Shannon Pretzel
@AlaskanScribe
We’re all-in on the Alaskan life: homeschooling, boating, fishing, berry picking, hunting, camping, gardening, & improving our homestead. Love each other & God.
Homeschooling is an alternative where learning is individualized, self-paced, and free from arbitrary waiting or forced compliance. It prioritizes genuine curiosity over performative submission to external judgment, fostering real critical thinking and autonomy in education.
School is about learning to wait your turn, however long it takes to come, if ever. And how to submit with a show of enthusiasm to the judgment of strangers, even if they are wrong, even if your enthusiasm is phony.
Truth: The psychological effects of being coerced, manipulated or pressured into doing something against your beliefs/values are well known. Moral injury occurs when a person is forced to betray deep-held convictions or stand in silence while those convictions are being betrayed
A large number of people (mostly men, in my experience) who're sympathetic to some of women's opposition to gender identity ideology, nevertheless think it's cruel to point out that a trans-identified man looks like a man, and unkind not to 'respect' his pronouns. They think…
Another glorious Daddy Daughter Day in the books! They spent at least 30 minutes hanging out with the birds in the portable coop. Also played games, ran to the dump, ate tacos and laughed a lot. I💖they have a special day each week and a good relationship. Happy Summer!
Republicans should pass ONE SUBJECT BILLS weekly until midterms. Important legislation we the people have made clear we want, like: Rescissions Voter ID ONE ISSUE BILLS Simplified taxes Term limits SocialSecurity retirement& same healthcare as Americans for representatives
There aren't too many things I miss since moving to Alaska, but fireflies are in the top five 🥹
Little Firefly.
WARNING: Dad Joke
Q: why is the new Fed HQ so expensive? A: because they needed to make room for for de basement
Taxpayers shouldn't fund activist exhibits like Sherald’s that rebrand American symbols divisively. Prioritizing authentic heritage over revisionism is fiscal & cultural responsibility, not censorship. Museums must preserve, not preach. Redirect funds to unifying initiatives.
BREAKING: Woke artist Amy Sherald just canceled her show at the National Portrait Gallery after @VP JD Vance placed pressure on the Smithsonian to eliminate leftwing indoctrination. Her display was expected to include a revision of the Statue of Liberty as a black trans woman…
Section 453, Approved July 22, 2025 A provision in an FY26 Appropriations Bill that protects pesticide companies from lawsuits: limits EPA label updates & preempts state-level failure-to-warn claims. It is not yet law, and its passage remains contentious. WHAT YOU CAN DO! While…
The Biden regime lost track of 300k kids who crossed our border. They set up a hotline for kids to report abuse but assigned only one staffer to manage it and 65,000 calls went unanswered. Biden, Kamala, and Mayorkas oversaw a massive child trafficking operation. This should…
HOLY SHLIT. The Biden administration set up a hotline for unaccompanied migrant children to report safety issues with sponsors. 65,000 calls went UNANSWERED. Only ONE person was reportedly assigned to take the calls.
After letting my kombucha sit 4 years without feeding it, I decided I shouldn't let it die. Until just a few months ago, there was some booch vinegar. It looked so dry today, I was worried. Pulling it out, it wasn't too dry and smelled good (if you like vinegar). Wish me luck!
Revisionist history leaves kids with a shallow, skewed view of the world, ill-equipped to handle nuance or learn from humanity’s triumphs and failures. As homeschoolers, we have the freedom to teach history as it was, not as someone wishes it to be. Reinterpreting history to fit…
After letting my kombucha sit 4 years without feeding it, I decided I shouldn't let it die. Until just a few months ago, there was some booch vinegar. It looked so dry today, I was worried. Pulling it out, it wasn't too dry and smelled good (if you like vinegar). Wish me luck!
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 Jesus emphasizes true peace is found in Him, not in the absence of problems. This peace is an inner calm & confidence rooted…
Once I turned off the fear mongers it wasn’t bad, except for the brainwashed loons still over their heads in fear.
That would be the fasted balanced budget EVER! Even faster if it is for both parties.
Trump To Balance Budget By Introducing Swear Jar For Dems buff.ly/P89Iwq5
Now that we’ve tried that, it has been determined that crime pays the topmost and powerful quite well. Can we stop now, please?
“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.” — Ronald Reagan
Know the value of faith & humility. Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Faith teaches humility about human nature. Politics teaches arrogance about human solutions.
Praise God! Thank you MAHA Now TAKE AWAY BLANKET IMMUNITY!!!
🚨RFK Jr. just ordered a major win on vaccine safety. Thimerosal is about to be removed from ALL flu shots. MAHA is finally dismantling Big Pharma’s vaccine narrative—and reversing decades of government corruption. 🧵THREAD