A Son’s Thoughts on Father’s Day My wonderful father has been gone for nearly 12 years. Supported by some emotional distance on his untimely death and the encouragement of our dear editor, Margaret Evans, I am taking a shot at a column that has lingered unwritten in the back of my mind for many of those years. As Father’s Day passes through yet again, it feels like the time is finally right.
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The Blood Alliance in Beaufort County saves lives everyday. As Father’s Day just passed, I celebrate one of the endearing qualities of my Dad, one that has always given me inspiration to do the right thing. My Dad, Stewart Nilsen, gave blood every chance he could. Every couple months, he’d come home with a bandage on his arm, telling my brothers and me how important the gift of blood was to so many who tragically needed it when they least expected it.
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It’s the 1920s in Chicago and vaudeville star Velma Kelly has just shot her husband after discovering his affair with her sister . . .
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Bluffton resident Tisha Chafer has recently launched a new health-coaching business, The Green Smoothie Gal, which promotes “Easy Nutrition for those on the Go.” Clients can participate through an e-newsletter filled with recipes and tips or one-on-one nutritional health and wellness counseling.
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Renowned Artist Jonathan Green and Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth Featured at USCB Lunch with Author Series
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(cover photo, left, by Eric Horan)”5 Star Artists” is the newest exhibit to grace the halls of USCB Center for the Arts, and will run from June 21 through August 21. Curator Joan Templer has chosen 5 diverse artists for an exhibit that transcends the traditional. All the artists are local, living and working in Beaufort. Some are young and filled with exuberant enthusiasm for their art and others have been perfecting their craft for decades. All have Star Quality.
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I spent the week before Father’s Day in Woodland, CA, helping my husband bury his father.
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Holistic Shakespeare: acting classes at ARTworks Dr. Debra Charlton is the author of Holistic Shakespeare: An Experiential Learning Approach (Intellect Books 2012). She is a theatre director, educator and writer whose reviews and articles on Shakespeare training and performance have appeared in numerous publications.
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Holistic Shakespeare: acting classes at ARTworks Dr. Debra Charlton is the author of Holistic Shakespeare: An Experiential Learning Approach (Intellect Books 2012). She is a theatre director, educator and writer whose reviews and articles on Shakespeare training and performance have appeared in numerous publications.
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Recently, Mary Alice Monroe invited me to her home to discuss her newest trilogy, The Lowcountry Summer. Here’s Mary Alice, with Buster Brown and Magnolia, in her garden on the Isle of Palms; she is a personal literary inspiration and mentor. – Wendy Nilsen Pollitzer
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