{a day in the life of a homeschooled 16 yr old} This Samhain, D had nowhere to go, and without the shop to provide her with a great celebratory place to hand out goodies to costumed wee ones, we had to come up with another plan. So, we decided to have a dressed-up outing/photo shoot/classContinue reading “Duendesday: Samhain Adventure”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Tuesday Happened: Fall Doings
We’re sure there are many things to celebrate today (Native American Heritage Month, the blue wave, and a new moon on the way for a true mid-season this coming weekend), but we also just live. Living is highly underrated these days — we are very aware with those struggling to survive in all the myriadContinue reading “Tuesday Happened: Fall Doings”
A Musing on a Monday
Under the first code of New England’s Puritan colonies passed in 1641, witchcraft was one of twelve crimes punishable by death. The article read: “If any man or woman be a witch, that is, hath consulted with a familiar spirit, he or she shall be put to death.” Cotton Mather described witchcraft as, “the doingContinue reading “A Musing on a Monday”
Friday in Pictures: Woods Walk
~ let the images tell you a story ~
Recipe Thursday: Baked Apple Cider Donuts
There used to be this place on the VT/NY border where we would cross on our way from VT to Binghamton, NY for turkey dinner in the Fall, which had the BEST Apple Cider Donuts. They were so good, we would make it a thing to stop and get donuts and cider (kind of likeContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Baked Apple Cider Donuts”
Duendesday: Fashion Show
{a day in the life of a homeschooled 16 yr old} We skipped over some big shifts of our Summer, life getting lost in the shuffle of our upheaval. The kid is, yes, amazingly 16 (and she really is amazing, such an empathetic crazy little witch), and passed her homeschool review and is now inContinue reading “Duendesday: Fashion Show”
Monday’s Musings
“We knew the social history of the United States; we had heard the issues discussed a hundred times. We did not know the detail as we encountered it in our efforts to build a local community in a disintegrating society. But had we known all and more, we would have persevered, because the value ofContinue reading “Monday’s Musings”
A Hot Minute: Catching Up
Yes, it’s been a minute since we’ve shared what’s happening up here at Rock Bottom Homestead. As with many things in our life right now, we think we’re going one way, and life redirects us. It feels a bit circular at the moment; we don’t feel like we’re getting anywhere. This year has been aContinue reading “A Hot Minute: Catching Up”
the sweetest 16
{the duendesday of all duendesdays}
First Blush of Spring
Alas, the rollercoaster of New England Spring…snow one week, 68 degrees the next, and then rains and just this side of coolness where the woodstove is too much. We can see the Bee Balm sprouting, tufts of day lillies, new leaves of Hollyhocks in the garden, baby Rhubarb, little mounds of poppies and chives, PrimroseContinue reading “First Blush of Spring”
