Rachael M Rollson

Monday’s Muse

Moon in Aries sextile Pluto in Aquarius This week’s increased speed with which we receive, approach, and go about our lives must be tempered by the grounding influence of Moon, Jupiter, and Uranus’s presence in stable and resourceful Taurus if we are to make the kind of progress we want to. The week starts outContinue reading “Monday’s Muse”

Friday in Pictures: ice castles

{let the images tell you a story}

Duendesday: Master-maker

{life with a curious and crazy 13 yr old} Duende’s new motto is “Grilled Cheese for Life” which might contradict with her obsession over pickles (and eating pickles with cheese, or yogurt, or really anything) but this kid lives in the mastery of contradictions. It’s generally a beautiful place full of art, dancing, crazy fashion,Continue reading “Duendesday: Master-maker”

Tuesday Happenings: Bring on the snow

Alas, alack, it seems our Imbolc dinner party is going to be canceled this year. We’ve had a roughly annual gathering for almost 10 years now so I am so sad that we can’t just figure out how to work it with our new shop/baking schedule. It seems at some level this season, all ofContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings: Bring on the snow”

Friday in Pictures: the duende is strong with this one

{let the images tell you a story} 4 years ago: Now:

Recipe Thursday: Harira

We were very fortunate to have travelled to Morocco when we were younger and stayed with extended extended family. We travelled with a Moroccan and got to see all the in’s and out’s of a couple of the big cities and some of the countryside. We visited Casablanca and Rabat, stayed in Mohammedia, took aContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Harira”

Tuesday 2-Do List

Get crackin’. Let’s hope the storm doesn’t deter us (or fill the basement with water)…

Monday’s Musing

(book at hand, on a snow day at home — actually, i pulled out Maxine Hong Kingston’s Fifth Book of Peace, and inside found a bookmark gift from years ago from the baker with his words which feel perfect right now…) This timethe quiet spaces thatfall betweenlike snow in a forestto cover the exposedgroundas thoughContinue reading “Monday’s Musing”

Catching up on a Thursday, with a recipe thrown in: Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce…

I know, I know, not really a thing, this ‘catching up on a Thursday’. It’s supposed to be recipe Thursday but maybe we’ll just do everything at once. That is certainly how it feels most days right now — how do we fit just everything we need to do in one day — we haveContinue reading “Catching up on a Thursday, with a recipe thrown in: Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce…”

Duendesday: Aftermath/Solstice Saga

{life with a curious and crazy 13 yr old} As D would tell it, our Solstice was cancelled and our celebrations ruined. She’s not one for silver linings yet. From a kid perspective, it was pretty terrible — all of her expected happenings and excitement deflated by means beyond her (or any of ours) control.Continue reading “Duendesday: Aftermath/Solstice Saga”