Rachael M Rollson

Monday’s Muse

“I have a couple of words to describe farmers: innovative and generous. Plus they are absurdly nice – and kind. They are innovative as seed growers and they are so generous with that knowledge, sharing those innovations with the broader farming community. They are very much like nature, like seeds. We all know that ifContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”

Friday in Pictures: Duende’s Woods

let the images tell you their story

Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Moroccan Greens Dip

Spring is springing and all I can think about is Greens. Our northside of the hill, in lower Mid-Maine, is still pretty scarce on the green front but signs are coming. I love wild greens, garden greens, all especially as bitter greens. But it’s still also pretty cool, and though I will certainly pair aContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Moroccan Greens Dip”

Faeries and Wood Sprites

Duendesday: {a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} If ever there was a time to invoke a little magick, now would be the time. We knew that we were the kind of people who might need some at some point (I certainly don’t rule it out on a regular basis) soContinue reading “Faeries and Wood Sprites”

Happenings

Incremental happenings – one tiny step at a time! Thanks to our beautiful and brilliant community of friends, family, and subscribers – we are slowly getting up to speed. Deliveries are starting to re-happen to the Portland area, which is great! Bready bits, kimchi, seed packets, jams & syrup – fantastic! I’m glad we canContinue reading “Happenings”

Musings

Dreams, memories, the sacred–they are all alike in that they are beyond our grasp. Once we are even marginally separated from what we can touch, the object is sanctified; it acquires the beauty of the unattainable, the quality of the miraculous. Everything, really, has this quality of sacredness, but we can desecrate it at aContinue reading “Musings”

Recipe Thursday: Froot Crisp (GF)

You read that right – that’s how we spell it around here. Why? ’cause it’s funnier that way, that’s why. Homeskooling is hilarious because you really get to not only see the ridiculousness of some of our learning systems but you also get to mess with your kids…take spelling, for instance – many words areContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Froot Crisp (GF)”

Duendesday

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} As Josh says, “the best $11. ever spent” – it was a great day for a hike in the woods and some kite flying. This kite keeps this kid happy. When I was a teenager, I moved in with a friend and her familyContinue reading “Duendesday”

Happenings: Seed Starters

I love growing things. I’m no expert, by any means, but I have always had a love affair with dirt, soil, earth and the magick that springs forth. When I was a kid, we had a garden, and chickens (and turkeys and rabbits) but I lived on a steep sloping hill with just a bitContinue reading “Happenings: Seed Starters”

Monday Musings

“At the end of the first month of spring, the yang ethers of heaven are said to waft down while the yin ethers of earth rise. They commingled harmoniously, and as a result grasses and trees begin to sprout. Later (or earlier since the seasons are cyclical), at the end of the first month ofContinue reading “Monday Musings”