This post is going to have pictures instead of my usual 300 to 400 words. After all, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then these pictures should be able to speak for themselves. When Tom and I started our RV journey, we collected funny (to us) signs. I have a couple of previous …
From February 2020
Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
“A Woman of No Importance” is my favorite kind of history book: a biography that teaches me about a person in history that I never heard of before. Sonia Purnell writes a gripping and detailed biography about Virginia Hall, the American spy who helped organize the French Resistance and win World War II. Virginia Hall …
Textile Talk at Fort Frederica National Monument
This is our fourth year at Fort Frederica National Monument and the third year I have been giving my textile talk. Each year I add a little more. The first year I demonstrated spinning and gradually built up my textile table talk. The second year Ranger Michael bought me a little toy loom that I …
Kingsley Heritage Celebration
When I wrote about the Kingsley Plantation a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea I would be going back to it a week later for the Kingsley Heritage Celebration. Many of the National Parks celebrate some kind of African American Heritage event during February. Fort Frederica will have an African American Heritage Day …
Waiting for Our Ship To Come In
This last week our friend, Kris Moye, came to St. Simons for a visit. You will be hearing more about her visit soon, but I wanted to write today about one of the things we spent a lot of time doing while she was here. Waiting for our ship to come in. Now, we weren’t …
Zuzus: Best Burgers on St Simons Island
Last week Tom and I ate at Zuzus in Pier Village. I don’t know what Zuzus means or stands for, but this little hole-in-the wall restaurant on St. Simons Island has the best burgers! We used to think Certified Burgers had the best, but found out they put way too much salt in their meat. …
Guale Preserve on St. Simons Island
Last week Tom and I went bike riding and discovered a new place on the island: Guale Preserve. We like to go bike riding at least once a week, and our favorite ride is the 14 miles from Fort Frederica to Hampton Point. There is a wonderful bike trail and, because this is the less …
Split Rail Fences at Fort Frederica National Monument
Things have really been happening here at Fort Frederica National Monument. Split rail fences going up. Dead trees taken down. Things being built and fixed. We may not have many rangers here, but the volunteers and maintenance staff are really going to town on different projects. This last week volunteers Denise and Bob Verba put …
Hearts Unfold Like Flowers Before Him
One of my favorite hymns (I have so many) is “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Him.” This week, as I have been walking through the many azalea gardens on St. Simons, I keep singing the second line, “Hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above.” [I have about five versions of the hymn …
Kingsley Plantation at Timucuan Historic Preserve
Last week Tom and I headed to Kingsley Plantation at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve near Jacksonville, Florida. Although we visited Timucuan in 2017 (read the post here), we had not been to the Kingsley Plantation area. One of their rangers visited us a couple of weeks ago and told us about their living history …