slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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I’ve been thinking a lot about life after leaving my current job and one of the to do items is to begin applying for artist residencies and grants. That’s not something that was covered in my B.A. in studio art so I’m going to be on a learning journey, and I need to get crackin’.…
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Hopefully I won’t forget to click publish on this one like I forgot last time. There’s a lot going on and not much interesting to write about, not that I feel like I can share publicly anyway. I scheduled a lot of annual doctor and dentist visits this week and next and boy is it…
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I feel so spoiled when I watch what much of the rest of the world is going through. We’re forecast to get some of that high heat this week but in this part of central North Carolina the heat is mainly tolerable. Now, that’s from someone who lives and works in air conditioning, but when…
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Actually, the coffee pot is empty now. I spent part of the morning sleeping late after staying up WAY TOO LATE looking at social media, and part of it reading “The Last Straw” by Bryant Holsenbeck on the front porch. My neighbor, Mike, came over and is excited about the possibility of transforming some of…
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Spending a week at John C. Campbell is healing for my spirit. From the time I walk into that weathered door in Keith House to check in, I feel the calm begin to take hold of my stressed out body. This time I was in a room with only one roommate, and she and I…
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Our class created a huge diversity of animals, including some that came into new existence. Some photos are not great – I had planned to take better ones but time got away from me and there was a crowd at our display and the end-of-week show-and-tell. I’ll go around the room in my memory –…
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Hello friends! I am back from a rejuvenating six days (including travel) at John C. Campbell Folk School, where I finally snagged a spot in a class I’ve wanted to take for a long, long time – “Wrapping Wild: Making Animals Out of Recycled Materials,” taught by the amazing Bryant Holsenbeck. First, the photos of…
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I copied this post from my personal Facebook page from yesterday morning below: “I’d hesitated to post this, but in the spirit of a public service announcement – if you have any symptoms of having a stroke, it’s SO IMPORTANT to call 911 or get yer butt to an ER right away. Better safe than…
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I cannot truthfully say that I have woven every day this week, but I’ve enjoyed some good sessions weaving the tapestry of Rascal and Sissy. My intention was to make this more of a graphic geometric abstract, but just look at Miss Sissy’s ear. It just yells out for attention to detail. I decided that…
slowly she turned 