Weekly
Update 7/14/2019
Much
of this week I spent in front of the tv watching tv. There was, of
course, the tennis. Throughout the tournament, the women’s matches
seemed to be better tennis. And then the finals. Halep played
wonderfully, and beat Serena soundly. The men’s final was
unbelievable! I couldn’t even see the ending because, although the
match began at 9 am, it was still going when I had to leave to go to
BC for my tour. I only missed the last 4 points, and I was able to
see that on my recording when I got home. Incredible.
There
was also a wonderful documentary on PBS that I enjoyed about the race
for space. It’s been 50 years since men walked on the moon, and
this 6 hour series went through all the space program. I remember
most of it, and how daring it all seemed at the time.
A
few weeks ago, June and I went to a farm stand to buy Georgia
blueberries. Georgia peaches are in season now, and I want those.
Imagine how disappointed I was when I could only find California
peaches in my Publix. I looked again this week, and they did offer a
small bag of local peaches. I snapped them up. I also snapped up a
carton of vanilla ice cream. Oh, these are too good!
There
were two interesting lectures this week. One was at DH and was about
the Gullah Geechee culture in the coastal areas of the US. There is
a huge trend in museums in the south right now to include the
enslaved peoples experiences in the tours, and we are trying to do
that at DH. This talk was to give us more background information
about the culture that was shaped by the enslaved population at the
time. There was another talk at the Jepson regarding a new art
exhibit that opened. Photographer Michael Kolster was the speaker.
I wasn’t even sure if I would go, because seeing pictures of rivers
just isn’t that interesting to me. But, it was fabulous. He
explained not only the methods he used for his photography (wet
plate) and why he liked that process, but also what draws him to the
ever changing waterways. I was really glad I didn’t pass it up.
Saturday,
Kay, Adam and I went to see Yesterday. I just loved this movie.
Naturally, the music was wonderful, but the story was, while
far-fetched, entertaining as well. And it had a happy ending.
Because we saw the movie in Pooler, and it was Saturday afternoon, we
limited ourselves to nearby restaurants for something to eat after
the movie. Too much traffic to try to get to many places, and too
many people also wanting to eat at the time we got out. So we went
to a Mellow Mushroom that we could walk to from the movie theater.
It’s a chain, but we liked it. I got a white pizza – haven’t
had one in ages! - and it was very good.
We have been watching the series on PBS as well, and it has been fascinating! Fifty years but we remember it as if it was yesterday. THe current astronauts were not even born when this history was made, but they now benefit from those early brave, daring ones.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, we have left the Mountain Man area on the west side of the Wind River MOuntains in WY, and will slowly begin making our way back to AL. First, though we are spending a week on the eastern side of the Wind River Range at the same RV park as some RV friends we met a few years back in another part of Wyoming.They are now retired and RVing full time. They have their FL home up for sale. It is fun to get to visit with them again.
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