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13.04.2023
Connections: Tate, Georgia and Florida’s Bok Tower
The day after my presentation to the Ball Ground Historical Society (March 28th) on Georgia Marble and the…
28.11.2022
The Last Joro
Last Joro. It seems I was mistaken . Charlotte, the beautiful Joro spider we allowed to dominate our…
01.11.2022
Charlotte Has Left the Building
Since I discovered Charlotte at our front door, I have checked on her daily, often snapping a photo….
24.09.2022
Pebble Hill Memories, Episode 3
Prologue. Located in the heart of “Quail Country,” Pebble Hill Plantation is a 2,000- acre hunting preserve, one…
19.09.2022
A Band of Joros
I wrote earlier about the remarkable new spiders that have arrived in northwest Georgia, beginning last fall. This…
14.09.2022
Joro Spiders: They’re Ba-a-ack
We discovered huge-and growing- spiders and their webs in our garden last fall. This year, a new comer…
01.09.2022
Waters I Have Loved 4: The Rugged Coast of Maine
I suffer from an illness: a love of things nautical. My desire to sail is kept alive by…
22.06.2022
Connections: Art, Scandal, and Murder
Actually, mostly art. We visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art recently where we saw August Saint-Gaudens’ wonderful sculpture…