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Five Friday Happy Bringers 10/18/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Enjoying the cooler fall weather here in Savannah.

2. Speaking of cooler weather, HR driving us over to Tybee Island yesterday evening to see/experience the beautiful Hunter Moon rising “from” the Atlantic ocean.

Get ready. Here she comes!

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One of HR’s photos

3. After the Moon Spectacular, we headed to the very ocean-hip Sea Wolf Tybee bar and restaurant …

… for their gourmet hot dogs. I stayed seawater simple with their Classic dog …

While Robert (as usual) got all fancy with their Chicago dog.

For some reason, I ALWAYS have to look into the restrooms at quirky restaurants. Why? Their bathrooms often mirror the quirkiness of the rest of the place.

Sea Wolf certainly came through. When you close the bathroom door, there is a hot dog costume hanging there. (I wondered if anyone ever tried it on and sashayed back to their table.)

I didn’t look too closely at the bloody looking costume to hot dog’s right.

And look what we found out on the patio.

A hot dog wreath, of course.

And hats for witches.

Or warlocks.

OK, I really need to stop this Frankfurter Foolishness.

4. Robert’s monochromal kitty Benny. 

5. And grandson Daniel in final rehearsals as young Shakespeare in the upcoming play Shakespeare in Love.

Hope you have a hotdog of a weekend ahead!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 9/20/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Savannah doors and windows showing off their living beauty near us.

2. The ability to recognize beauty as such.

3. My friend Riboclavin (long story about his unusual moniker, for another time) and his breakfast this morning in Munich, Germany where he is visiting.

4. Speaking of breakfast, my Apple Cobbler for Two this morning from provincial Savannah. 

5. Another look at Approaching Autumn (see yesterday‘s post) on my walk earlier this morning.



May you approach, and be approached by, Beauty this weekend. 

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Oh Baby!

Posted on by Neal Saye

So a while back, grandson Daniel (young Savannah actor/singer—and now high school senior) played one of his most serious and evil roles so far. (And he’s been in over three dozen plays, since he started acting as a little kid.)

For this play, Daniel did not get a leading role. He was a supporting actor, the dastardly Mayor Josiah Dobbs, in Steve Martin’s very serious musical Bright Star.

Here he is (far left) in a light moment during rehearsals with his three best buddies, all in the play.

But Daniel’s character was anything but light. When the mayor’s son got a girl pregnant, Mayor Dobbs intervened and stole the baby from the mother’s arms. (More about THAT hideous heist in a minute.)

Robert and I went to opening night, and the play was VERY well done, especially for a high school performance.


Here’s D with Mom and Nana, after the play.

The second night, too, went swimmingly.

But the closing matinee, well, was quite a different story.

Let me have Daniel explain. The short video below is actually part of D’s prescreens/prep for musical theatre college applications. For a portion called “the wildcard,” Daniel took a risk and decided to explain about what went wrong with the closing performance of Bright Star.

Yes, at least Daniel got to keep the head as a bizarre “souvenir”!

“A Man’s Gotta Do’ was the solo Daniel/Mayor Dobbs sang as he ripped the poor baby from mama.

Next up, Daniel is Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love here in Savannah.

P.S. Here’s the feedback Daniel got about his “wildcard” from the folks he’s working with in New York:

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/23/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

  1. Robert and I had a lovely hour perusing a new exhibit, “A Measure of Time,” at our local Savannah Jepson Center for the Arts.

Gloriously colorful, geometric shapes everywhere!

HR trying (unsuccessfully) to blend in.

2. The ongoing belief that our bodies know how to be well and are always trying to move toward wellness.

3. Colorful carrots!

I made a delicious new dish, Maple Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Fennel Seeds, with some of them.

4. Our “Travel Buddies.” Have I told you about them? Three silly little stuffed animals HR and I have given each other over the years. But they travel with us EVERYWHERE we go.

I’ll do a blog post about some of their adventures soon.

5. Friday!

Joyful weekend ahead for you!