I learned how to use a spinning wheel last year at San Juan National Historical Park. When I did, I knew that I would be coming back to Fort Frederica which had a broken spinning wheel. So, when Tom and I came back to Fort Frederica this year, our first order of business was fixing …
From April 2018
Resurrection Fern, a Metaphor for Life
Here on St Simons Island we have a plant that is common in the southeast, but one I never saw in Ohio. The resurrection fern grows on the branches of the live oak trees, looking like a forest in a tree. The plant is an epiphyte, like spanish moss, that grows on another plant but …
True Grit Times Three: Movies and Book
The movie theater here on St. Simons Island, part of the Georgia Theater Company, shows a different old movie each week. I wrote about it last year here, and we have been enjoying it just as much this year. This year I have been to “Gone with the Wind,” “Casablanca,” “Easter Parade,” and “Gigi.” I …
Volunteer Fun on St Simons Island
One of our favorite things about volunteering in the national parks is the other volunteers we get to work with. I wrote previously about our colonial village. It was nice to have other people who helped with the living history. But it hasn’t been all work, work, work. We also took some time for volunteer …
Up With People Concert in Brunswick
Recently Tom and I attended an “Up With People” concert in Brunswick, Georgia. I had previously been to two “Up With People” concerts, but both were when I a kid. As best I can remember, one was in the late 1960’s and one was in the early 1970’s. But we had their albums in our …
Founding of Frederica: 282nd Anniversary
In February and March of 1736, the first colonists came to Frederica and started to build the town. Frederica was a military outpost, a fortified town on the southern frontier of the British colonies. The people of the town and the 42nd Regiment of Foot that was stationed here knew that the Spanish might attack …
Redeeming Work of Love But We Continue the Fight
Tom and I went to the early Easter service at church at 8:15. Most churches on St Simons don’t have a sunrise service because there is a community sunrise service at the pier at 7. That would be cool to attend, but it is also pretty early on a day when we have to work. …
Emily, Emory University, and the Mystic Grill
While we were in Atlanta, we arranged to meet a friend for supper. We have known Emily Cort since she was born. Her parents, Ronn and Sandy, were members at Wedgewood. I baptized her in 1998 when she was just two months old. Ronn and Sandy didn’t live in Akron for very long, but while …
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Our final National Park Site to visit in Georgia was Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Although the Chattahoochee River itself is 430 miles long, the National Recreation Area runs along 48 miles of the river, primarily in the urban area in and around Atlanta. Thus it is a haven of green in an increasingly large …
Martin Luther King Jr National Historical Park
I am moving along in my quest to visit all the National Park Sites – 417 of them – in the United States. My Passport Book, Collector’s Edition is great because it lists of all the National Park sites in every region and every state. I can easily see where I have been and where I need …