slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: North Carolina
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Edwina Bringle, one of the leading fiber artists in our region, invited several fiber artists to play with her at Wildacres Retreat near Little Switzerland, NC in mid-September. Spending almost a week with Edwina to observe her weaving tips and tricks, listen to her counsel, and getting to know her better was one of the…
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This will be photo heavy. The source of the Waccamaw River, at the dam at Lake Waccamaw. It rained heavily off and on while we were there, but after the rain, you know…
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I’m doing a catch-up post about the tapestry design workshop and Tapestry Weavers South retreat that I attended the first week in June. MJ Lord taught the workshop, “Birds, Bugs, and Butterflies,” based on her colorful abstract design work based on nature. It was the perfect workshop for me since I’ve really been into birds…
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I’ve had plenty of stuff to write about in the past month, but no motivation to do it. I know what’s happening. As long as I keep my brain occupied by games of logic, I won’t think about what is happening to my brother-in-law, and by extension, my sister. He is suffering. She is suffering.…
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When I went to Topsail Beach for a three night weekend (could it have been LAST weekend?), I stayed at the Breezeway Motel this time. It was in walking distance of Leslie’s home, and I didn’t drive anywhere the whole weekend. The Breezeway’s history goes back to the forties, but the current structure was built…
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This storm moved in from the west at sunset. Everyone headed down to the river dock to watch it move over the Scuppernong River in Columbia, North Carolina, until we retreated to the River Lodge to watch it from the balcony and porches.
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This week I attended Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft to study again with Daniel Essig. This class was a second repeat of a class that I’ve taken with him before about wooden covers and mica pages. Every class has been a bit different though, with different tools available. I always learn new information. Too…
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Hi ya from rainy North Carolina. I sure wish my super power was being able to control the weather instead of blogging. I’d send a bunch of this water out west. Here are a few pics from my trip to Topsail Island, where we also experienced a couple of awesome storms. These photos come from…
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^^^Signpost in downtown Elkin, North Carolina During the TWS retreat I was so anxious that I babbled for the first two days, then started calming down by Tommye’s class on the 3rd and 4th days, a class that I’ve been trying to take in one form or another for a couple of years.. But I…
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This time, Sandy came with me and friends visited for a few days. The weather could not have been more perfect – low humidity and in the low 80s most of the time. We turned off the air conditioning after the first two nights and didn’t turn it on again until the day we left.…
slowly she turned 