John and Jackie are always willing to try new restaurants, so we recently went to the 1808 American Bistro in downtown Delaware, Ohio. They have a brunch menu that is served on Sundays from 11 until 2, so we went there after church. Getting to the restaurant was easy, but the parking was not. We …
Catching Up on the Home Front
Tom and I have been busy catching up on the home front. We got back from Georgia at the end of February. Although Ohio has had a very mild winter, we got back on a day with rain, wind, snow, and rapidly dropping temperatures. As soon as we got the car unloaded from the dolly, …
Beautiful Fort Frederica National Monument
Besides having so much interesting history, Fort Frederica National Monument is beautiful. I take a morning walk every day around 8 a.m. and love to see the changing conditions and unchanging beauty. Over the seven seasons we spent at Fort Frederica I have seen a lot of beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Lots of gorgeous days …
History Still Comes Alive at Fort Frederica
During our very short two months at Fort Frederica National Monument, Tom and I were out every weekend doing living history. Unlike previous years when we had other volunteers with us, it was mostly just the two of us. Sometimes we had a ranger out there with us and Jamieson came to weave two days. …
Setting Up for Special Events
Although people enjoy special events at National Park sites, they often don’t think about the setting up that has to happen before the special event. No matter how many people are involved in the event, there are just as many people who worked hard before the event and cleaned up after the event. At Fort …
Kathy and Marty Wise, Maintenance Volunteers
Over the last two months, it has been our privilege to get to know Kathy and Marty Wise, who are new maintenance volunteers here at Fort Frederica National Monument. Although Kathy and Marty came toward the end of January, they are both people who are good at jumping in and helping out. This is the …
Georgia History Day at Oglethorpe
Once again this year, Tom and I represented Fort Frederica at Georgia History Day at Oglethorpe Elementary School. The Fort was well represented with Ellen Provenzano and Ranger Bob Lumas doing a session on archaeology and Tom and I doing a session on colonial clothing. Last year Tom and I did a similar session but …
Showing Our Guests A Good Time
Tom and I have had an abundance of guests visiting us here in Georgia. It is a great blessing to have friends that care enough about us to come all this way to visit. We have only been here six weeks but we have had four groups of friends come. The first were Sherry and …
That Sound Game – A Noisy Game Without Words
John and Jackie introduced us to “That Sound Game” on our game afternoon after Christmas. We recently bought our own copy to use for game night with the other volunteers. The game is simple, challenging, and hilarious. The rules for That Sound Game are easy. You divide up into two teams. Each team takes turns …
Liz and Ross Wunderlich, New Volunteers
When Tom and I arrived at Fort Frederica National Monument this year, we met new volunteers Liz and Ross Wunderlich. Liz and Ross had started in December and worked through the end of January. We quickly got to know and like Liz and Ross. Both of them are engineers, which gave them something in common …