
Shhh … Silent Sunday. 7/27/25




And that’s my Saturday Evening Post.

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. My favorite summer lunch: simple Tomato Sandwich with vine-ripe tomatoes, accompanied by mayo, thinly sliced Vidalia onions, and a sprinkling of fresh thyme, salt and pepper.


Oh my GOODness!

2. Going to Tybee Island Post Theater to see grandson Daniel’s final Savannah play before heading off to musical theatre college in the fall.

Daniel played the part of Jack (as in Jack and the beanstalk) in Into the Woods.


3. I know I say this often, but what a blessing air-conditioning is. I know it’s very hot in many, many places, but here in Savannah the heat is exacerbated by ridiculously thick humidity.


Weekend:

But as Marjorie Taylor Greene says, there’s no climate crisis!
4. The ability to lift my coffee cup up to my mouth each morning. What a blessing!

5. Our overly photographed kitty cat Benny.

May you have an Overpopulation of Good this last weekend in July.
Continue reading “Five Friday Happy Bringers 7/25/25”A blog category about finding “art” in unexpected places and situations
So Robert and I were driving down the Truman Parkway here in Savannah the other day, minding our own business, when I casually looked out the passenger-side window and saw this.

Well actually, I “saw” nothing at first and started to look away, again casually, when a thunderous shout/scream reverberated through our little vehicle.
“WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? TAKE A PICTURE—IT’LL LAST LONGER!”
Two things happened next. First, I quickly took another picture.

Second, before I glanced at the second photo, I nervously chuckled in my terror, remembering the famous Pee-wee Herman line.
The Chuckle Changed to Chagrin as I saw the bright, angry lightning pulse through the … the … the creature’s laughing mouth. See it?

“Robert!” I yelled. “Do you see him? We must leave this place! It harbors horror! Drive faster!”
HR took his eyes off the road for a second, long enough to give me a here-we-go-again stare, a stare one might bequeath a pitiful child or, perhaps, Pee Wee Herman.
“He was there. I saw him,” I countered.
But by that time the furtive creature had made his way into the words.


We rode the rest of the way home in silence.


Green Beans from yesterday‘s trip to Davis Produce here in Savannah


“What’s that in the little green bowl?” you may be asking.
Great question.
HR is so squeamishly picky about his green beans that I have to make 100% sure that NO STRING OR HINT OF STRINGINESS is left behind.
I tried to tell him that’s what his teeth are for, but “Oh no,” he screeches, “Neal, green bean strings are not food!”
See what I have to put up with?
This morning Robert and I visited our favorite local produce stand here in Savannah, Davis Produce.
“What was your Prettiest Purchase?” you ask.
Easy.
The Heirloom Sweet Bell Peppers!



I find it increasingly difficult to look at the news—from any source—these days. Trump’s Toxic Totalitarianism is literally day by day destroying the soul and self of what used to be the United States.
I feel that we MUST speak out against this administration’s resolve to annihilate our democracy.
A few headlines today …

Hmmm …

Hitler-esque evil …

A deadly regime …

Lack of respect …

Unreasonable Hatred …

Spineless cronies …

Anti-freedom-of-education …

We MUST speak out against these injustices.
We MUST rebel and vote evil out of control.





I’m re-blogging a timely and truthful post from one of my favorite fellow bloggers, Midwest Mary:

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