{life with a curious and crazy 10 yr old} I told you all about her cardboard creations and then she goes and makes a spaceship for the cat, resplendent with buttons/levers/a handheld radio and a helmet – she shaped, designed, and painted it, also adding a plastic bag window (for both the ship and theContinue reading “Duendesday Wednesday!”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Happenings on Tuesday
Alas, there is not much ‘happening’ these days, which is good. When it happens, it is all a-flurry, but most of the time it is the kind of peace that we only dreamt about for years. Days of homemade Egg Nog Ice Cream and Apple Cake, afternoons of Popcorn and movies (the little one likesContinue reading “Happenings on Tuesday”
Monday’s Muse
“Love is an answer to the lack that lies at the heart of aliveness, but it does not compensate for that lack – it transforms it. Love transforms that lack into an excess that produces new contradictions; it is the luminous chasm and the ephemeral mass, freedom in impossibility, the always insufficient answer to theContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Friday in Pictures: Wishful Planning
let the images tell you their story
Recipe Thursday: Apple Cake
Apples for love – a perfect cake for any occasion but this occasion happens to be our 24th Anniversary (yes, 24 – really!). We weren’t that young (but still pretty young) which makes us likely older than you thought we were, but we’ve had many lives. We’ve lived many places and have had many adventuresContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Apple Cake”
Duendesday!
{life with a curious and crazy 10 yr old} My little Solstice Faerie – she doesn’t want for much but there are a few things that make her happy – generally ways to interact with others; building kits, art supplies, games, and activities that are easily inclusive. Every now and again she’s jazzed about somethingContinue reading “Duendesday!”
Tuesday Happenings
It is Crazyland around here these days – but mostly in a good way. We are getting ready to build a better pantry for our homestead stores (and put up some more Pickled Carrot Spears – who knew they were going to be so popular! Yay!). The baker is back up and running and theContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings”
Monday’s Solstice Musing
Call her moonchildDancing in the shallows of a riverLonely moonchildDreaming in the shadowOf the willow. Talking to the trees of theCobweb strangeSleeping on the steps of a fountainWaving silver wands to theNight-birds songWaiting for the sun on the mountain. She’s a moonchildGathering the flowers in a garden.Lovely moonchildDrifting in the echoes of the hours. SailingContinue reading “Monday’s Solstice Musing”
Friday in Pictures: Pasta Play
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Recipe Thursday: Sauces for Pasta Fantasies
This week at Rock Bottom Homestead, we are making lots of lovely pasta. Red Beet Farfalle, Basil Fettuccine, Sourdough Saffron Tagliatelle, Golden Beet/Sweet Potato Gnocchi, and our homestead classic – Ricotta Gnudi. All made with our free-range deep gorgeous eggs, King Arthur flour, local herbs and vegetables, homemade/local milk ricotta, and some of our ownContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Sauces for Pasta Fantasies”
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