tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post8008033971304632101..comments2024-02-12T10:53:01.745+11:00Comments on the wholefood mama: thursday recipe: rhubarb and vanilla cakesNikki Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061038678819861999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post-56433038921531901452015-05-21T18:46:38.586+10:002015-05-21T18:46:38.586+10:00So great to read your experience Nic. I sometimes ...So great to read your experience Nic. I sometimes have anxiety about taking the boys out of school for such long periods but in my heart I know that the broad experience of life they are having will give them a unique way of seeing the world. Your words are reassuring!Nikki Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061038678819861999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post-11953930989350272972015-05-20T10:23:18.903+10:002015-05-20T10:23:18.903+10:00Oh Nikki, I am so envious of a Winter in Alice! We...Oh Nikki, I am so envious of a Winter in Alice! We also usually do a road trip every year up north, although after a very long trip last year we will only be doing a shorter trip this year, and won't make it as far as the Centre. I find every year at about this time my desert longing kicks in. After my family moved from Alice Springs to SA when I was small, we still spent every winter there. My parents just took us out of school and we spent up to a few months in the desert. Dad did some jobs, both in town, and in some Indigenous communities we knew well. Sometimes we went to school in the communities we were visiting, other times we didn't. But those experiences had a profound impact, and indeed have shaped many of the decisions I have made in later life - what I chose to study, do for a job, and how to raise my own family. I think, especially in the primary years, the exposure to a different place and culture and landscape is all the learning they need. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com