Ever since we moved to the mountain three years ago, there’s been much talk about the schooling of our children. Most of the time we’re convinced they’ll be homeschooled, or rather, unschooled. Every now and then we weigh the possibility of Montessori or Waldorf School in Sarajevo. The question remains open. They’re not yet school…
Category: Rewild and the nature
Without thinking
On my morning walk today, at around halfway, I realised “I’m not thinking anything”. I wasn’t using the time to plan, to weigh options, to think how’s my to do list doing. There was a brief moment I felt I should’ve used this alone time better, where was my mind anyway?, and the next moment I laughed at…
Morning walk
Surrounded by people – people that I love: my family, our volunteers and friends, our guests at Vukov konak, but people none the less – I miss quiet time, alone time. As a way to find space for that I’ve decided to go on morning walks as often as I can. I take one dog…
What inspires you, really?
As a rule I try to be reasonable, and kind, to myself. And I will not, by and large, plan on ventures that don’t excite me.
Hello joy, wonder and magic!
There’s a new page in the blog, 2015 project. Like many people, I’m always excited about the new year! I love the empty calendar, the possibilities the year might posses, the freshness. I also tend to look, at least briefly, back on the year past us. Last year we will remember as a time of…
It’s all coming together – surprisingly, momentarily
Space for me to be me, settling on the mountain and Bosnia, and rewilding the family. Check, check, check. To be honest I am surprised. I’ve reached a lot of my objectives for this year. I’ve been writing. This blog. Another blog and some articles in Finnish. My journal. I’ve also bought some thought provoking,…
Wild April notes
Last time I told you I’d be doing another Rewild Your Life in 30 days challenge with my daughter. It’s an online challenge that encourages one to spend a minimum of 30 minutes per day outside, whether it’s just under the open sky or actually in the wild nature. This was my third time participating,…
Mama and kid going wild
It starts next week Tuesday, the 1st of April! Another Rewild Your Life challenge by We Are Wildness. I attended this free and informal online challenge last year twice, and loved it! The idea is to dedicate 30 or more minutes each day to the great outdoors. It doesn’t matter where you are (how urban…
February spring on the mountain
We’ve got ourselves an early spring. The air smells of earth, I believe there is a hint of new beginnings. There are the odd butterflies – perhaps regretting their hastiness a little – and crocuses and anemones and birds singing. Today in our garden it was +14 degrees Celsius, windy, and partly cloudy, and we…
A garden surprise of a kind
It’s been three years since I’ve lived in the countryside. Not extremely long, I agree, yet when we still had snow on the ground I was incredibly impatient to start gardening. For years I’d been dreaming about a wildflower field of my own. The house that I used to live in, back in Finland, had…
Mount Rewild 