6/9/2019

Weekly Update 6/9/2019

Not much going on this week. I was at the pool a lot, but many days I had to go earlier than I liked because rain was forecast for the afternoon. I also watched a lot of the French Open tennis tournament from Paris.

I went to one lecture at TLC on Notre Dame in Paris. The talk combined history, and the recent fire, as well as looking to the future as plans are made for rebuilding.  I went to the CMA awards ceremony on Wednesday, too. Several museums and galleries were given awards for displays and events for the past year. It’s always nice to be recognized by your peers. And the lunch was good, too.  Saturday, I went to a picnic at Daffin Park for Wear Orange Day. This is to show support for gun control. It was really quite depressing, because I can’t really imagine that congress will smack itself in the forehead and say “by golly, those 40 women in Savannah are right – we really need to have tighter control!” 

I drove neighbors John and Dave to the airport very early Wednesday morning for their travels back to Connecticut for the summer. Owners are leaving MP in droves, and the few of us left behind tend to plants, autos, mail, and general keeping watch. The parking in front of my building is easy now, as most cars are gone.

On Sunday, Jimmy Petra was given an award and a commendation for his service in the Navy. I didn’t find out about that until a few hours before it was going to happen, and I was already committed to giving my regular tour at BC. But I did did get to visit him and June for a few minutes before the presentation, and I got a picture of them.

But the big thing from this past week (and it’s all ancient history now) is that it marked the anniversary of 50 years ago on June 7, 1969, when Paul Field and I were married. How can that much time have gone by? We were just kids!