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I have been blessed to have met some really neat people recently. I have gotten to hang out with a bunch of unschooling families. Thank you for the fun adventures!

The OM Family-
I was able to do a bunch of editing at Caitlin’s house in Maine. Hanging out with the kids was a super blast.

Julie Persons and family-
On my way up north, I got to hang out with Julie and her family. Super fun time in Maine!

The Martin Family-
I had a great time shooting Dayna’s conference back in April, and had the chance to hang out with them in New Hampshire. Super fun family. Dayna’s website.

In July I ventured down to NYC to shoot some jumpshots with some awesome people for my Jumping Book. NYC is a crazy place with a car, always trying to figure out where to park and dealing with traffic etc.

Here’s my twitter from NYC from July 20th

a whirlwind few days in NYC. shot some great jumpshots w/ @alexisgoldstein @snerko @janinesaunders @edyson for @jumpingbook.
20 Jul via web

I did a jumpshot of Alexis Goldstein, Recordsetter.com co-founder Dan Rollman, and had a great time meeting up with Janine Saunders. We made a fabulous meal. Janine even did a blog post on her food blog. And while in NY, I got to meet long time online friend Esther Dyson. She is a huge inspiration to me. We did a great jumpshot at the Meetup.com office.

After Nova Scotia, I continued editing in Connecticut for several more weeks in June and July. I got to enjoy yummy food that we made, fun adventures to nearby places like the lake, as well as exploring the forest more.

Here’s a twitter I posted from June 4th:

today = dreaming gardening cleaning creating ATDSing going cooking eating gathering enjoying fireing dancing laughing photoing #thankyou
4 Jun via web

While there, we even had our power out for days due to the storm knocking over power poles. We managed to move our editing over to Clear Point Center, thanks Steve and Shannon <3 I also got to visit Sirius Community in Massachusetts. Which was really neat! I celebrated July 4th a few times, once in CT and once in upstate NY at the lake house with family! I had a really great time getting a bunch of the editing for As The Dust done, and enjoyed the editing time with one of the main filmmakers on the doc; Tarynn Wiehahn. Here’s the photo set.

Trying to figure out the overwhelming technical problems with ATDS sometimes are so mindboggling, sometimes I feel like I will never be able to get it finished. It has been hard. Very hard. Dealing with all the people involved, as well as the massive amount of media we have.

Sometimes I go for a walk, sometimes I scream, sometimes I have a dance party. Ultimately I somehow figure it out. Every time. I promised I would finish this doc, so I keep going. =)

Here’s a twitter I posted on July 11th:

Another unfulfilling day editing @asthedust. Overwhelmed + feel like screaming. More problemsolving tomorrow. Thx for the continued support.
11 Jul via Mobile Web