“As the Christians have their story of a Fall from a prehistoric Eden, the Hindus have a belief that the world travels through four different ages, or yugas. The age we are currently living in is the Kali yuga: a dark age characterised by degeneration and greed. Avarice and a general disrespect for life define the kali yuga: itContinue reading “Monday Thoughts”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Friday in Pictures: and just like that…
let the images tell you their story
Recipe: Cheddar Bread Pudding
What to do with leftover bread? This is never a problem for us – we have many lovely uses. We cube and make croutons (just bake with olive oil, s&p, maybe herbs until crispy), we freeze for later for stuffings and bread puddings or even just Pappa al Pomodoro (Tuscan tomato bread soup – freshContinue reading “Recipe: Cheddar Bread Pudding”
Duendesday
Yes, you heard it right! It’s Duendesday! What does that mean – well, a couple of things. See, here at the house, it means that Duende is in charge of meals but hopefully it will mean more as she gets a hold of the possibilities. Maybe she will decide what projekts we tackle that dayContinue reading “Duendesday”
Happenings: February/March
What’s Happening? What a weird word – I can’t help it, how did it come to be (to hap)?: happen (v.) late 14c., happenen, “to come to pass, occur, come about, be the case,” literally “occur by hap, have the (good or bad) fortune (to do, be, etc.);” extension (with verb-formative -n) of the more common hap (v.). OldContinue reading “Happenings: February/March”
Monday Thoughts
It snowed. It snowed all yesterday and never emptied the sky, although the clouds looked so low and heavy they might drop all at once with a thud. The light is diffuse and hueless, like the light on paper inside a pewter bowl. The snow looks light and the sky dark, but in fact theContinue reading “Monday Thoughts”
Officially Officialness
We’ve been busy around making things sort of officially official – branding ourselves, as they say (shudder). Remember, this is a bare-bones operation, no fancy stuff here. Logo, new address for this blog (now rockbottomhomestead.farm), stamps, bags and a bread delivery next week! We’ve upgraded supplies for breadbaking and are considering sourdough pizza dough andContinue reading “Officially Officialness”
Rock Bottom Recipe: Winter Fish Pie
The cold crisp days desire a lot of one-pot hearty meals. And we supply. To be honest, I was hoping to be a little snowed-in this season because I have a lot of reading and writing to do (between my own PhD dissertation, tutoring, teaching assistance, and as a recent art agent, I somehow haveContinue reading “Rock Bottom Recipe: Winter Fish Pie”
Imbolc
What a good time to celebrate – smack in the real depths of winter, where here in New England many call the ‘winter season’ November through March (though we all know well and good it can snow in October and April, too!). But February 2nd is the technical midpoint between the Winter Solstice and theContinue reading “Imbolc”
Rock Bottom Recipe: Rock Bottom Lentils
Just in time for weekend planning – we’ll start a little tradition that every Thursday or Friday a recipe will be posted. Dishes that quintessentially make up our household. We are omnivores but I am quite skilled at turning many dishes into vegan or GF (feel free to ask if you don’t see correlating substitutionsContinue reading “Rock Bottom Recipe: Rock Bottom Lentils”
