slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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The difference between today and all the days in the past six weeks was a stunning contrast. Things have finally calmed down since I stopped trying to do everybody else’s jobs and began telling people no. Now I just have to wait for them to do their work so I can put it all together.…
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I know, I know, I am not supposed to plant tomatoes and eggplants and peppers in early April. I do know that. But it is so warm and the lows predicted for the next week don’t go below mid-forties. The official frost date for our area was moved back to April 9. My raised beds…
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The weather has been wild this weekend. The temperature dropped about 10 degrees within a hour yesterday, and the wind howled all night, and is still howling. I bought some arugula and rainbow chard at Dark Hollow Farm yesterday and planted them just before the weather went crazy. I would have planted some tomatoes –…
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Sandy impregnates a log Today, Sandy and I went to Dark Hollow Farm, an organic farm that specializes in growing mushrooms, for their mushroom inoculation day. We learned how to grow shiitake mushooms. It really seems very easy to do – the hard part would be getting the freshly cut logs at the right time…
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Had ANOTHER panic attack today. Not good! It’s been months since I’ve had a major panic attack, and two in one week, well…I really don’t want to go on SSRIs again. It’s like my cousin said, “the treatment I was getting for my depression was too depressing.” Besides, I’m not clinically depressed. I know the…
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Do you ever wonder what your living partner does when you’re not around? I mean, I thought I knew. But I just found a harmonica on the table next to the toilet.
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Whoa! It is trash-picking season in College Hill. I found a neat little statue in a trash pile on the way to church tonight. They were having a program on gardening. It was three primitive little men holding a bowl in the middle of them. One of the men was headless. I figured I’d put…
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Sunday night was bad…I had a panic attack. Then Monday morning, a co-worker called me from work and I had to go in to take care of some things. Everything at work is in chaos. One of the people I support took a vacation last week (which was an extremely unwise decision, to be kind…
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Wow, I looked at the weather report again today and it looks exceedingly wet and warm for the rest of the week. I’m so tempted to plant some of my tomatoes. If I can find a place to buy humus and topsoil today, maybe I’ll plant a few and put one of the cold frames…
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Today I went to the farmers’ market and bought a few plants. I planted strawberries in a pot. Once I get the whole yard set up in a garden beds, I’m going to devote a place to strawberries. I’m not much of a fruit eater, but I do like them and to move toward a…
slowly she turned 