by admin | Nov 24, 2025 | Artist, Encore
This is my family in about 1970. This is a photo of the haircuts I wrote about on page 30 of my memoir: I Can’t Miss the Encore. My mom’s sisters were professional beautitians. My mom was an artist but not when it came to haircuts and styles. Even our...
by admin | Nov 21, 2025 | Author, Encore
The 6 Stages of “Coming Out,” about the Cass Model of Identity Development My friend, Jan Skousen, sent me Charlie Bird’s book, Expanding the Borders of Zion a Latter-day Saint Perspective on LGBTQ Inclusion, for Christmas in 2022. I’m so glad she did....
by admin | Nov 18, 2025 | Encore, Recycle/Repurpose
Sometime, I don’t remember when, I began saving old wooden windows which had been replaced by the new plastic type. I kept my eyes open for old windows. I intended to build a greenhouse. Those windows I had found sat for years waiting for me to use them. Finally, I...
by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | Adventurer, Advocate for Homeschool, Encore
,The Amazon Rainforest Our family spent January 29 – March 2 2002 in the rainforest of Ecuador. The scariest part of the trip was getting on the bus here at the Quito bus station where there are 400 buses that pull through this station every hour. We arrived about...
by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | Advocate for Homeschool, Artist, Encore
A Ucon Elementary teacher heard about the Day Family home-grown rainforest and asked to come see it. When she came, she loved it so much that she asked us to help construct one in her classroom. We said that we would love to help. Some of the dads and moms helped...
by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | Advocate for Homeschool, Artist, Encore
See Gallery Below Ecuador and the Rainforest in the Entryway When I graduated from high school then left college, I was starving in many ways. After 15 years of school, I was starving for a real education. I tell people that my real education finally began when I...
