Savannah, GEORGIA – The train rolls into Georgia as first light hits the forest. Some trees have been downed since the summer floods, and there they lay, the remnants of past catastrophe.
Savannah is a largely college-town, with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) extending its reach throughout the town. Warehouses are converted to school buildings, though the outskirts are still quiet areas that could be anywhere U.S.A.
Yet, the people are distinctly Savannahian, with their quiet discipline, and transplants flood the city with a merriment that brings life to the place.
Scattered throughout the area, so-called the Low Country, are forests, and arboreal that have been transplanted to reach these parts. These include bamboo collected in the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens.
Back in down town, the town squares line the walk ways. Despite the late hour, students and tourists alike have merged from the town park to the bars and restaurants along Main Street.
The close of day belies the busy-ness in the ports.
Savannah Book Recommendations:
Dragons in the Waters, by Madeline L’Engle, 1976.
A story about an orphan of the South on a high-seas adventure, set sail from Port of Savannah.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt, 1994.
A story about a writer’s experience with the deep South and its latent underpinnings
The Bee and the Acorn, by Paula Susan Wallace, 2016.
The founder of SCAD writes about the challenges she encountered in starting a university in the 70s.
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