Rich: Southern rules of dinner

Tink and I had a precious friend named Roy Hodnett. Roy, the kindest and most perfect Southern gentleman, had raised his family in Virginia with his pretty wife, Anne.

Roy sold cookies for a living — at least, that’s the way he always phrased it. When he retired, he and Anne traveled south and happened upon a charming island that captured their hearts.

At 65, the Hodnetts bought a house on St. Simon…