7/9/2023

Weekly Update 7/9/2023

The Fourth of July was OK. I’m feeling rather unpatriotic, and I’ve had these feelings for a while (from January 6, to be truthful) so celebrating our great nation isn’t something I felt I needed to do. That being said, it is a holiday, so I invited Jane, Helen and Denise to come over for a picnic. Denise had to work, so it was just us three. I grilled out hot dogs (hot dogs, hot smoogs – I want Zwiegles pop open hots, and the south has nothing like that at all; everything is a frankfurter) and hamburgs. We agreed that everything tasted really great because we never grill out just for ourselves. It was a nice treat. I didn’t watch any fireworks from my porch, and I wasn’t bothered by any explosions since I can’t hear. In spite of my determination to not celebrate, it was a nice day spent with great friends and good food.

It’s been terrifically hot here – almost to 100 degrees every day. I’ve tried to get to the pool when I can, but it’s not really refreshing. It’s like being in a bath tub because the water is so warm. There was new pool furniture delivered this week. It looks good.

Jews have been in Savannah for 290 years. On Saturday, Mickve Israel held a service to celebrate the establishment of their community here in Georgia. It was live streamed, so I watched. That was quite interesting. Two weeks ago, I was in the chapel at BC, last week I was able to get inside the old Jewish cemeteries, and today I watched a service. Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu.

Sunday afternoon, I went with Jane to the SCT performance of Phantom of the Opera. Because the stage where most SCT productions are held was too small and ill-equipped to handle something like Phantom, this was done at the historic Savannah Theater in downtown Savannah. It was fabulous. But, I’m never disappointed when I go to one of these performances.

Adrian and Annie have spent the week with Jack’s family. The photos of them enjoying the pool, the fireworks, the family members – it’s so great.