by Petru Paler | Dec 11, 2021 | Family
Living at Alo Land follows a 15 years stint as a software engineer – most of it in SRE, for those in the know – at a tech company. In hindsight it was a great change, but at the time it felt miserable. I had burned out.I first noticed something was off in the autumn...
by Inês Paler | Nov 16, 2021 | Family, Homestead
It has been a year since we moved here, which is very confusing. Because it was so intense, it feels like we just moved here, and we are just starting to get a sense of our whereabouts. At the same time, because so much has happened, it seems like many years have...
by Petru Paler | Nov 13, 2021 | Family, Homestead
The moving guys left with their truck, having spent a couple days packing and loading everything. We loaded basic necessities and the children in the car, locked the house behind us, and left around 16:00. Inês and I took turns driving and sleeping in the car,...
by Inês Paler | Jul 3, 2021 | Family, Homeschooling
Unfortunately, we won’t be continuing with the forest school. After a few sessions, it was clear this wasn’t what we were looking for. The summer break was also about to start, so there was a graceful exit, without the need to make it clear we aren’t...
by Inês Paler | Jun 3, 2021 | Family, Homeschooling
Our last year has been pretty intense. So has anyone else’s, of course. Between moving to another country, settling into a new home with two small children and facing the pandemic, we figured it was time to start sprouting a community, and create new links to...
by Inês Paler | May 22, 2021 | Family, Homestead
A successful experimentSelf immune disease, hypothyroidism, migraines, a digestive system with a mind of its own, mood and energy fluctuations…and not a lot of clues regarding their reasons. Our family had a bunch of “little things” that were hard to grasp, or...
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