I can’t address the world right now – the pendulum swing is too far in either direction and bodies (those not in power, never in power, always under foot) are strewn like mowed daisies along this stretch of country road. My daily work focuses on this cultural and natural emergency swing so my homestead workContinue reading “Tuesday’s List of Happenings and Things 2 Do”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Monday’s Muse
Who Said It Was Simple ~ Audre Lorde There are so many roots to the tree of anger that sometimes the branches shatter before they bear. Sitting in Nedicksthe women rally before they march discussing the problematic girls they hire to make them free.An almost white counterman passes a waiting brother to serve them first and the ladies neither notice norContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Friday in Pictures: End of Spring Storm
{let the images tell you a story}
Duendesday: New Findings
{life with a curious and crazy almost 12 yr old} She’s a kook – this little duende of ours, a real mischevous little sprite. Our local trash transfer station has the Swap Shack (I’m sure I’ve mentioned it – ha!) and lately Ms. D. has been finding large toy horses that she is in loveContinue reading “Duendesday: New Findings”
Rock Bottom Tuesday: Bread & Roses
Seems so fitting these days to have these two paired liked sensible comrades. Bread, as literally a staff of life (though in more of a ‘civilized’ sense, which I could take or leave that part, I like to be a little uncivilized…) and roses, thorny but beautiful – medicinal and soothing (Helen Todd and RoseContinue reading “Rock Bottom Tuesday: Bread & Roses”
Musings for a Monday
StrawberriesThere were never strawberrieslike the ones we hadthat sultry afternoonsitting on the stepof the open french windowfacing each otheryour knees held in minethe blue plates in our lapsthe strawberries glisteningin the hot sunlightwe dipped them in sugarlooking at each othernot hurrying the feastfor one to comethe empty plateslaid on the stone togetherwith the two forksContinue reading “Musings for a Monday”
Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Tostadas/Crostini/Bruschetta, etc.
Whatever you want to call snack on toasts, I find it amazing that here in America, we don’t value this simple and delectable treat as much as they do in Southern Europe and Scandinavia. Of course we eat toast – mainly with butter and jam, for breakfast, or with eggs, etc, or a little coldContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Tostadas/Crostini/Bruschetta, etc.”
Tuesday on the Homestead
It is a jungle out there right now. There is just enough rain that mowing keeps getting missed and the timothy is as high as Duende’s nose! But the daisies, red clover, and cinquefoil are tall and lovely. Tiny and ethereally delicious wild strawberries cover the paths in the backfield and the blackberries are bloomingContinue reading “Tuesday on the Homestead”
Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Beet Hummus and Seedy Cubes
Alright, I hate to admit it (it’s not good to pick favorites!) but the Seedy Sourdough Round Bread Josh makes is the best (if you haven’t – check out the Stone Broke Bread Bakery and become a member!). I love all the seed goodness, unexpected texture and protein (and getting all my seed nutrition likeContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Beet Hummus and Seedy Cubes”
Duendesday: Moving on up…
{life with a curious and crazy almost 12 yr old} Child-time is moving too fast for me. I enjoy every stage of the growing but somedays I just wish each stage would last a little longer. I remember thinking when she was a wee babe that each time we had to bounce her to sleepContinue reading “Duendesday: Moving on up…”
Rock Bottom Homestead 