Author: Margaret Evans

The First Annual Bridges Block Party was a smashing success! A good time was had by all, money was raised for Bridges Charter School, and a group of high school students from Goose Creek, SC, swept the Shrimp & Grits competition. That’s right, Stratford High School won both the official judges’ award AND the People’s Choice Award for their Classic Charleston Breakfast Shrimp. (See recipe below.)

Marine WormsOccasionally on a kayak tour, the dolphin are feeding elsewhere, the eagles are perched just out of sight, and the blue crabs refuse to let themselves be caught in the cast-net. So when these super-stars of the salt marsh are nowhere to be found, I start to look for some of the supporting actors – our marine worms.

Phillip Greene’s Wood Song Canoes By Mark ShafferPhotos Courtesy of Phillip Greene As a child growing up in the wilds of the Northern Adirondacks in upper New York state, Phillip Greene’s first passion was fishing and a canoe was simply “a way to get to where the fish are; a mode of transportation.” With time this opinion has evolved. Today Greene’s meticulously handcrafted canoes and paddles are commissioned and collected as pieces of fine functional art.

I keep trying to stay upbeat. Remember that wonderful Shirley Temple song, “Be Optimistic” from the 1930’s movie “Little Miss Broadway”? I shoot for that only without the dimples and curly hair. Some days that quest seems to get a tailwind behind it, like this little gust.