Author: Margaret Evans

Lowcountry Burn

Gary Yeagle pens the latest Beaufort mystery. And the books set in Beaufort just keep on coming. Mystery writers, in particular, can’t seem to resist our moody, moss-shadowed atmosphere. Who can blame them? The latest scribe to fall victim to our sultry charm is Gary Yeagle, who has just released Lowcountry Burn: A Nick Falco Mystery.

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Santa Elena Scholars in Beaufort

  Organized to promote the little known story of America’s first colonel capital, the Santa Elena Foundation is reliant upon a small but distinctive group of historians and archaeologists. This team assembled in Beaufort last week to craft a Santa Elena timeline, which will be the basic for future research.

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It’s Got Groove, It’s Got Meaning

 ‘Grease’ is the word at the USCB Center for the Arts.   By Margaret Evans, EditorIf you happened to be a 14-year-old girl when the movie Grease was released, chances are you’re still lugging it around in your cultural suitcase. I can’t speak for those who were older or younger at the time (1978), but for my friends and me, Grease hit the sweet spot. For one thing, it was set in the 1950s. In the 1970s, we were all about the 1950s. Collectively obsessed. (Remember the Happy Days craze?)

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The Mondavis Come Home to Beaufort

Rob Mondavi Jr., and wife Lydia Mondavi (left) are establishing their southern roots with the creation of a new designer home right here in in Beaufort. Located on the banks of Port Royal Sound overlooking Parris Island, the home, designed by Reu Architects, blends Napa’s acclaimed wine country with the casual elegance of the Lowcountry to embody the family’s entertaining lifestyle and reconnect them to Lydia’s South Carolina ancestral heritage.

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Summer Light

  The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “Summer Light,” a lively collection of recent paintings by local artist Murray Sease, on display from September 2 through October 4.

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Learning Curves

Like so many anxious parents around the state, my sister in Charleston sent her firstborn off to kindergarten last week. On the third day of school, she posted the following mini-diatribe on Facebook:

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Reconstruction Revisited

A history professor at USCB has been awarded a grant of nearly $200,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a three-week institute for school teachers on the history of Reconstruction and its aftermath along America’s Southeastern coast.

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Warn Me a River

Isn’t life tricky? Filled with potholes, loopholes, sinkholes and human threats to peace and safety. Gosh, it’s so tricky and even scary that we need a constant stream of reminders and warnings about all those products that otherwise make modern life possible. Caveat emptor indeed.

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Losing My Cool

By Margaret Evans, Editor Life as an independent publisher has many rewards, but they’re not always monetary. When both adults in a household toil in that noble field for a living, much of that household is likely to be held together with duct tape. The situation can be humbling, but it can also be an exhilarating test of your resourcefulness!

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Forgetting to Remember What I Forgot

A Senior Fish Story “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven today and we don’t know where the hell she is.” – Ellen DeGeneres Let’s face it, one’s ability (ok my ability at least) to remember the everyday basics of life as the years fly by can careen downhill into a forgotten art.

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