2/19/2023

 

Weekly Update 2/19/2023

This update is a little off-schedule. I’m updating just before I walk out the door to travel to Alabama to visit Jan and Fred Waggoner. I’ll be driving all day. I’ll be back next Sunday at the usual time.

Monday evening I decided to join the Bloomingdale Historical Society. Bloomingdale is very small town just north of Pooler, and a little west of where my apartment is. I had hoped they would be open for Super Museum Sunday, but they were not, so I found out that the Historical Society meets on the second Monday of the month at the museum. When I got there the parking lot was empty, there were no lights on, and it did not look promising. I tried to email when I got home, but I still haven’t heard anything from anyone there. Maybe it’s just not active.

Helen, a friend who meets at Green Square each week, is getting ready to sell her house. She lives in a historic home in the city on York Street. The house was built in 1853 by a free woman of color, who, along with her daughter, had a school for black children before the Civil War. There’s been updates through the years of course, but much of the original building is still as it was. I asked Helen if it would be ok to show her house to Jamie and Jeff from DH, and it worked out that Tuesday was a day we could all meet. Helen is so proud of her home - as she should be! - and has researched some of the history. Jamie and Jeff were really quite impressed. When Jamie does her early bird walking tours in the Spring, she takes her tours past Helen’s house. This will give her added insight for her tours. I was just happy to have friends together to enjoy the history.

As I was walking back to my car, I made a slight detour to the Girl Scout store on Liberty Street. I wanted cookies! To be more specific, I wanted raspberry cookies. All she had was one box of Samoas left, and I didn’t really want those. She also told me that the raspberry ones were only available online, and that shipping and handling was quite expensive. I guess I don’t want them as badly as I thought I did, and I didn’t order any.

Wednesday, I met friends at Poe’s tavern. It’s a new restaurant, part of chain in the South, that is in the newly developed west end area. It is known for it’s burgers. The one I had was ok, but not special. As always, I enjoy meeting with friends more than I do with eating and having a glass of wine. Because I almost always walk in the east parts of the city, this was nice for me to leave my car at Forsyth and walk up Jefferson St and MLK Blvd. I got to see some different parts of the city, and I was not unhappy about that.

One of the things that Jan has scheduled for us when I visit this week is to join in a Mardi Gras parade. Alabama does Mardi Gras as well as Louisiana does! She suggested that I wear a purple, gold or green shirt for the parade. After my hearing aid appointment on Thursday, I went to the Tanger Outlets to look for a shirt. Nothing. Well, actually, there was a LOT of green, but all with shamrocks or Happy St Patrick’s Day on them. And, to be fair, I was not willing to pay a lot of money, but even at that, I found no shirts that I would want. I have a yellow shirt that I can wear with my jeans, and I guess I’ll have to pack that and do the best I can.

No news about Baby Sister Venuti. Sarah’s due day was February 17, so she’s a little late now. Adrian is all primed to meet his sibling, but no amount of talking is going to prepare him for how is life is going to change dramatically in a very short time. And no new baby is going to take the place of Adrian in all our hearts! Our hearts will grow.