10/22/2023

 

Weekly Update 10/23/2023

Tuesday, after going to City hall to volunteer (I’m all the way up to the 2017 copies of Savannah Magazine – the end is in sight!), I went to the library book club. It was a little different this month. We all read Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. But at the club meeting, we watched the movie from the book. Because you use your imagination when reading, I like that better. The movie changed some elements of the novel, too, and I didn’t think that worked very well. And I wasn’t alone. In the discussion that followed, others said they preferred the book, too.

Wednesday, I attended a lecture at the Learning Center. I haven’t been doing that as often any more; maybe I’ve learned all I can and my brain is full. But Jamie spoke about the Green-Meldrim House, so I wanted to see that. I couldn’t help but remember the last time I’d heard Jamie talk there, right after she was fired from Davenport House. It was so unlike her, and rather sad. This was the old Jamie again - animated, enthusiastic, eager to share. I’m glad she’s back. It also gave me a chance to walk around Ardsley Park to look at the Halloween decorations that are usually so great. This year, there seems to be less front yard displays, not just on this walk, but on others I’ve taken through the neighborhoods near my apartment.

Harry O’Donoghue was going to be singing his Irish fold songs at Katie O’Donald’s in Bluffton that evening. He doesn’t do as many gigs anymore since Kevin Barry’s closed, so I wanted to see him. By the time I called for a reservation, they were full, but I was told that I could sit at the bar, where the seats were first come first served. So I did that. Because of COVID, the dining area is separated from the bar with a glass partition. They still haven’t removed that, so it was difficult to hear the music, and impossible to hear the jokes, but I’m glad I went.

On Thursday, Jane, Denise and I (the Green Square group) took Helen out for lunch. Helen will be moving this weekend, back to her home in New Jersey to be closer to family. This was our last chance to see her. I am going to miss her terribly.

So, Friday, there was no Green Square get together. I did, however, meet Kay for dinner at the Crown and Anchor, a new British pub that opened recently in Pooler. They have the usual suspects: fish and chips, meat pies, bangers and mash, and I got the cottage pie. And a Guinness. I had a Guinness at the bar in Bluffton on Wednesday, too, so I have reached my quota for this month.

On both Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening, I went to Bonaventure. They were having a fund-raiser to help replace the gates that were damaged when a drunk destroyed them a few months ago. Several members of the Bonaventure Historical Society dressed up in costumes and told stories throughout the cemetery. I was at Little Gracie’s site. We also had Mary Telfair, John Walz, Mayor Richard Arnold, General Robert Anderson, Johnny Mercer, Mary Aiken, and a grave digger. I thought it was a lot of fun. If they ask me to do it again, I would!

I’m really disappointed in the Bills. Again this week. They very nearly pulled it out, but just like last week, they really didn’t deserve a win. And this week they didn’t get one. It was painful. I don’t think there’s a Super Bowl in the future – not this season anyway.

But on the brighter side, Adrian and Annie are getting cuter as the days go by. They are getting ready for Halloween, and have already participated in on Trunk and Treat.