Rachael M Rollson

Happenings

(from J) Folks, I hope this finds you and yours safe and healthy. Not sure if you’ve noticed, but things are getting a little weird out there. Here at Rock Bottom it is business as usual. Boiling sap, starting seeds, baking bread and doing our best to take it day by day and remember theContinue reading “Happenings”

Monday Musings

Here’s a list of Big Great Books for your current state of mind: The Tale of Genji – Murasaki Shikibu. Likely the first novel, written by a woman around 980 BCE in Japan about the courtlife of a man (clearly in contrast with the women) who is not perfect and in fact very flawed by hisContinue reading “Monday Musings”

Friday in Pictures: Seed to Seedling

let the images tell you their story

Recipe Thursday: Patatas a lo Pobre

We succumbed to the romanticism of Spain, for sure, even before we got to spend a month there 10 years ago (a very telling 10 years as we suspected halfway through our trip that we were pregnant – ‘my baby loves this Spanish wine!’, ‘my baby loves morcilla!’) – we read Chris Stewart’s Driving OverContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Patatas a lo Pobre”

D for Duendesday!

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} She’s on the lookout for a new bike (the one she has is a bit small, they are so sized for age instead of size, is that a thing or am I just imagining), I think she wants to be a BMX star (damnContinue reading “D for Duendesday!”

Happenings

Rock Bottom Breaking News: Bread Shares are now a thing – right now there are only 20 and notices have been sent out to people already signed up for weekly shares. But what are they? They are a month to month CSB (y’know, for bread!) which streamlines the payment and delivery process. It also opensContinue reading “Happenings”

Monday Thoughts

“The ceremonies that persist—birthdays, weddings, funerals— focus only on ourselves, marking rites of personal transition. We know how to carry out this rite for each other and we do it well. But imagine standing by the river, flooded with those same feelings as the Salmon march into the auditorium of their estuary. Rise in their honor,Continue reading “Monday Thoughts”

Friday in Pictures: All Hail the Sled Trail!

let the images tell you their story

Recipe Thursday: Best Ever Brownies

I kid you not. A magickal space between fudge and cake exists and it is in these brownies…when you are feeling sad or needy or have a deep chocolatey sweet tooth urging you to find the happy place, or even if you are in a lovely appreciative-of-all-the-worlds-gifts kind of mood – this will exalt youContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Best Ever Brownies”

Duendesday!

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} It can’t all be wine and roses – or in the case of a 9 yr old, all milk and cookies… What does a day look like when she wakes up on the wrong side (of our) bed? The sass is strong with thisContinue reading “Duendesday!”