Have I mentioned that Tom and I love living on St. Simons Island? Besides having absolutely perfect weather, we are only a few miles from everything we need and want. With the abundant bike trails, we can ride our bike pretty much everywhere we want to go. We walk to church and to work. And, …
From February 2017
Sals Neighborhood Pizzeria on St. Simons
A couple of weeks ago Tom and I wanted a pizza. We are on low sodium diets, so pizza is a rare and special treat. The pizza has to be great when we have it. We asked a few people for their recommendations and they all told us to go to Sals Neighborhood Pizzeria. So …
Take What You Want and Pay For It
An old Spanish proverb has God saying to people, “Take what you want and pay for it.” I don’t know who first wrote this proverb, although many writers have quoted it including Tana French, Robert Jordan, and Agatha Christie. Think about this proverb. Take what you want and pay for it. Every choice we make, …
National Historic District on Jekyll Island
Earlier this week, Tom and I returned to Jekyll Island to tour the National Historic District with some of my favorite people – my mom and dad. We rode our bikes past the historic homes the previous week, but didn’t stop because we wanted to take the tour. So we drove back to Jekyll Island …
Jekyll Island Bike Trails
Last week Tom and I took the tandem and drove over to Jekyll Island to hit the bike trails there. Even though you can see Jekyll Island from St. Simons, you have to drive east over the causeway to Brunswick, south over the Sidney Lanier Bridge, and then west over the tollway ($6 per car) …
Epworth by the Sea, A United Methodist Retreat
St. Simons Island is a United Methodist mecca. Charles and John Wesley both preached at Fort Frederica in 1736 (more on that in another post). There are plaques, monuments, and markers all over the island with the Wesley name on them. Two United Methodist Churches serve the island, one on the north end and one …
Be Perfect As Your Heavenly Father is Perfect
Matthew 5:48 has troubled me most of my life: “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” It comes at the end of a list where Jesus not only endorses the Jewish laws, but intensifies them. He talks about murder, divorce, adultery, swearing, and revenge. As he lists each one, he talks about the Old …
Town Talk at Fort Frederica
One of the duties of every staff person at Fort Frederica, paid or volunteer, is to give a town talk. Whenever anyone has trouble walking, we offer a golf cart tour. We drive the quarter mile to the fort in the golf cart, giving a tour as we drive. We also offer two walking town …
Fort Matanzas National Monument
After the Spanish established St. Augustine and Castille de San Marcos, the Spanish realized that the town was vulnerable to attack from the Matanzas Inlet to the south. Enemy ships could attack the town from the rear, out of range of the Castillo’s cannon. General James Oglethorpe blockaded St. Augustine inlet in 1740 for 39 …
St Augustine and Castillo de San Marcos
When the French established a settlement at Fort Caroline in 1564, the Spanish decided they needed more of a presence in Florida. It obviously wasn’t enough that they had claimed the area in 1513. They needed a permanent settlement. So, in 1565 the Spanish established a settlement at St Augustine. St Augustine is the …