Weekly Update 2/4/2024
I spent a lot of time Wednesday at the Mighty Eighth museum. There was an author talk in the morning. The book was titled Sgt Dinwiddle’s War. It was written by his son-in-law, who had numerous conversations about Sgt Dinwiddle’s fighter bombing and POW experiences during WWII. As there are not many WWII vets still alive, I was interested in this story, and thanked Terry Irwin, the author, after the lecture for writing the book. Then, in the afternoon, there was another lecture about acquiring and restoring the City of Savannah, a B-17 bomber that is now at the museum. The restoration was completed just 15 years ago, and the work was done entirely by volunteers. Amazing.
Thursday was Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil (and all other groundhogs, including General Beauregard Lee in Georgia) did not see his shadow. I guess spring is on the way. That’s a good news, bad news story, as my allergies have already started. I watched the movie again and again this week.
With no NFL or tennis to watch this weekend, I finally got back to doing something that I’ve always enjoyed. I went to the Savannah Children’s Theater. The musical was My Son Pinocchio. As always, it was entertaining and I was in awe of the talents.
As I was driving home from Kay’s house this morning (and I travel the same roads all the time), I happened to notice a small family cemetery I’d never seen before. How did I miss that? And there were fake poinsettias on most of the gravesites, so it’s obviously still cared for. Go figure, but I stopped and wandered around. The oldest markers were made of wood, so the dates have disintegrated. Since the city of Bloomingdale, the closest city, was founded in 1840, I suspect it may have been the burial place for a family a farm around this time. The last burial I was was 2011, so it’s still active. There were maybe 50 graves in the cememtery. Ennis was name on most of the headstones, but I couldn’t find anything about the family on a google search. I found it captivating.
Annie is being prepared for the BIG 1st birthday coming up on February 19. This week, she went to Build-a-Bear workshop to get her birthday bear. And she had her professional photos taken with her cake. Poor Adrian is having to take a back seat for a few weeks, but he’s a great Big Brother and I think he probably handle it well. And Sarah and Jack help him to feel important and loved, even when the focus isn’t on him.
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