Tom and I had a new experience this year at Fort Frederica National Monument: we are now featured on some postcards. Tom, of course, being the diva that he has become while in British uniform, is on three of the new postcards while I am just on one. And my face doesn’t show in any …
Colonial Day at Fort Frederica National Monument
Colonial Day is one of our favorite days at Fort Frederica National Monument. This is our fifth season at Fort Frederica and we recently worked at our fourth Colonial Day. We didn’t have a Colonial Day in 2020 or 2021, so it was good to be able to return to it this year. Colonial Day …
Scott’s BBQ in Waynesville, Georgia
One day Mady, a local volunteer who comes in on Saturdays, mentioned that she was getting Scott’s BBQ after work. Tom and I are always on the lookout for good BBQ, so I asked her about it. She told me it was the very best BBQ in the area. Southern Soul is the place on …
Miscellaneous Jobs at Fort Frederica National Monument
Tom and I have been doing a variety of miscellaneous jobs at Fort Frederica National Monument this year. I have more of a routine than Tom does because he usually tries to avoid working at the Visitors Center. This year he has been less successful at that than in years past. My work week basically …
Canaveral National Seashore in Florida
Tom and I recently took a day trip south to Canaveral National Seashore in Florida, about a three hour drive from St. Simons Island. We had planned to go there several times before but something always interfered. This time we picked a day and stuck with it, even though it ended up being rainy and …
Denise and Bob Verba: Maintenance Volunteers
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 …
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 …