Rachael M Rollson

Solstice Happenings

And here we are again, in the thick of the dark days, waiting for the light, waiting for the recharge of solar energy into our bones and brains. The year shifts from practice to a bit more theory and planning. We tend to our ecological relations in different ways — in sometimes more subtle ways,Continue reading “Solstice Happenings”

Snow Season

We all tend to love snow the best from our cozy places inside looking out or when we can have time to have fun in it, but it is less on our list when we have to work/school/be out in it for things other than said fun. My sensibilities tend to lose it when itContinue reading “Snow Season”

Intentional Time

That’s where we’re at these days — defining, living, seeking out, and maybe lamenting the lack of intentional time. Time we spend intentionally being present in our lives, in the world we want to live, is a focus we are trying to pay heed to. It’s hard — because it’s so easy to swept upContinue reading “Intentional Time”

Foliage and Past Autumns

The autumn of things is in their focus inward; saving all the resplendent energies to rest, repair, and then to rebuild (as seasons cycle). The colors of this fading summer woo us with promises of rebirth, sure, but generally, we are on the same path and find that we are much more wooed by theContinue reading “Foliage and Past Autumns”

Catching Up on our ‘Weekend’

Someone walked into the shop the other day and before we could even greet them accusingly inquired, “Why are you closed on Wednesday and Thursday?!” and I get it, it’s the middle of the week but it’s just the two of us so we need to take some time off and since we are alsoContinue reading “Catching Up on our ‘Weekend’”

Tuesday Happenings: Common Ground Fair 2025

Happy Autumnal Equinox! Our favorite family celebration for years now has been the Common Ground Country Fair. Taking our little pea is always an adventure — we love taking her up to the MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) grounds for any kind of event (workshops, ME Apple Weekend, etc) but the Fair isContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings: Common Ground Fair 2025”

Thursday: Focus on the Food

It’s easy to get caught up with everything that needs to be done on a homestead. And with the shop, we’ve been very neglectful with the day to day care of things like trimming hedges and shaping gardens, even with caring for our medicinal and marvelous food plants and trees. When we were here full-timeContinue reading “Thursday: Focus on the Food”

Friday in Pictures: Most of Our Maine Summer

{let the images tell you a story}

Mid-week Check-In: (r)evolutions

There are all kinds of revolutions — astrological/cosmological/seasonal (all connected, of course, as similar engagements), political, personal, and ecological, as a few in mind. Our wytchy selves here focus on all of these as a piece — to be connected to ourselves, we have to be connected in nature (or aware of this nature, we’reContinue reading “Mid-week Check-In: (r)evolutions”

Summer Solstice

This Summer starts with a healthy dose of heat and humidity. And though we’ve had rain every week, it still feels a little dry in the garden (the corn are really calling to me to carry water up to them — days past we had a watering system in the garden but between changing upContinue reading “Summer Solstice”