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Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
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”
Mid-Winter Moments
As we wind-up our time here at ye’ olde homestead we find ourselves romanticizing the work we have done here — as if every moment is a longing, a memory, and a letting go. Grieving is a hard process, done over time, with care-fullness. Since we’ve decided to leave this home, it has been aContinue reading “Mid-Winter Moments”
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”
