slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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Making recycled paper Making and writing and painting and drawing and glueing in journals – some are altered books Yes, I already spilled something on the “Sticks and Stones” journal, made with pizza box covers and my handmade paper. Here’s the first handbound book, covers made from a Kandinsky poster book, paper made by Susanne…
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Whew! It’s gonna be a scorcher today, and I have an outdoor wedding to attend at 5 p.m. I’m going to be like Dr. Horrible’s henchman, Moist. Have you seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog yet? Really, you’ve got to see it. The first three episodes are free on iTunes or at hulu.com. I posted a…
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Funny that I’ve chosen to blog on a morning after a 12 hour headache – especially since this blog is very much about choices. I never claimed to always make the right choice, though. And funny that I don’t have much to say after three weeks, but what I usually do is just start typing…
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I’m braising a pork shoulder roast that I bought from Bradd’s pastured pig farm. He’s the guy who feeds his pigs the leftover whey from Goat Lady Dairy. I bought this a while back and I’m trying to clean out my fridge some. This will feed us both for a couple of days, I hope.…
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Man, aren’t three-day weekends the greatest? If we ever get the option of working four 10-hour days, I think that I’ll go for it. The coffee is almost gone already because I’ve spent most of my time so far reading emails and comments! Whew! These two discussion groups are terrific (the other one is “thecreativelife”)!…
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I can’t eat these Violetto artichokes because they are too beautiful and they attract an enormous crowd of different kinds of bees and other insects. I was given this potted plant about five years ago. I planted it in a spot where it ended up getting trampled a lot and forgot about it. Now it…
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It is getting harder and harder to post here, because for one, I am art journaling on actual PAPER (yes, it does still exist) and two, every time I get online I am totally distracted by this wonderful new Yahoo group that just started. Everyone is excited and enthusiastic and it is very busy with…
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This third hat from last week is mine, MINE! The hatband is inkle-woven from cotton threads. I looked out over the lake and designed it from the view. At first I resisted putting the blue and brown together, but the lake is the color of tea and the sky and sun reflects off it. When…
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I never knew that part of the pleasure of canning my own food would be the pops that the jars make after they come out of the boiling water bath. It shows that the jars have sealed. Five pint jars of watermelon rind pickles, one jar with half watermelon rind and half cherries, just for…
slowly she turned 