8/21/2022

Weekly Update 8/21/2022

I did get out and do a couple of things this week. It’s been so long, I’m exhausted!  

The Pooler Page Turners book club met on Thursday. We read My Reading Life, by Pat Conroy. Although I enjoyed the book, I mostly liked the way he writes - wonderful descriptive prose with a large vocabulary that engages the reader in the joy of finding just the right word. But, I thought it was a rather boring read.  Mr. Conroy makes the assumption that everyone feels the same about books he’s read as he does.  Allen and I had visited Daufuskie Island and I’ve read The Water is Wide as well as The Great Santini and South of Broad. I even heard Mr. Contoy speak at the book fest several years ago. But he is not my favorite author. 

Wednesday morning I had to get up long before my usual wake up time to drive to Tybee for a GHS marker dedication. Savannah Beach, as Tybee was known for a long time, was segregated, for whites only.  In 1960, eleven black students staged a wade-in to demand that they be allowed on the beach.  A new historical marker was unveiled sixty-two years after the protest. There were two of the original students who attended the dedication. 

On Thursday evening, I braved the rain and went downtown to a lecture concerning barriers to public places due to disabilities. One of the speakers was Jamie Creadle from DH, who talked about lack of access to mobility impaired visitors in historic houses. But, to install a device to make access easier also compromises the original building. Other than mobility issues, the community also needs to be aware of barriers created by vision and hearing losses, or how to make guests who might be on the autism scale feel comfortable in restaurants, museums and other public areas. Difficult questions were asked, and no simple solutions were offered. 

And, to my delight, I zoomed with Adrian and read him a book Saturday morning. He rewarded me with many cute smiles. In the afternoon, I went to the knitting club again. I haven’t been except for one time months ago.  I decided it was time to go again. I added the two hats I’d made to the donations, but didn’t stay to knit for very long. 

I watched a lot of tennis again this week. On Friday, the Savannah Bananas were on tv, so I watched that. I have not watched any pre-season games. College football, the US Open and the NFL start soon. I’ll be glued to my recliner in front of the tv.