slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: Back Forty
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Coffee’s gone, eggs, cheese grits, and leftover chili devoured. Listening to Michelle Wolf’s Netflix show in the background. She is really funny, but there’s a little too much screeching going on, so switching to Radio Heartland. Ah! Mountain Stage. That is perfect. Today is muggy and damp but so far no rain. Sandy finally gave…
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It’s almost noon, and this is the end of the coffee pot, but I was trying to get a few things done around the house. Which is not easy these days, between physical problems and mechanical problems. The mosquitoes are out with a vengeance, as I knew they would be after all this rain. Sandy…
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Time for another long rambling post. Guess I’ll make a second pot of coffee. It is hot and humid this weekend, with highs in the 90s. Anyone who is not in denial about climate change is not surprised about any freakish weather. I understand those who feel helpless and just can’t bear thinking about the…
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It is such a relief to be at the end of spring semester. I still have a few things to do at work, but all of the time-sensitive stuff has been done. Last weekend we went to the St. Francis book sale, where I blew my “no more buying books” pledge out of the water.…
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I just haven’t been able to make myself blog lately. So here are a few paragraphs to catch up on April. The bed in the Back Forty is complete and I couldn’t be happier with it. The swale was constructed just in time to catch the heavy rains we have had in the past couple…
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A couple of weeks ago I went to the Greensboro Permaculture Guild seed swap and met a young man who I have hired to prepare a circular bed for me to plant in this summer. He is well versed in permaculture and observed all the right things in the Back Forty. I feel lucky to…
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This is how it happens. I think this is why it happens. My mind says, “You have to do this! You should do this! You’re a terrible person if you don’t do this!” I start to do it and my body says, “Yeah, baby, I’m shutting this down right now since you didn’t listen to…
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I’ve been living for the weekend lately. Here’s my newest obsession – taking online instruction from India Flint. Her first foray into a structured online class just began this past week: The Alchemist’s Apron. (By the way, that price is in Australian dollars and the exchange rate for US dollars makes it much lower.) Stitching…
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A bit of a late start here today after a productive and fun day and night. I spent some time cleaning up the front porch and doing some weeding and clipping in the front yard. Then I put together my greenhouse kit while Sandy burned some of the rotten firewood and sticks in the fire…
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I don’t have much to say today, because HEADACHE, but I wanted to document that I planted Green Arrow peas in planters, Sugar Ann snap peas in the raised bed with the pineberries, and sprouted chunks of Yukon Gold potatoes in another planter. Now for another day of rest and stitching while the rain comes…
slowly she turned 