Narcissus was a beautiful hunter in ancient Greece. He shunned all romantic advances. None were as beautiful as he knew himself to be, so there was no reason for a relationship with anyone. Eventually, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water by a stream. He stared so lovingly and longingly at himself, unmoved and unmoving, staying and staring till death. The gods turned him into a flower now bearing his name. It grows wild along the riverbanks.
All of us have mythologies we tell ourselves. Myths explain the way the world works for us when we do not know how it truly works. One of the reasons the Bible rings true for me is how counterintuitive it is and how it defies the mythologies of its time. Moses wrote Genesis 1 and claimed that there was just one God and that the sun, moon and stars were just objects in the sky. This monotheistic religion deviated from literally every religion on planet Earth at the time.
The blue lights illuminating the early morning sky on the Sidney Lanier Bridge and the Downing Musgrove Causeway to Jekyll Island on Thursday were not flashing because a crime had been committed.
Milton H. “Woody” Woodside, former president of the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, died Thursday at a hospital in Jacksonville following a short illness.
Home organization seems like a never-ending pursuit. Fortunately, Closets by Design can help people see the light at the end of the tunnel by designing and installing effective storage and organizational systems in closets, pantries, garages, offices and more.
For the past 54 years, April has played host to Earth Day, an occasion founded by Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wisc., in an effort to force the national agenda to address issues such as clean air, clean water and the overall health of the environment.
March was the busiest month ever for rolling cargo at the Port of Brunswick, and if the trend continues, the fiscal year that ends in June will see other records broken as well.
