Category Archives: Duendesday

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} So many activities lately. We are not the type of family that is heavily scheduled. In fact, we cannot fathom that kind of life. The to-ing and fro-ing and the faux relationships that somehow have to be forged to make it happen. We are pretty discerningContinue reading “Duendesday: Active Engagements”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} Time was (not so long ago), you couldn’t keep our little gal indoors. Especially at the sight of snow (or rain). We called her a little Siberian baby because she’d leap out into the cold – sledding, snow-forting, making snow faeries, climbing trees, journeying around theContinue reading “Duendesday: Winterings”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} This gal is hilarious. She loves making faces – ugly faces, scary faces, witchy faces, goofy faces, sometimes sweet faces. I had a dream she was wee again, just a little thing – maybe 2 or 3, and was leaning over a porch railing dumping littleContinue reading “Duendesday: gal of a thousand faces”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} She likes to tell people we don’t celebrate Halloween, and technically we don’t, but it has become the place where we let her follow some of the more commercial aspects (can you hear me cringing?). It started just a couple of years ago when we joinedContinue reading “Duendesday: Samhain goodness”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} D has been dying for a bunny or another dog or even a gerbil these days but I have to tell you, if you’ve seen her room lately, you would not even consider losing an animal to that mess! ha! On one hand, yes, it isContinue reading “Duendesday: Pet Care”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} When we start going for Fall woods walks, Duende dresses like Ronja or Swiss Family Robinson – she’s a fan of both, see – she’s got her knife at the ready to save any tied up rabbits or trim mushrooms, or carve a spoon, and aContinue reading “Duendesday: Woodland Faierie”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} End of Summer brings Samhain/Halloween dreams to the forefront – though November 1st of last year she was already designing her costume for this year, now is the time of deep decisions: Faerie Princess or Blue Faerie (not ‘The’ Blue Fairy, mind you, I’ve already beenContinue reading “Duendesday: Faerie Dreams”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} A stimulating week to be sure – the Pittston Fair, a blueberry picking/swimming outing, Felix’s Birthday (he’s the now 8 yr old dog), homemade sushi night…it’s a whirlwind around here (ha!). And Ms. D has been up for the challenge. She is tired (I think sheContinue reading “Duendesday: and she was…”

{life with a curious and crazy 12 yr old} Creativity abound, this little peach wakes up with new worlds on her mind. She’s always making new outfits, new dance moves, new jokes and car games. Yesterday she helped out by saving rain-soaked Scarlet Bee Balm from the driveway, bringing in a huge basket of stalksContinue reading “Duendesday: an artful life”