slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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First and foremost, I will bake the broccoli casserole for Christmas dinner tomorrow. This is usually my sister’s dish, but she is celebrating with her husband’s side of the family this year, so I get the honors! Yay, I was getting tired of doing the out-of-season asparagus casserole. I was able to buy broccoli at…
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It’s a Festivus miracle! Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way. Cosmo Kramer: What happened to the doll? Frank Costanza: It…
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I finally finished my Journalfest journal yesterday while waiting at the doctor’s office. I’m posting some of the pages here in case you think that art journaling is hard or requires special talent or something like that. An art journal is just for you, and it contains a combination of art and writing, or maybe…
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Laura asked me what I accomplished yesterday. My answer was too long to go to waste so I’ve copied it here. I mordanted some cotton and wool fabrics with alum/soda ash and alum/cream of tartar respectively. They soaked overnight. Sandy and I went shopping mostly, but to fun places like a neighborhood bazaar in Glenwood…
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I’m sitting here with Miz Jazz in my lap, and we are both watching the other three cats tear back and forth through the house. Guido is the oldest of the three, and he seemed to be winning at first. Then Miss Lucy got into it, and Guido dropped out somewhere. Now Theo is running…
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For my friends who are alone or feel lonely…I think that most all of us feel alone from time to time for different reasons. I love solitude but I do get a little freaked out by it sometimes. Our culture doesn’t value it and we are conditioned to see it as a bad thing from…
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We ended up with a couple of inches of snow on the ground and the weather has turned unusually cold for December around here. I didn’t take any snow photos because I stayed inside, cooked soup on the woodstove, cleaned and did laundry, and begin warping up a little tapestry loom that I bought about…
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I got a late start this morning – that bed felt so good! We are about to swing by the animal hospital to pick up a bag of fluids for Jazz on our way to the farmers’ market as soon as Sandy finishes his computer game and gets dressed. First things first, you know. Last…
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Today I am thankful for my husband, that he is still with me despite a heart attack and my menopausal hormones. I’m thankful that I have a job with people that I enjoyed working with, and that has health benefits and time off to live my life outside of work. I pray for those who…
slowly she turned 