slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: Local food
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Went to the Greensboro Farmers’ Curb Market for the first time in weeks, bought salad greens from Pat and Brian Bush at Handance Farms. This is pretty much a constant at our house these days. A paper bag is a popular cat toy.
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Continuing the tale of the past weekend: Of course, we spent too much money, even though we spent two nights in the Super 8 motel in Black Mountain. It isn’t bad for the price. Our first stop was at Nice Threads Fiber Gallery on Cherry St. in Black Mountain, where I showed Leslie several of…
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Real life has gotten a lot busier now. Classes begin tomorrow, and the new graduate students came in last week for advising and orientation. I have to say that I’m impressed with them so far. I love my job, as I say often! A large part is due to my co-workers, who have great personalities,…
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Hooray! I missed the meeting, but I just heard that the Greensboro City Council, finally, finally, finally voted 5-4 to give the management contract for the Greensboro Farmers’ Curb Market to the only common sense choice, Greensboro Farmers’ Market, Inc., a proposed non-profit community-led organization who will keep the focus on local. Ed summarized some…
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(cross-posted at www.gfcmarket.com) Greens galore! This is the time of year when CSA bags are stuffed full of them. Some people love ‘em, some hate ‘em. I kind of walk the line – I like to have some collard or tendergreens now and then, but they wear out their welcome soon for me. I love…
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I wonder if anybody in this country is happy with our government right now. It seems to me that the Republicans have the ethics of hyenas and the Democrats have the ethics of jellyfish. I have finally gotten so fed up with politics that I am finally doing what I have threatened to do for…
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Slow Foodies are often asked to define Slow Food, and it can be difficult to come up with the perfect “elevator” pitch. There are many misconceptions about Slow Food. It is definitely NOT vegetarian, as a fairly recent TV news story implied. It is not about cooking or chewing your food slowly. It is not…
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Can’t do a whole pot of coffee this morning, although I did have one cup with lots of milk and sugar and fair-trade organic cocoa mix in it. So I’m substituting a bowl of homemade soup. This is the post where I write whatever comes to mind until I finish my pot of coffee bowl…
slowly she turned 