This is Connie Knapp's on-line journal, containing periodic musings on my day-to-day life.
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Last year we put the pea fence up after the peas really needed them. So this year we decided to put the poles up first-what a concept! Here they are, with Anne planting peas.
Things are weird in the Corey-Knapp household. I just found a draft of a post I wrote in July but never published. Oh well, that's old news. We're going a little stir crazy. Oh, we've been out of the house. We've gotten haircuts, gone shopping, been to the dentist (both of us), and even a few doctor's appointments. Okay, more than a few--remember, we're old. But now that we're both retired we would like to be traveling, to somewhere other than Whole Foods. And now this (as John Oliver would say)-the election! I am stunned that so many people could vote for Trump after these past four years, especially after these past eight months. But I'm particularly stunned that people who call themselves Christians could vote for him. When I see signs like "Catholics for Trump" or learn that friends of mine think he's done great things for the economy, I realize that we live in two different Americas. A friend recently posted on Facebook "Well, ...
There's more to tell and I'll blog some more later, but here's our finished house, all but the roof. Here's our team, along with the masons and the family (and a few extra kids who we picked up along the way!)
How how did this happen? How could it really be December 29, 2014? All the things that I was going to do in 2014, and now it's over. I'm ending it well, though. Over at A Mindful New Year with Susan Piver and Lodro Rinzler. I've had some terrific sessions already, and this is only day three of six days. And I'm ending it quietly-I've caught whatever it is that's going around, so I'm kind of down for the count. Sleeping, reading and in general taking it easy. Enjoying homemade turkey soup (best use of the Christmas turkey carcass) and lots of ginger-peppermint tea. Rowe Center Fall Workshop I have two wonderful classes to look forward to. In January I'll be taking a class with the amazing Jane LaFazio - Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style. I had the great pleasure of taking a weekend workshop with her at the Rowe Center-here's what I was able to draw after only a day of class: I can't wait to see what I can do after si...
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