By mid-Wednesday, no one had done much to prepare for the slowly approaching freight train named Matthew. The sole places with protective window coverings on Tybee Island were City Hall and the town library. Savannah had done nothing. Matthew’s hurricane watch for the Georgia coast (i.e., hurricane force conditions within 48 hours) was declared Wednesday […]

To be continued (TBC) is a phrase your scribe uses to conclude a daily piece when he has a multi part set of loosely connected things he wants to say. Given his advancing years, it’s a bit presumptuous. These TBC pieces should probably conclude with “The End?” given his advanced years. At his age, he […]

Tybee Island is a barrier island in Chatham County, Georgia, eighteen miles east of Savannah. The island is the easternmost point in the state of Georgia. A meeting of Chatham County and Tybee Island city leaders was held last night inside of Tybee’s City Hall regarding Category 4 Hurricane Matthew. The meeting was surprisingly closed-door […]

Flying from Atlanta to Savannah affords the sharp eyed airline passenger with a unique view of one of Georgia’s major rivers. This river ends at the city that took its name. Recent research says that the river’s and city’s name came from a group of Shawnee who migrated to the Georgia Piedmont region in the […]

Red Bandana Marlow’s Coastal Empire Vintage grade school maps When they were children, Marlow and W looked with wonder at their 4th grade classroom, pull-down geography maps and their unknown places as full of mystery. Savannah had ceased to be one of those ambiguous yet pure patches for them to dream and scheme gloriously over. […]

Marlow’s Coastal Empire Steven knelt down by their corner table at the Mansion to address Marlow and W. Their waiter had done so earlier during their Friday dinner to murmur things to them that other tourist patrons of the restaurant likely did not want to know about their hostess. Diner appetites might disappear, should they […]

The Mansion Marlow’s Coastal Empire The Mansion at Forsyth Park W and her Marlow decided to spend their seventh consecutive Friday date night at a neighborhood restaurant. They had walked to the Mansion since it fronted the central eastern border of Forsyth Park and was only five short blocks from their Park Avenue home. The […]

Savannah Whoo-ee’s Marlow’s Coastal Empire They hadn’t heard train whistles for thirty, maybe forty, years. Their new home-town hadn’t either until about six years ago, when globalization brought back regular whoo-ee’s to the residents. When Savannah became the Saudi Arabian-like sea-railhead for eco-friendly, sustainable, wooden fuel pellets for European Union electric power plants, train traffic […]

Life and Island Times Coastal Empire September 22 2016 – Route Seventeen Alongside route 17 outside of Savannah Marlow and W spied a house. The frames around its windows and doors were painted blue. Folks, especially in South Carolina’s Low Country and Georgia’s Coastal Empire, have a name for this paint’s soft blue-green hue – […]

Life and Island Times August 7 2016 – Time for a Break Marlow needed a break from the maddening events unfolding on his coral island. He turned his attention northward to the activities of his ward and younger brother at his new living facility in central Virginia. He and his co-guardian Harvard had witnessed progress […]