2/2/2020

Weekly Update 2/2/2020

Congratulations, Kansas City Chiefs! It was an exciting, well played game. It’s too bad both teams couldn’t win.

And Djokovic and Sofia Kenin! And the Tottenham Hotspurs! But now that the football season is over, and there’s not another major tennis tournament until May, what am I going to talk to people about?

I’ve been watching too many True Crime programs on YouTube. As I was walking at the Y this week, I was suspicious of every pile of leaves or fallen tree, thinking there may be a body hidden there. And when I saw a few small, white stones on the path, I nearly convinced myself that they were teeth. Com’on Wilma, get back to reality! Watch Grace and Frankie!

On Friday, I went out to the Tybee Post Theater for a performance of Designed Women by the Kansas City’s Late Night Theatre group. I saw them last year in Golden Girls in Drag, and really wanted to see this. It was hilarious! I don’t think there was anyone in the audience who didn’t laugh out loud. I went with Kay, Jane and Helen, and I we met at MP before driving out to Tybee together.

On Saturday, I forced myself to get out of bed at the crack of dawn – 8:45 – to drive to Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island. Since I’d watched the tennis at 4 am, it really was early for me. National Freedom Day was established in 1948 by President Harry Truman in remembrance of February 1, 1865 - the day President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment to the U.S. constitution which outlawed slavery.  Mitchelville was a self-governing town established in 1862 by former slaves.  As a part of the celebration of Freedom, they had a program at Freedom Park highlighting the importance of voting rights,with the focus on African Americans, from the first freedoms in 1865, through Reconstruction, continuing with the fights in the civil Rights era and up until today.  It was wonderful.  The problem was - I was too cold.  Temps were only in the 40s, and I was not dressed to be sitting outside.  As I continued to shiver and my teeth were chattering, I left early, and never had a chance to hear Harriet Tubman speak.  I did, however, talk to her before the program started and told her that I had visited her house in Auburn.