We don’t organise ‘activities’ at our mountain lodge. I run rewilding retreats, and people sign up specifically to join them. There’s full moon ceremonies and dinner parties. Occasionally. But when you book a night or a holiday at ours, there’s no organised stuff to fill your moments here. You suddenly have the freedom and chaos…
Important to learn
As many other unschooling parents, we’re sometimes caught up thinking ‘What should our children be learning?’. Our kids are now 5 and 2,5 years of age, living and learning at home, at the inn, and while traveling, always with us, not attending to school or kindergarten. The other day I wrote down my dream list of what I would love…
Valuing comrades
Ever felt like you’ve been missing something, without knowing it? I just learnt I’ve been missing allies in our everyday life on the mountain. And it surprised me! Yesterday we had some guests from Vermont, U.S. (and a few other states, too) for lunch at Vukov konak. We enjoyed a lovely afternoon moment together. I…
Warm bubble of home
Today I thought about harmony. How I crave for it, how I enjoy it. And how I find myself going off-balance when something messes with the momentarily found harmony. I find balance and harmony in kindness, warmth, compassion. In nature and in beauty. With children and animals. My house doesn’t need to be tidy (and…
Free range kids
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…
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…
When mum is happy
For the year 2015 I wrote ‘a project’ to focus on me. After years of being pregnant and breastfeeding, I needed to take time for myself, to feel healthier and happier. Walking, meditating, doing yoga. Well, I did do all of that. Perhaps not quite as much as I thought I would. But more than…
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.
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