Haudenosaunee legend of the Three Sisters Very long ago, there were three sisters who lived in a field. The youngest was so small she could not yet walk; she crawled along the ground, dressed in green. The middle sister wore a bright yellow dress and darted back and forth across the field. The eldest sisterContinue reading “Monday’s Muses”
Author Archives: Rachael M Rollson
Friday in Pictures: how does your garden grow?
let the pictures tell you their story
Recipe Thursday: Fish Fry
I always tell Josh that when he’s gone (because we took an internet test once and it says I will outlive him by about 10 years after we’re 70, and you know that’s got to be true) that I am going to move down to Mississippi, get a nice Muumuu (ok, who else is excitedContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Fish Fry”
Duendesday: New Duende Order
{a day to check in with a 10 yr old’s doings} It’s officially official – She’s 10! WOWZA! Where did all that time go?! And why couldn’t each phase, each age, just been a little bit longer…she is marvelous and we love to watch her grow but it still has a bit of sadness withContinue reading “Duendesday: New Duende Order”
Homestead Happenings
We like ‘cracker day’ around here – Josh baking all the different flavors of crackers – Duende and I stealing them as we pass through. It’s always food food food around here – ha! And that’s the running conversation – food as health and medicine, food as politics, food sovereignty, local food, food as aContinue reading “Homestead Happenings”
Monday Musings
Lost in the Milky Way BY LINDA HOGAN Some of us are like trees that grow with a spiral grain as if prepared for the path of the spirit’s journey to the world of all souls. It is not an easy path. A dog stands at the opening constellation past the great helping hand. The dogContinue reading “Monday Musings”
Friday in Pictures: Birthday Gal
let the pictures tell you their story
Recipe Thursday: Lemon Kale Salad
I joined a book club a few years ago. I knew better but I dream about compatriots that share the same sort of ideas I do and want to get together and talk about them. I was uncertain about this group – though they were all very nice and funny and smart, we were justContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Lemon Kale Salad”
Tuesday To Happen
Oh, it is a lovely place to be these days – at Rock Bottom Homestead – and all the good things start to outweigh the bad (I’m convinced it’s in the New England water – the memory wiping of the Winter woes and the extra powerful elixir of the Summer loveliness). The butterflies are hereContinue reading “Tuesday To Happen”
Monday’s Muse
During the blaze of noon, between two sumptuous thunderstorms, the mud of Russian roads serves as a drinking establishment for the male Blues, but not every damp spot is suitable; the intensity of visitation is determined by a certain average saturation of the soil as well as the greater evenness of its surface. On anContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”