slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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with a double trunk. It was huge when we bought the house in 2001. It provided lots of shade for two houses, and homes and food for squirrels and birds. The squirrels loved munching on the maple seeds; I found the husks of the seedless “helicopters” everywhere. Now it is gone for safety reasons. It…
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Lots of flowers are growing in this new hugelkultur bed in the front at the end of my driveway, along with lots of volunteer “mouse melons,” tiny watermelon-like fruits that taste like cucumbers. I’m using them as a ground cover – did not plant them. I believe that is a Juliet tomato there that I…
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Normally I don’t drink coffee past noon, because of my sleep issues. Today I am breaking that rule. I’ve got a spurt of energy going for me today and I don’t want to lose it! The tree removal has been moved to Monday. He started on Thursday, and stopped after taking down one big lower…
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We’ve been home from the lake a week now, and it was a good time. I finished my stitchery for the Gardens of the Heart project at last. We ate a lot of good food and enjoyed good company. I ate at Dale’s three times! It was fun sitting on the pier and watching this…
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I love rain at the lake. There are two old gliders on the screened porch and the sound of the water dripping off the eaves is heavenly. Today we have a few friends coming to visit. This will be their first time here, and I wanted to show it to them in case it ends…
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Yesterday we snoozed and read and stitched and drew and drank adult beverages and sat on the beach and sat in the water and ate corn on the cob and watched Poldark and the mystery after it and got a good night’s sleep. Every time I come here I find more photographs, even when I…
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Of course, I mean Lake Waccamaw. I might not be here now. This could have been written one week ago and scheduled to post this week. Ya never know with me. I like monkeying around with dates and times. Wish I could do that on Facebook! We rolled in mid afternoon yesterday. I meant to…
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It is technically still morning. I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do this morning. The cool breeze on the front porch is delightful and it is so nice to share that space with my cats. Pablocito has taken to sleeping on the swing since Diego has won the battle of territory over the cat…
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I had to break this down between adult and children’s/YA fiction because it was too hard to come up with a combined list that was short enough for a blog post. “Lonesome Dove” Larry McMurtry, 1985 It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where…
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“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” Robert Pirsig, 1974 ‘What’s new?’ is an interesting and broadening eternal question, but one which, if pursued exclusively, results only in an endless parade of trivia and fashion, the silt of tomorrow. I would like, instead, to be concerned with the question ‘What is best?,’ a question which…
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