the trades, and performing in…
Jacob, 21.10.1989 – 26.04.11 Our Dear friends, …. the bare information is this: Jake’s funeral is to be on Monday 16th May in the western Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral. You will have to park in one of the city centre car parks. His life will be honoured by the music of the cathedral choir and…
This week it’s time to take a look at a career path that has drawn many devotees throughout the centuries, including Florence Nightingale, whose famous wards are still operational in London hospitals and Mother Theresa, who brought a glimmer of compassion into the lives of the forgotten poor in Calcutta. Yes, my friend, Theresa Bello and…
We’re devastated to have to tell you that our lovely Jake died very suddenly this evening. Thankfully he wasn’t frightened or in pain and it was quick and in Jonathan’s arms. There are no words to describe his loss. Love Cherry and Jonathan and all the Barnes family October 21st, 1989-April 26th, 2011
For those of you hoping to come this afternoon, to St Peter’s Methodist at 3p.m. Jake has amazed us all and indeed bounced back after a horrible week, and the concert is going ahead. It will be a little shorter (about an hour) as there wasn’t time to practice the Beethoven -that’ll be a treat…
Jake isn’t well enough to play in this concert on Wednesday. This Marryat players concert will still go ahead and will be lovely though, but sadly without him. We’ll let you know about Sunday’s concert in Canterbury nearer the time. He’s very good at bouncing back, especially if there is music to play so we…
Please don’t read this if you don’t like medical details. Just look at the last sentence. I’m afraid to tell you that Jake’s been in hospital since Tuesday…he couldn’t swallow again so has had to have another ng (feeding) tube put in. He is struggling with horrible depression from too many steroids again like he was before….
Hello I'm Vivienne McNeny, English to the core and I've just put the kettle on so while its boiling let me tell you a little about myself. I was raised in a convent boarding school while my parents diplomatically hosted cocktail parties at foreign Embassies.
After performing in operettas as leading men and prima ballerinas I read child psychology at London Uni; flipped my speedboat while racing in the channel; taught windsurfing and water ski-ing in Southern Andalucia; an American fell in love with me in London and I took up homeschooling in Texas before our children were too old to object.
