slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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I had the root canal. I lived. It was not so bad, and it turns out that once she got inside it she found that I had two dead nerves and one live nerve, which was why the tests were not accurate. She said that I probably would have had a lot of pain in…
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This paper was made with any kind of brown paper I could get my hands on, leftover plant fibers, and lots of dried basil blossoms. It smells nice. The paper was a little bigger than the cover, but I decided not to cut it down to fit. I like it sticking out. The cover was…
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I’ve already gone to Susanne’s and the farmers’ market, so I’m working on my second pot. I have found it curiously difficult to write this week, either here or in my written journal. Depression pretty much reigned, so I blame that. I’ve had dreams that influenced my days, and my hip pain is slowly increasing,…
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Finally took a few photos tonight. This one is definitely for me. It is made with both recycled handmade paper and commercial writing paper. The cover is made with an envelope that Rice sent to me – too precious not to reuse! The binding was a bit tricky because I used lots of different scraps…
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I find it interesting that every papermaking session is different. I thought that the iris/abaca pulp would be almost just like the corn shuck/abaca pulp. But I ended up doing everything backwards from the beginning. I thawed out half of the frozen pulp in the vat, so I decided to add water to it instead…
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Maybe it helped to get those complaints out of my system, or maybe it helped that I spent the late afternoon with good friends, or maybe it helped that Sandy and I had a delicious meal at Fishbones, now a weekly event. At any rate, I feel much better. My iris leaf and abaca pulp…
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Actually, I made another little pot. I used to drink coffee all day long every day, which finally had to stop due to the fact that caffeine, in large quantities, turns out to be not so good for you. Otherwise I’d have a 24-cup coffeemaker instead of a 4-cup coffeemaker. Gave up trying to post…
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I decided what to do with the little bit of Italy money leftover after paying for Journalfest and airfare to Seattle. I bought a small upright freezer so that I can store pulp and papermaking fibers that I gather and cook for times when it is not possible for me to make paper right away.…
slowly she turned 