15 Feb 2015 Home » On Writing » A St. Simons writers’ retreatA St. Simons writers’ retreat by IngoldAdmin | posted in: On Writing | 0 Sandy beach on St. Simons Island, Georg The landscape of a beach is etched not over eons but in hours and days. At low tide you can read what recently was in the patterns of hard-packed sand —in ripples and ridges, swirls and scalloped layers, slow curves and slicing washes.