Category Archives: Duendesday

{life with a curious and crazy 13 yr old} Time shifts and slips, cycles and renews, constricts and flows freely. Somedays time feels on track — everything in its own time, and all of that. Other days it feels short or whips on by. Our brains on remote control mode, held by a crazed monkeyContinue reading “Wednesday/ Duendesday Check-in”

{life with a curious and crazy 13 yr old} Duende’s new motto is “Grilled Cheese for Life” which might contradict with her obsession over pickles (and eating pickles with cheese, or yogurt, or really anything) but this kid lives in the mastery of contradictions. It’s generally a beautiful place full of art, dancing, crazy fashion,Continue reading “Duendesday: Master-maker”

{life with a curious and crazy 13 yr old} What has this gal been up to? Mushroom walks and apple picking, for sure — my little Ronja–, but also pottery class and crochet: getting her craft on. At home Duende is making hand-painted beautiful-3D paper flowers, she designed a whole layout of doll dresses inContinue reading “Duendesday: Life learning”

{life with a curious and crazy 13 yr old} D has been helping out in the kitchen, getting her hands floury, learning some fun new skills. And the baker has been navigating the humidity levels and weather changes, trying out new breads and finessing previous projects (developing a recipe for both naturally-leavened/fully-fermented and large-scale isContinue reading “Duendesday: Baker in Progress…”

{life with a curious and crazy officially 13 yr old} These days it’s either work or the pool (best pandemic purchase ever! it’s not a big blow up pool but all three of us can be in it and she can still swim-dance/splash around) for this gal. On Tuesdays she’s known to be on herContinue reading “Duendesday: puppet tv”

{life with a curious and crazy almost 13 yr old} And so the time has come to say goodbye to ‘child’hood and enter ‘teen’hood for this gal. I’m sad but excited, she’s sad but excited, Josh is scared but excited (ha!). She’s so tall and friendly people expect her to be older but she stillContinue reading “Duendesday: pre-teen and 8th grade!”

{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”