Joyce Kramer, Author at The Post-Searchlight

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Gators Can Be Fun – Part 4

Our alligators are the stars in many a story. This reptile has been around for about two hundred and fifty million years and is still ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, December 8, 2024 2:58 pm

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Can the Swamp be Crowded? – Part 3

The Okefenokee Swamp is one of those places that is so isolated and so forbidding that your imagination can work overtime. However, it is also ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, December 1, 2024 12:30 pm

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Thanksgiving Legends and History

There are many stories and legends about the origins of Thanksgiving and its most popular food, the turkey. While researching the beginning of this holiday, ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Monday, November 25, 2024 6:18 pm

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Respect for Life and Land – Part 2

In last week’s column, we started unpeeling the layers of life that makes up the Okefenokee Swamp, its land, animals and the folks that live ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, November 17, 2024 3:27 pm

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Try Not to Get Lost! Part 1 of 5

Down deep, in Southern Georgia, there lies a huge, dark, threatening swamp. This is no ordinary place because it is the largest freshwater basin in ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, November 10, 2024 10:45 am

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Thank You God, For Our Veterans

“Each man’s war is separate and personal unto himself, and is exactly not like that of any other”.   Commander R. Cawthon, 2nd Battalion, 116th ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, November 3, 2024 12:28 pm

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Ghosts Who Love the Coast

Ghosts! If only we could see them! I am sure that they are everywhere. Sometimes, they live in ancient mansions, bed and breakfasts. They haunt ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 27, 2024 9:52 pm

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Saving the Past for the Future – Part 3

As usual, time has taken away most of the traces of the early Jekyll Island inhabitants, as relentlessly as the waves that have washed away ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 20, 2024 9:10 am

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Saving the Past for the Future-Part 2

Being seven miles from the mainland and opposite Brunswick, Georgia, Jekyll Island is located in the perfect spot. Then, when the steam ship and the ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 13, 2024 11:45 am

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Saving the Past for the Future – Part 1

The history of Jekyll Island is a most interesting story. It is so different than that of all of the other Golden Isles! Their history ... Read more

by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 6, 2024 12:45 pm

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