slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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I did have to simmer the butterbeans a little more on the electric stove, but they cooked enough to be edible on the woodstove without me stoking it up beyond normal. I left the pot on the woodstove all night and most of the “pot liquor” evaporated and the beans had a bit of a…
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I am officially on vacation. I leave on Sunday morning for John C. Campbell Folk School to spend one glorious week in a beautiful place learning to make wooden covers for books and Coptic and Greek binding. There will be autumn leaves, music, good food, great birdwatching, and dancing. This week I’ve made paper from…
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Miss Peanut had a sweet send-off last night. John and Susanne came by to see my garden and deliver some artichoke pulp she had cooked for me (we’re working together on making paper out of it). Upon hearing of Miss Peanut’s burial earlier that day, Susanne suggested that John sing a sad song. Without hesitation,…
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Miss Peanut passed away sometime this weekend – I’m guessing around Saturday night or Sunday morning since I found her body in an area where I had been working on Saturday. It’s possible that I missed her since her fur blended in perfect camoflage with the earth and oak log that she lay across, but…
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We’re making our preparations for winter. Yesterday we bought a truckload of firewood from a different man who brought us twice as much for the same price as last year’s firewood guy. And the wood is good quality – last year’s was too green and I ended up using much of it for borders around…
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I didn’t take a single photo this week with my new camera! But I will get lots of photo-worthy opps at John C. Campbell Folk School the last week of October. I haven’t been there in the fall before, so add another reason I am thrilled to be going there again. Some of my best…
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John McCain must think that we all are morons. Here’s a message for Joe the Plumber. Get the hell away from John McCain as fast as you can. He is insane. I don’t think that I can listen to the rest of this debate. It’s like getting “Hey Jude” caught in your head, except it’s…
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I consumed the first pot, spent a couple of hours in the Back Forty weeding and doing general clean-up, then decided that I deserved a second pot. So here I am, after all. I’ve been a little freaked out at the amount of money I’ve spent lately, and I would have had to go into…
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Seven incredible food activists and writers on one stage at Slow Food Nation: Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Eric Schlosser, Carlo Petrini, and Corby Kummer. Wendell Berry, as always, is a fount of wisdom and is not to be missed. Corby Kummer is a wonderful moderator and his exchanges with Carlo Petrini…
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I love these crisp mornings that we are finally beginning to have. But even more, I love that I was able to sleep late this morning. This is rather new for me. I’ll go to the curb market a little later and do a bit of shopping, but I’ve mainly been living off what I…
slowly she turned 