slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: Reading
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For some reason I’ve been addicted to Christmas song YouTube DJ’ing all day – if you only knew how much I have complained in the past about others behaving like this. Going down to Marietta to be with Mama post-cataract surgery for the next two days. I was going to leave tonight, but I found…
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The most wonderful thing about weekend mornings is that when I have a hot flash I can strip off all my clothes and stand in front of the open refrigerator. Last weekend I did get the studio cleaned up and the warp wound on my loom. I ended up going back to my original idea…
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Left to right: Brother Thad, Cousin Cherie, and Nephew Seth Cuz-in-law Ken, G-neph Jake Cherie and I at the Kindred Spirit mailbox on Bird “Island.” I did manage to get a couple of pairs of book covers almost done and a dragonfly/mica book bound. I warped up the tapestry loom so all that is left…
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Everything this week was all messed up. I had a lot of things that needed to be done at work, and had to weigh that against spreading the germs of this nasty bug that I am STILL sick with. My co-workers had serious medical things going on in their families or were sick too. I…
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Lately I have been reading a lot of ACTUAL BOOKS. The kind with a cover and paper and ink? In fact, I think that is why my left hand has taken a turn for the worse because I tend to hold a book in my left hand. Who knew that you could overdo reading? I…
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Laura asked me what I accomplished yesterday. My answer was too long to go to waste so I’ve copied it here. I mordanted some cotton and wool fabrics with alum/soda ash and alum/cream of tartar respectively. They soaked overnight. Sandy and I went shopping mostly, but to fun places like a neighborhood bazaar in Glenwood…
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I’m back – sorry if I worried anyone with my prolonged absence! A little update then I promise no more talk about my health. I have been sick with this coughing crud for weeks, pulled a muscle in my neck, and, after a solid year without a “visit from my friend,” discovered that I am…
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Just to let you know that I’m still around…a very short post. A very frustrated and depressed post, but I’m trying. Last night was a bad one with my hands. A lot of numbness, and that disrupts my sleep. Plus, I’ve started getting these frequent muscle twitches in my neck – not painful, but disconcerting.…
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Thanks for your support, as always, my readers rock. I slept without my brace last night and slept well without numbness. Both hands were sore and stiff but quickly came back to normal this morning so I’m going to try to make a post of handmade paper this afternoon when it gets a little warmer…
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We are at the tailend of a winter storm here in North Carolina. The Back Forty is covered in snow and a crust of ice. Just kidding. This is a bit more manageable. Sandy gets off work at midnight and the roads were treacherous. He managed to get home safe and sound but I had…
slowly she turned 