slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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We have a delayed opening at work until noon because of the winter storm we had over the weekend, and since the cats would not let me sleep late, and Sandy has gone to work and there is a working computer free in my house, I figured I’d do a blog post. One of my…
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“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anaïs Nin This past week was some wild ride. After a weekend of pleasant social occasions, including some of the best roasted oysters ever, I braced myself for the first day of classes at work on Monday, constantly reminding myself that…
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There is a good possibility that I will be renting a small studio space around the corner at the Church of the Covenant, which hosts quite a few artists in their large building! I’m very excited about the idea of being able to have a cat-free space to work and play. I’ll post photos if…
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I’m not doing the resolution thing today because I make resolutions all year long. But one day before Christmas, my co-workers and I were discussing the toxic atmosphere that has formed in our workplace, with people making huge problems out of little ones and being disrespectful and rude and making assumptions that aren’t true and…
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2015 was a very full year. Although I feel like I didn’t blog that much, I realize that I did write about the big events, and as usual, found that there were more of those than I realized. We traveled a LOT. From January to March, I wrestled with my new-to-me Shannock tapestry loom until…
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Oh my, I am tired of blogging on this Kindle. I need a keyboard. I will commandeer Sandy’s computer while he is at work tomorrow for the last post of 2015.
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Therese, Pablocito, and me Therese and I had lunch at Crafted the Art of the Taco today. Of course I had fish tacos, two ways. I recommend the “Bowtie.” Did a little tapestry weaving and a lot of loafing. Sandy and I went to a used bookstore where we have a lot of credit. I…
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I’m very happy to report that after months of simply not being able to make myself weave “Cathedral” I am in the studio enjoying it very much. However, my laptop is pretty much kaput. I’m blogging on my Kindle now, which I am not fond of doing, but I want to finish my project of…
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I may not be able to continue posting every day. My laptop is doing bizarre and uncomfortable things. Anyway, here’s part of what I did today. Repairing a huge braided wool rug that we bought for only ten bucks at a church rummage sale a few years ago. The only catch was it was coming…
slowly she turned 