{life with a curious and crazy almost 13 yr old} And so the time has come to say goodbye to ‘child’hood and enter ‘teen’hood for this gal. I’m sad but excited, she’s sad but excited, Josh is scared but excited (ha!). She’s so tall and friendly people expect her to be older but she stillContinue reading “Duendesday: pre-teen and 8th grade!”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Spring Tuesday ‘Round Here
Scene One: The Eastern Phoebe family on the back of the garage is growing nicely – a little pile of chicks stacked up waiting for their flycatching parent to bring them bits. Simultaneously the Dragonflies have hatched and they work hard like aerial acrobats saving us from being devoured by mosquitos (ok, I just likeContinue reading “Spring Tuesday ‘Round Here”
A Muse for a Monday
CHANGE IS POSSIBLE ~ Rob Brezsny Ancient Hawaiians had a sport they called lele kawa, in which they dived off cliffs into the ocean. Pu’u Keka’a, a tall volcanic cinder cone in West Maui, was a perfect place from which to jump, but everyone avoided it. Legend held it was a taboo place: “the leaping place ofContinue reading “A Muse for a Monday”
Recipe Thursday: Spring Lamb & Olive Stew
It’s been a swing of a Spring so far – starting in classic fashion of snow but then a week later 70 degrees F! Many weeks of sunny and warm days, with some typical April and May rainy days in there, fooled us into thinking we were well on our way to Summer when lastContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Spring Lamb & Olive Stew”
Tuesday Happenings: Living the Life
Some mornings the landscapers at the neighbors get us up early (and I thought our lovely neighbors liked us! ha!), and there are many spiders in the bathroom, and I find a tick attached to both me and the dog (not the same tick, at the same time, mind you), and the breads don’t comeContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings: Living the Life”
Friday in Pictures: Viriditas
{let the images tell you a story}
Recipe Thursday: Forager’s Pesto
How can you go wrong with pesto? It is one of my favorite things to make because I can make it with such a variety of things. Any kind of green, any kind of seed or nut, any kind of oil, you can add cheese or don’t add cheese, a pinch of salt, a squeezeContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Forager’s Pesto”
Monday’s Muse
To be honest, all the inspiration right now comes from the idea of new growth, new beginnings, new possibilities – the soft greenness of fresh leaves, the perfume of a first open flower, the sound of peepers and chattering finch, the buzz of the bumble, a warm spring breeze and a cool night, damp earthContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Tuesday Happenings & Events
Rainy Rain Rain. We need it though, not enough snow this Winter. The apple trees will be in drought again this year, poor little things. They’ve suffered so the last fews years with less and less water and more and more predators, some saplings are dwindling and others are pushing through – it’s definitely aContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings & Events”
Monday’s Muse
AFTER HALF A CENTURY ~ Chimako Tada Finally after half a century, a clearly observable law has been found:For mankind, all matters proceedAlong geometric lines (If you put one grain of rice on the first intersection of a game board, two grains of rice on the second, four grains of rice on the third, andContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Rock Bottom Homestead 