slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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The garden doesn’t wait for you to have the time or inclination to deal with it. I’ll be sorry later if I don’t heed its call in spring. I know this from experience. I was feeling a little low today, because I have all these art ideas and new skills and paints and supplies to…
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The garden doesn’t wait for you to have the time or inclination to deal with it. I’ll be sorry later if I don’t heed its call in spring. I know this from experience. I was feeling a little low today, because I have all these art ideas and new skills and paints and supplies to…
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I’m back! What a whirlwind of inspiration THAT was. But, for right now, I’m so very sorry, but it is necessary for me to dip briefly into politics, just to get it out of my system. You see, I live in North Carolina. Tomorrow’s primary will be the first time we’ve had any influence over…
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Tomorrow is the big day. I am nervous, as I always am before going on an art adventure. Or leaving home in general! I was letting the trade thing get to me a bit, which was silly because trades are optional at this retreat. It sounds cool and I’m taking a bag of goodies with…
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Okay, I have a lot of other things that I ought to be doing right now, but this critter update is important. I just spent fifteen minutes on the deck, looking over a beautiful Back Forty despite the fine crop of chickweed, with Miss Mama Kitty. For the first time ever, she laid down in…
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I’m not going to have time to blog for a while, but I had to share this photo that my grand-nephew Jake took of me holding a mussel. He is almost seven. Isn’t it great? We had a fun time making a series of photos of things that he found in the lake this weekend.…
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So I go to Dye-In Day to play with fiber and dye with a few weavers and spinners today. When I get there, I notice some fabulous found-object welded sculptures that look very much like John Martin’s work, Susanne’s husband, the artist I was planning to go to Italy with this summer. And it turns…
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I can’t write long this morning so I’m already on the last half of my second (last) cup of coffee. When I do a coffee pot post, I write whatever until the coffee pot is empty. This morning I have things to do, including one task that I procrastinated on until the last minute. If…
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Oof, I’m tired. I’m feeling a little obsessive, and I’ve been clenching my teeth again. Not that there’s anything bad going on at all! The problem I had last week is definitely resolved, thank God, and not only that, I won a Staff Excellence Award and that means some unexpected cash to play with! Problem…
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Sunday afternoon I planted Golden Rocky wax beans, Black Valentine beans, and Royal Burgundy beans. These are bush varieties and the Golden Rockys are especially nice. The yellow color makes them beautiful and easy to pick, and boy, do they produce a lot of “green” beans for a small area. They are very tender and…
slowly she turned 