Although St. Simons Island is rich in history, many people who come to St. Simons do so to find out more about a beloved author, Eugenia Price. Consequently, Tom and I need to know about Eugenia Price in order to answer questions visitors ask at Fort Frederica. Her inspirational novels started a completely new genre …
From January 2017
Prayer: Placebo or Power?
Today Tom and I returned to Wesley United Methodist Church. Rev. Patton, who is the Senior Pastor and who preached last week, was not there. Instead, Rev. Gene Yates, the Pastor of Pastoral Care, gave the message. His theme was “Prayer: Placebo or Power?” I liked the theme and the way he organized his message. …
Fort King George, Darien Georgia
On our day off this week, Tom and I drove about 30 miles north to Darien, Georgia to visit Fort King George. We had been hearing from the rangers here at Fort Frederica that Fort King George does all kinds of living history, so we wanted to check it out. Fort King George predates Fort …
Barbara Jeans Restaurant: Easy Southern Dining
Tom and I have only been on St. Simons Island for a week and we have already been to three different restaurants. I have a feeling that the “Places to Eat” category on my blog will have a lot more entries while we are in Georgia. Our favorite place so far has been Barbara Jeans …
Introduction to Fort Frederica National Monument
Tom and I will be working at Fort Frederica National Monument through April, so I will be writing about different aspects of the park over the next few months. Today I thought I would start with an introduction about Fort Frederica itself. James Oglethorpe and a group of Trustees settled Georgia with “worthy poor” from …
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Tom and I arrived at St. Simons Island to begin our winter job at Fort Frederica National Monument. We got here on Tuesday and started work on Wednesday. Before we started work, however, we had a little time to explore the island and orient ourselves. St. Simons Island is an island off the coast of …
Wesley UMC, St. Simons Island
Tom and I have now been on St. Simons Island six days. We came on a Tuesday, explored until dark (tomorrow’s post), worked at Fort Frederica the next four days, and went to church today, our first day off. Unlike other national park sites where we have worked, St. Simons is a hotbed of civilization. …
Signs Everywhere We Go
In 2015 I wrote a post about signs along the way: some of the signs we had seen in various places in our travels. Since then we have seen a lot more signs. In fact, we see signs everywhere we go. Big signs, little signs, signs of hope, signs of despair, signs of warning and …
German Village Redux
Before we left Ohio and 2016, Tom and I had time for a final adventure day with my parents. After discussing what we wanted to do, we decided that they would come down to Columbus and we would go to German Village. We wanted to visit the Book Loft again and we knew we would …
Knitted Christmas Gifts Revealed
Now that Christmas is over, I can show you what I worked on the last few months. When last I posted about my knitting, I had just started a prayer shawl. That prayer shawl was finished soon after we left Grand Portage. I sent it on to Wedgewood to be included with the prayer shawl …