9/21/2014

weekly update 9/21/2014

The Monday Movie at the clubhouse this week was Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. There were only three of us who watched, but it was nice. I had forgotten about the scenes from Bonaventure that are shown in the movie (and some of the other places in Savannah, too), and since I often talk about it when I give my tours there, it was nice to be reminded about the role the cemetery played in the story.

There was a HUGE storm that rolled through on Tuesday about 5 pm. The thunder was clashing and the lightning was flashing. I went out to the landing to see the storm, and it was really coming down. The poor little car really took a beating. I lost electricity for nearly 2 hours, and was beginning to fret over what I would do in the dark if I couldn't read or watch tv, but all was restored just after 7. When I got in my car the next day, the seat was wet - go figure!

 

I went to a wonderful lecture on Wednesday. Stan Deaton, who is the Senior Historian at the Georgia Historical Society (and I try to attend any lectures where he speaks because he is knowledgeable, interesting, and easy to listen to) spoke about The Great War. He warned us at the start that the lecture would be depressing, and it was. He spoke in numbers - dead, wounded, missing. I think since I grew up with WWII and Vietnam, The Great War has always been ancient history and not thought about much. But with the 100th anniversary of the war, I'm learning more about it.

I had invited Connie, one of the Lunch Bunch, to come to the pool on Thursday. We'd actually wanted to do this all summer, but with one thing and another, we just kept putting it off. With summer is ending, we decided that we'd better do this now. And, of course, the pool was closed! Because of the storm on Tuesday, a lot of debris that had blown into the pool, and it needed to be shocked with a lot of chemicals. But it was safe by Thursday - they just hadn't taken down the “closed” signs.

I really enjoyed watching the PBS special on the Roosevelts this past week. but I also think Ken Burns could do a documentary on the Smith family in Podunk, and I'd enjoy it.

What I really DIDN'T enjoy was the Bills game on Sunday. On the other hand, I knew the delight of winning for the past two weeks was not going to go on forever. So, I guess we may have a 15-1 season.