Earth, You Have Returned to Me BY ELAINE EQUI Can you imagine waking upevery morning on a different planet,each with its own gravity? Slogging, wobbling,wavering. Atiltand out-of-syncwith all that movesand doesn’t. Through years of trialand mostly errordid I study this unsteady way — changing pills, adjusting the dosage,never settling. A long time we were separate,O Earth,but nowContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Special Update
Hello Hello. I wanted to update you on some very special happenings at Rock Bottom Homestead. Recently we have implemented a giving program where 5% of our gross income from the bakery/goods go to the Augusta (Maine) Food Bank. For example, even though this last month was a relatively slow month for us, we wereContinue reading “Special Update”
RBH Tuesday Happens
Amidst the slowly falling faerie snow today, our usual Tuesday endeavor involves baking and picking out goods (jams and secret pickles, caramelized onions and fresh ricotta). New and exciting breads go out today; we hope you like them as much as us! We’re talking about the new studio plans (that room has been the lastContinue reading “RBH Tuesday Happens”
Friday in Pictures: In the Kitchen
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Recipe Thursday: Really Big Salads
The title of this recipe day should be ‘Really Obscene Salads’ but I liked the Seinfeld reference (who doesn’t? rewatching it occasionally is interesting; it is so culturally referential that when it is good, it’s good, and when it’s bad, it’s a real groaner – or shall we say, ‘no longer with the times’). WhatContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Really Big Salads”
Duendesday: Midwinter
{life with a curious and crazy 10 yr old} Happy Midwinter! Our Imbolc holiday was nice – we put away our Winter celebratory stuffs (take down the tree, put away the lights, stockings, and decorations of which I try and keep to 2-3 medium boxes, no more), we cleaned (it’s so important to take theContinue reading “Duendesday: Midwinter”
Monday’s Imbolc Muse
At Bridget’s WellBy Doireann Ní Ghríofa When rain fell on a path of stone,one by one, we appeared alone. Each of us wore a different face,but we were all the same – drawn by ache to lift green latches,drawn by want to walk the dark passage. Past paper stares, we kneltand wept, we who fed theContinue reading “Monday’s Imbolc Muse”
Duendesday: the Crazies
{life with a curious and crazy 10 yr old} We have stepped into Kid Twilight Zone…hear the music? She’s officially gone off the deep end. It’s all cardboard, all the time. This past week she made cardboard and cloth flip-flop’s for the dog and when he didn’t want to wear them, she made him cardboardContinue reading “Duendesday: the Crazies”
Monday’s Muse
“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.” “Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to expressContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Friday in Pictures: House Art Tour
let the images tell you their story
Rock Bottom Homestead 