{life with a curious and crazy 10 yr old} The sass is strong with this one. She’s as imaginative and funny as she is sassy and forthright. I wouldn’t change a thing. She’s very independent – in her desires and her expressions of them, she knows who she is already and she’s not afraid toContinue reading “Duendesday”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Homestead Happenings
There is always an urgency when the first snow flurries make an appearance – many times they signal the change and then aren’t seen again for months. Josh and I are both familiar with it snowing on our birthdays in October and April, mid season bookends. So, it is no surprise to wake up andContinue reading “Homestead Happenings”
Monday’s Muse
The possible truths, hazily perceived in the world of abstraction, like those inferred from observation and experiment in the world of matter, are forced upon the profane multitudes, too busy to think for themselves, under the form of Divine revelation and scientific authority. But the same question stands open from the days of Socrates andContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”
Recipe Thursday: ‘Fast Food’
To be honest, lately we are looking at quick meals. Of course, our quick meals are probably pretty slow for many folks because we just don’t have fast easy ways to make things happen around here. Our systems aren’t set up for it. We don’t buy food that turns into anything interesting fast. And ifContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: ‘Fast Food’”
Happenings on Tuesday
When it rains, it pours around here – (quite literally, there was a drought all Summer and now we’re sopping wet around here, no days to put out the laundry, we’re running out of towels!), we offer up a lovely pasta week and shazamo! Everyone wants some. Who knew? How amazing. So we worked ourContinue reading “Happenings on Tuesday”
Autumn Duendesday
{life with a curious and crazy 10 yr old} There’s not much more exciting than baby animals for this kid (alright, they don’t even have to be babies – she loves all animals). So, when Nana asked if Duende would like to babysit her new Maine Coon kitten, the kid’s head nearly exploded with glee.Continue reading “Autumn Duendesday”
Tuesday Happenings
It’s the little bits that excite me on most days – the big things don’t change very much; there is always baking and pickling to do, always garden and chicken and orchard tending, and always updating the house (built in 1820 with us being the 3rd owners, there was not a lot of updating beingContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings”
Monday and a Birthday
On a personal note – I want to make it clear who makes the worlding happen here at Rock Bottom Homestead (& Orchard) – I call him my Beautiful Tulip (as compared to my Tiny Tulip) and it is a fact, he inspires me every day. He is my muse and my accomplice in thisContinue reading “Monday and a Birthday”
Tuesday Happenings
We waited as long as we could but I love when the woodstove has a fire in it. The last couple of nights (that strange 73 degree day, notwithstanding) have been around the freezing mark, the mild frosts killing the rest of the errant squash and tomato plants in the compost around the apple treesContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings”
Monday and a Muse
Daybreak Flat on my bedenjoying the very idea of flatnessthe beauty of weightas if I were the horizon…Daylight comes slowmounting alterations on the wall.Sun, you come back, filling your place. What a thing it is to have this power, to climb to the very tip of daylight. ~ Robert Winner (from The Sanity of EarthContinue reading “Monday and a Muse”
