Writing “King For a Day” a few months ago was great fun, followed by nice reader feedback. It prompted me to take a fresh look at more ways to shape a better world and refine them into a follow-up on our better angels . . . and angles.
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On my dad’s side: Thomas Jefferson Shinn of Cabarrus County, NC, had to drop out of school to work...
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Community Foundation of the Lowcountry will launch The Giving Marketplace, a web-based initiative intended to provide detailed, comprehensive information about local nonprofits in Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton Counties, in early July.
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Zach Grether’s artistic talent arrived as a gift. A birthday gift. In the four years since receiving his first DSLR camera for his birthday in 2011, he was able to transform his intrigue with the night sky and his Software/Aerospace Engineering career into an amazing body of work with a focus on the night landscape. His award-winning photos have been published by Oprah Winfrey Network, Sun Magazine, and locally, by Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra.
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Boondocks restaurant at 1760 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena, SC will be hosting The Starving Artist Market in its parking lot on Saturday mornings from 9 am to 1:30 pm.
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People tell me from time to time that my column is sometimes reminiscent of some written by the well-traveled if “cranky” (according to The New York Times) CBS correspondent, Andy Rooney. I’m not so sure about our writing styles being close, but Mr. Rooney and I were close geographically at one time.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorBy the time you read this, at least two weeks will have passed since the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. As I write, it’s been about 10 days, and my fingers tremble and hesitate over the keyboard.
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In 1889, they hung a man from a tower for stealing. He took it rather well. They were tired of him sneaking around lifting hardware off buggies, so they tied a rope to his belt and hoisted him up where they could keep an eye on him. – Garrison Keillor, “Lake Wobegon Days” (New York, Viking, 1985)
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Brings your pooch and props for a photo shoot and more… Kat’s Dogs Pet Grooming Salon is celebrating the grand opening of their new location on Saturday June 20th, from 11am – 2pm. The full service pet salon is located at 129 Burton Hill Rd. across the street from Lowe’s and next to Domino’s in the Burton Hill Plaza.
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The community is invited to a celebration honoring the release of photographer Marge Agin’s new photography book, “What It Means To Be Here: Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, The Lowcountry and Beyond” on Thursday, June 18, from 5:30-8 pm at Palmetto Bluff.
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