slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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Monday, I planted lots of Tuscan kale seedlings outside next to the oak tree. I put down some cardboard over the @#$%&$ ground ivy patch, and did a fair amount of weeding. Tuesday, I recovered. Today, I planted the rest of the Tuscan kale seedlings, tatsoi seedlings, mild mustard mix seedlings, and Red Sails lettuce…
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Pussy willow is budding. Nanking cherry bushes and seckel pear tree too. Garlic chives are up. Rosemary and lemon thyme is taking up too much valuable real estate and will have to be reduced significantly. Daffodils and lenten rose are in bloom. Claytonia never came back. In the area behind the white nanking cherry, I…
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My first woodcut print. 7 3/4″ x 4″, oil on mulberry paper. One of an edition of eight. I will probably be developing this one further. It came from a painting I did back in December 2005.
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I start this weekend feeling pretty doggone good about the week behind me. My critique went well, and I have some good ideas now on how to develop the first print further. Right now I’ve moved on to carving one of the window designs from Spannocchia. Wednesday, we had our second tapestry box class. Two…
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We got five inches of snow last night at our house, the largest snowfall we’ve seen in a long, long time. Even though I miss my feral kitties, I am relieved that I don’t have to worry about them in this kind of weather. Ozzie used to hate the snow and he would sit out…
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Before I settle in with our local newspaper, of which half will go automatically into the recycle bin, I’ll ramble here for a little while. After all, the ice has begun to form on my back steps, changing my plans to weave in the studio this morning. I had it all nice and cozy back…
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Thank you for following my descent into madness journey forward to a simpler, more authentic, fun life. Recently I was filling out a questionnaire that asked me where I saw myself five years from now. I see myself right here, doing what I’m doing now, except hopefully with more skill and joy. My life ain’t…
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Ah, I am happy that it is the weekend. I woke up this morning after way too much sleep, blearily wondering what to wear to work today. This week was a mixed bag for me. I felt a lot better on Tuesday, so I walked a lot and generally behaved like a normal person through…
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I’m happy today because yesterday I met with Nikki and Regula and I am now officially NOT the web master of Slow Food Piedmont Triad! Yay! Sandy and I went out and celebrated at McCoul’s, where I had one Smithwick’s too many and was hungover by midnight. Then my hip hurt so bad during the…
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Strategies, schmategies. :-pppppppp::::: I didn’t get any extra exercise this week, although I do feel better this morning and might give it a whirl. I don’t know if the cold is an influence on my pain but I’ve been a hurtin’ woman this week. Walking to work and back was about as much as I…
slowly she turned 