slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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A selection of photos from the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. ^^^Making the posters the night before. ^^^Waiting to get on the Metro in Alexandria. It ended up being pretty awful. We were crushed after the second or third stop and got off the train at a station where they were managing the crowds better.…
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I didn’t go out much in the snow, but I did begin weaving “Cathedral” again. We used the wood stove for a couple of days, watched a couple of movies, and I almost finished the first book of the Poldark series. The TV series follows the book pretty closely, so far.
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As you know, I’m enjoying my new studio. I spent a good part of every day of my Christmas break from work there. It was hard to let go of that routine. From now on it will have to be on weeknights and weekends, although I will have to carve out time to do the…
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So, here is what I’m thinking about for 2017. There will be a local exhibition of six fiber artists at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Greensboro, NC in January and another Tapestry Weavers South exhibition at Yadkin Cultural Arts Center later this year. I’m planning to go to the Women’s March on Washington…
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“Then what is the answer? Not to be deluded by dreams.” – Robinson Jeffers, “The Answer” Wow. This is going to be hard. I wouldn’t blame you at all if you skipped this one. I always write a post on New Year’s Day about my goals and expectations for the coming year. I am not…
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A lot of people are happy to see 2016 go. Yes, it was a very stressful year for almost everyone, but I am quite fearful of the next few years so I’m not ready to let 2016 go yet. However, I don’t have much choice, do I? So here’s my annual wrap-up blog post. “Save…
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Just some photos from the last few days ^^^The Lyle Lovett collection, well loved ^^^This one was in absolute tatters ^^^Pablocito actually was taking a bath in the tub, but he wouldn’t do it after I got the camera. ^^^Theo doesn’t like the camera either, which is a damned shame since he’s so handsome. ^^^Anybody…
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Well, I’m about holidayed out and I haven’t even celebrated much of anything! That’s typical for me, though. I started losing my holiday spirit when I worked in retail and then the many years of Christmas without my father and now my mother pretty much did it in. If I had chosen to have children,…
slowly she turned 