Lordy, it is hot here! It was hot last week, too – I feel like I\u2019m back in Africa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We said bye to James and Marybeth this week – we had them over for drinks on Monday, then we all met David and Alison for dinner at Rocky\u2019s. Muffy came to Hot Springs on Tuesday; we had lunch at 1217, then hung out at the condo yakking all afternoon. That night, Julie and Scott hosted us for a wine & food pairing dinner – so nice! They made some delicious goodies and we had some excellent wines. John spent Wednesday in Mt. Ida with his friend Russ while I did some admin things around the house and visited with David and Alison before Alison, Peewee, and I went out shopping and had dinner at Red Oak. Thursday John and I went for massages (love Janet at Effective Massage); I had a great food truck burger and drove out to Gulpha Gorge to eat it. I had a fun video chat on Friday with my Foreign Service friend Stacie who\u2019s now back in the States after finishing her tour in Africa. Yesterday was our first POA annual meeting – it was a good occasion to finally meet some of our neighbors! Afterwards we had Mexican food out, then went for facials (self care!). I ended the afternoon with coffee at David and Alison\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We finished \u201cHomeland\u201d and \u201cTehran,\u201d and have been watching \u201cThe Old Man\u201d and \u201cModus,\u201d a Scandy series – although these fictional stories can\u2019t hold a candle to the gripping testimony from top Republicans in House Select Committee hearings on January 6th, which we watched on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. It was jaw dropping to hear the lengths some people went to to try to overturn the results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday\u2019s announcement that SCOTUS had overturned Roe v. Wade was also stunning – let\u2019s just leave that there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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