I love meeting homeschooling women who don’t have their act together, nor do they pretend. Sarah Mackenzie is one of those—and I love that the stuff she writes and talks about is inspiring for non-homeschooling families as well. She’s all about talking about basic stuff, reminding us that those things can go a long way towards making us saner and healthier.

Spiral notebooks, reading aloud, working from a place of rest, and just asking for what you want: all basic things. All good things. That’s what Sarah’s about, and that’s what we talk about in this next episode of The Simple Show.

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Links from this episode:

• Sarah’s blog, Amongst Lovely Things
• Sarah’s podcast, Read-Aloud Revival (subscribe on iTunes here)
• Sarah’s book, Teaching From Rest
• The miraculous spiral notebooks
• Andrew Pudewa
• Jia Jiang at World Domination Summit, speaking on rejection
• Christopher Perrin
• Listen to The Simple Show, episode 6 with Leigh Kramer for more on the Enneagram
• Shauna Niequist (she was on The Simple Show, episode 5!)
• Milk Carton Kids (check out their concert on Tiny Desk and Live from Lincoln Theater—really. Do it.)
• Savor, Pride and Prejudice, Anne Bogel