One of the things I love about St. Simon’s Island is walking on the beach.  We live on the west side of the island – the marsh side and can walk along the river and marsh anytime.  But, at least once a week, we ride our tandem bike or drive to the east side of …

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The other day Tom looked up from examining his legs and told me “I have five kinds of insect bites on my legs as well as poison ivy.”  I realized that I had the same, and we commiserated for a while. Coastal Georgia has an abundance of insects because they don’t have a freezing season …

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Tom and I have been self-isolating at Fort Frederica since the middle of March.  The Governor of Georgia didn’t issue a stay-at-home order in Georgia until April 3, but the Glynn County Commissioners closed everything here much earlier.  Fort Frederica shut down programming at the same time Glynn County closed, and we closed the park …

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I love going to concerts and movies here on St. Simon’s Island.  It is one of the best things about living and working on the island.  Right now it is also a reminder of life before coronavirus.  Before concerts and movies were shut down – for who knows how long – Tom and I managed …

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March was a month of changes.  Grocery shopping is one of the things that has really changed.  I thought the panic buying in the grocery store would settle down after the first week or two.  But the hand sanitizer and toilet paper areas continue to be empty when we go to the store.  And the …

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Last week Tom and I tried a new ice cream place, Moo Cow Ice Cream.  I usually get my ice cream from St. Simons Sweets, but it was very busy, so we decided to walk to try the new place. I had been wanting to try Moo Cow Ice Cream ever since it moved into …

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Coronavirus and the measures associated with it have been all over the news lately.  Tom and I have been paying particular attention to it, but not for the usual reasons.  We had a big trip scheduled to begin April 22:  a four-month cruise to Europe.  We had been planning and paying for the trip for …

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Are you sick of winter yet?  Our family and friends in Ohio has been enjoying a very mild winter.  But mild still means lots of gray days with slushy snow and cold rain.  Not what we get here on St. Simon’s Island. So I thought I would share some of the pictures I’ve taken of …

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While Kris Moye was visiting we took her to Jekyll Island and visited Mosaic, the Jekyll Island Museum.  We visited the museum in 2017 with my parents, but they told us at that time they were getting ready to renovate the museum.  We agreed it needed renovation because it was totally forgettable.  I didn’t even …

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Last week Kris Moye, a friend from Ohio, came down to spend part of the week with us.  It was wonderful to see her and show her the sights. Kris Moye flew in to Savannah and arrived late Monday evening.  On Tuesday she slept in a little and then came up to Fort Frederica National …

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