6/18/2023

 

Weekly Update 6/18/2023

I got out a bit more this week, but I still spend a lot of time at the pool and with my books. I finished one for the library book club, Klara and the Sun, and started the next one. Since I won’t be able to attend the July club meeting, I wanted to read this book, Killers of a Certain Age, and pass it on to another member to read. I didn’t like Klara very much – it involved too much thinking. Killers is a fun read, a thriller with four women in their 60s who are on the run. It doesn’t require that I think at all – just what I like.

I attended four lectures this week. The Victorian Society had a speaker who visited Newport RI this year. As part of our mission, the Society gave him some money to do that. He is a student at SCAD in architecture, and he presented a wonderful slide show of some of the houses and mansions he visited. I went to two lectures at TLC. The first one as about professional sports in Savannah, from baseball to auto racing to ice hockey, but leaving out tennis. The other was the first in a series about Bonaventure Cemetery. There’s not much for me to learn, but I like to hear what the speakers say. For the final one this week, I went to Bonaventure for BHS lecture that was given in the Jewish Chapel.

I joined friends several times for eating. I met Mike and John on Friday, Denise on Saturday, and Kay on Sunday. I’m hoping I’ll still fit into the dress I bought for the wedding in six more weeks!

I went to the knitting group on Saturday after I had lunch with Denise. I worked frantically last week to finish a blanket I’d made, and I donated that. I began to make another as we’ll be doing blankets and lap pads for a while, until winter comes and we’re back to scarves and mittens.

Since I was busy on Saturday, I didn’t get to go to Mitchellville for the Juneteenth festival. I thought there might be something at Old Fort Jackson, so I went there on Sunday. They had cannon firings, and two Civil War soldiers talking about the war. It was not focused on slavery or the freeing of the slaves, but just general Savannah in the Civil War.

After I spent an hour there, I continued on the Bonaventure Cemetery. The BHS had scheduled a talk I the Jewish chapel about Jewish burial customs. In all the years I’ve been going to BC, I’ve never been in the chapel. It is no longer used, and is kept locked. This was my chance to see what the inside looks like. It was not as decorative as I thought it would be, but I was glad I went.

I did Great Grannie story hour with Adrian Saturday morning. He was not interested in listening to me read, but he wanted to show me his new toy and a balloon. Annie was just watching Adrian, not paying any attention to me. When I said hi, Annie, she looked around, but then went right back to watching Big Brother. I was saying something to Sarah, and all of a sudden, Annie was smiling at me. Then she threw up!  I have that effect on the kids, I guess. They also picked strawberries and went to an amusement park. Jack and Sarah are always doing something fun with those babies!