Resistance Advent Calendar Day 2

The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC.

https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/politicsgovernment/article296431214.html 

Magic is

Magic is "the artful performance of impossible things that generates energy, delight, and wonder."

Lawrence Hass

Out and about

Harvey and I met up with some Friends to attend the NAACP luncheon on peace and social justice. It was an inspiring and uplifting gathering, and Jeff May's message was motivating. As a lovely bit of synchronicity, I was seated next to Idella Glenn of Hollins. We had a lovely chat during the event.

After the Friends dispersed, we visited the local yarn store and I got advice on where to get test knitters and technical editing for the dress pattern (ravelry, of course) and talked yarn weights and processes and more fiber goodness.

Then we made our way downtown, where we got some sipping chocolate, talked about what we had learned, and relaxed.

We grabbed a pizza from Buddy Marconi's across the street and considered ourselves off the hook for cooking for the day.  They sell a 28" pizza and give away $500 if you eat it all in an hour. I didn't make it all the way through my single slice of pepperoni; it's huge.

In the village, we dropped in on Erica at the toy store to give her an Advent gift and to enjoy caroling on the porch. I love that place.

Before going home, we caught up with Linda at Too Many Books. I have been eyeing a stitches book that she has and finally decided to buy it for the home library.

We played Quiddler while we ate pizza and then picked up some oranges and sundries at the co-op before watching Mr. Robot.

Another fantastic Saturday in the Village.

Sipping chocolate at the chocolate store

Caroling on the toy store porch

Planning my next project

o, the things i've seen

Last night the boys and I watched Jupiter and Venus snuggle up to the crescent moon. The two planets have been putting on a lovely display for the holiday weekend, and the addition of the moon's sliver was charming. Now that we live in the country, watching stars is more fun than frustrating, and we have taken to asking more questions and getting more interested than ever. I confess that it's getting to be fun to figure out the location of the constellations, and to watch them in their dance across the year's night sky. A couple weeks ago I was driving toward Paint Bank in the evening and saw my first bear. He wasn't much bigger than Bruiser, and he played with the leaves in the road as he crossed over to the right bank, heading off to search the trees for heaven only knows what. He took a good long look at me and the car before heading off, and I confess that I gripped the wheel and thought, "O please don't think I'm a big shiny blue ball to play with." Other than that moment, it was pretty cool to watch him. He seemed to be having fun. Thanksgiving was a quiet interlude, and I was glad of it. I finished Brsinger, started Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (which I highly recommend), and reconnected. David and I had a lovely lobster dinner at home on the Holiday Evening, watched some movies and played and lounged. The Other Boleyn Girl, Holiday, Live Free or Die Hard, 1408, The Kingdom and Fracture all made it to the big screen in our house, to great welcome. Craig schools were closed yesterday and two hours late today, and it seems that everyone is getting a slower-than-normal start to this month, the gears moving at a more languid rate than normal, even for coming back from holiday. It has been an enjoyable lacuna, and even yuletide festivities are not enough to throw off my centered calm.