WEEKLY
UPDATE 2/24/2013
Jan
left Savannah to drive back to Gulf Shores Alabama early Monday
morning after a pretty full week-end of book talks. It was great to
have her here; it was great to have my uneventful life back.
I
worked at my income taxes this week. I completed & mailed my
returns for the feds and for Georgia state. I'm glad to have that
behind me, and I'm equally glad that I don't have to pay anything.
Well, I guess that's relative - I DO have to pay, but I paid enough
up front so that I don't have to write a check now. I have to pay
estimated, and because of the fiscal cliff, the estimates for 2013
aren't available yet. So, while I'm going to have to send a check
before March 31, I have no idea what it will be. How am I supposed
to do this? I suppose I'll just send what I have for the past years.
After all, if there are great changes in the tax law, they will be
for the very very rich or the very very poor. I am neither.
On
Thursday, I had offered to pick Anne Bessec up at the doctor
following her cataract surgery. I got lost trying to find the
medical pavilion, my car was really too small since Anne has a cast
on her leg, and I was late picking her up. By the time I showed up,
I was not happy. But, what are friends for. Someone will have to do
this for me someday.
On
Friday, I met a member of my library book club for lunch. I don't
know why she asked me to meet her, but I went. Sylvia & I had a
nice lunch, and while we exchanged life stories, we talked mostly of
books.
It
rained all of Friday night and most of Saturday. I wonder if this is
the end of the storm that dropped so much snow on the mid-West. I
hardly matters to me, since I go out so infrequently. I used the
Saturday hibernation mode as an excuse to watch Argo on pay-per-view.
Good movie!
Today
I opened Bonaventure and then I had desk duty in the afternoon. It
was rather slow, but that was ok. After I closed up, I came back to
the condo to get some laundry done, and to watch some tv. My
neighbor called to see if I wanted to watch the Oscars, so I went
next door for a while. I'm not too interested in the movies, since
I've seen so few of the nominations this year, but I like to see the
dresses.
No
pictures this week. I didn't do anything worth recording. Maybe
next week.
I researched a few of the questions from last week -
ReplyDeleteOldest existing BUILDINGS for Jewish congregations - 1) The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest Jewish house of worship in North America that is still standing. (1759) 2nd oldest is Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, Charleston, South Carolina, (1840)
Oldest JEWISH CONGREGATIONS - 1)Congregation Shearith Israel, 1655, in New York City, is the oldest congregation in the United States;its present building dates from 1897.
2) Congregation Jeshuat Israel, ca. 1658, in Newport, Rhode Island is dated to sometime after the arrival of Jews in 1658 and prior to the 1677 purchase of a communal cemetery, now known as Touro Cemetery. Prayers were conducted in private homes until Congregation Jeshuat Israel, the Touro Synagogue, was established in the 1750s. In much of the nineteenth century no Jews lived in Newport and the ownership of the building and synagogue were entrusted to Congregation Shearith Israel. The building was reopened for the use of Ashkenazi Jews in 1883.
3) Congregation Mickve Israel of Savannah, Georgia was organized in 1733.
architect vs master builder in the 19th century - By definition, master builders handled the entire job — design, engineering, construction. As the century progressed, they increasingly worked from plans drafted by professional architects who mainly did the designing of structures.