The only people that have volunteered more seasons at Fort Frederica National Monument (FOFR) than Tom and me are Denise and Bob Verba. They are in their seventh season of volunteering at Fort Frederica and we are only in our fifth. The Verbas started here one year before we did and came last year, when …
From March 2022
Easier Said Than Done – Being Honest in Our Walk
Have you every promised anyone that you would do something and then not followed through on that promise? Found that it was “easier said than done”? Even though I try to be a scrupulously honest person, I have not followed through on things that I have said more times than I can count. It might …
Crabdaddy’s Seafood Grill and Bar
As I mentioned on Wednesday, while Steve and Kathy were here we ate at Crabdaddy’s Seafood Grill and Bar. Tom and I have eaten at a lot of restaurants on the island but never at this one. It is only open at supper (from 5 until 10) and we aren’t big seafood eaters. But Steve …
Steve and Kathy Come to Visit St. Simons Island
Last week my brother and his wife, Steve and Kathy, came to visit us on St. Simons Island. It was Steve’s spring break and he had never traveled anyplace warm before for spring break. They arrived on the island on Tuesday afternoon and left on Thursday morning, so it wasn’t a long visit. But we …
The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks
I love books that open my mind to new ideas. “The Shepherd’s Life: A People’s History of the Lake District” is one of those books that introduced me to a new idea and, a month later, I am still thinking about it. James Rebanks is a shepherd in the Lake District. Being a shepherd is …
Wattle Fencing Around the Colonial Garden
Have you ever heard of wattle fencing? I had not until Tom was researching a project here at Fort Frederica and decided to use this method. Wattle fencing is a woven, light-weight, sturdy method of making permanent or movable fencing. It is an ancient, English method and was used by British colonists all over the …
Racial Bias in Cell Phone Technology
I recently started thinking about racial bias in cell phone technology. This isn’t something that I would have considered, being covered by white privilege. But, during the Super Bowl, there was a commercial for the Google Pixel 6. One of the advantages to this new camera is new technology that gets skin tones of non-white …
Pictures of Azaleas on St. Simons Island
If you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I love the azaleas here on St. Simons Island, Georgia. I walk in the Wesley Memorial Gardens most mornings and the flowers have been beautiful for weeks. They started with just some buds, and then gradually bush after bush has been blooming. …
African American Festival at Fort Frederica
The last Saturday of February, as we have for five of the last six years, Fort Frederica hosted an African American Festival. This is the culmination of Black History month for us. Two years ago we dedicated the Abbott Cemetery and had an attendance of 900 people. This year’s attendance was much smaller, perhaps reflective …
Driving 145 Miles to Chicken Salad Chick
Tom and I recently spent most of a day off driving 145 miles to go to Chicken Salad Chick. I wrote about Chicken Salad Chick previously in my blog, and Tom and I head there every other week or so when we are in Columbus. We love the many different kinds of chicken salad served …