I am delighted you're finding the people enjoyable!

(that is a very nice Goodreads icon you use.)

There is a lot of Cook, and it might not be the thing for continuous or concentrated doses, but the sheer technical ability intimidates. (Or at least it intimidates me!)

This particular homeschool co-operative is unusually fraught. (Though of course the main reasons it is fraught apply to independents generally.)

I'm glad it seems a sufficiently interesting place to be.