slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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I am living proof that stress and negativity can make you sick. I try to be a duck, but I tend to be a sponge. Usually by the time I realize that I need to protect my open, welcoming pores, I have absorbed the damaging energy. The effects generally show up days later. I seem…
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Really, I’m just putting off having to change out of my jammies and leave the house. This week was the first week of classes. It was frustrating at times, but I probably made too much of the aggravations due to sleep deprivation. Last night was tough again due to itchy insect bites and a lingering…
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Wow, this was one long week with little to show for it. I work with history graduate students and faculty at UNCG and classes begin Monday. The week before classes begin is always a busy one. My class this semester will be on Tuesday nights: “Intro to Archival Management.” It is a crosslisted class between…
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But Will It Make You Happy? On the bright side, the practices that consumers have adopted in response to the economic crisis ultimately could — as a raft of new research suggests — make them happier. New studies of consumption and happiness show, for instance, that people are happier when they spend money on experiences…
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Ah, a sweet comment from Albie Smith. What a wonderful way to start a Saturday. So many things have happened this week. After I posted on Sunday, I messed around with my woodcuts and used my printing register for the first time. The two new proofs (Jake and a Spannocchia scene) were not to my…
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Lately I have fallen in love with Hand/Eye magazine. Their website content is absolutely awesome, and they send out emails and Facebook updates with the most fascinating articles. I decided that I wanted the print copies so I subscribed. The Central Asia issue blew me away. The magazine is gorgeous, with color from edge-to-edge. And…
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This has been a pretty good week. Susanne made lots of pulp for me in her beater, so I have made three batches of paper this week. I used so many ingredients in these that it is a little complicated to describe. From left to right: 1. Abaca (a type of banana fiber), okra, daylily,…
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These rugs that we bought during our June vacation from Wild Spirit Gallery in Pagosa Springs, Colorado will go on our walls, not the floor: Weaver: Marina Gonzalez Design: “Diez Pajaros” Dyes: colorfast analine Weft: wool Weaver: Ricardo Gutierrez Design: “Pasillo de la Mesa” Dyes: colorfast Lanaset Weft: wool
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We’re enjoying a cool weekend, finally! Unusually cool for August 1, in fact. Yesterday Sandy and I tackled cleaning up the stack of shrub and tree prunings from the last time it was cool enough to work in the yard. I began yanking out ornamental grapevine and honeysuckle and English ivy and wild yam vines…
slowly she turned 