Carol Newsome will be the featured artist from August 5 through September 15 at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery. Carol first started painting in watercolor and it’s her first love, but she’s branched out to oil and acrylic. You will see some of each in her show. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception on Friday, August 10th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
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What Can We Do? Lately (or perhaps always?) the news has been filled with heinous people doing heinous things: Sandusky, Holmes, among others. The comments under the news feeds spew outrage, fear, horror and are riddled with terms like “evil,” “sick,” “madman,” and “crazy.” I have two questions: How DO we judge these shocking people? And how do we keep up with the reality of our world without becoming totally overwhelmed and embittered? Jennifer, St. Helena Island, SC
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August makes me grumpy. It always has. Not only are we knee deep in swampy, soupy summer now, but we know what’s coming – September… with all its false promise. We never learn, do we? Every year, we look to September with renewed energy and hope in our hearts (back-to-school! first-day-of-fall!), only to have that hope crushed out – mercilessly – by a month even hotter and more oppressive than August.
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Roger Pinckney, Reefer Moon, and Life on Daufuskie Island Several years ago in 2005, I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Pinckney XI. The Beaufort Book Store hosted the two of us for a book signing. I was signing copies of my book, Port Royal; and Roger was embossing his signature on his debut collection of essays, The Right Side of the River.
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The Friends of Hunting Island will sponsor the 4th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at Hunting Island State Park on Saturday, July 28th.
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The painting on our cover is “Gullah Strut” by Shirley “SA” Hunter, the...
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Beaufort County Birds and Their Habitats is the theme for Beaufort County’s annual photo contest and photographers have until 5 p.m. September 4 to submit pictures of birds and/or selected habitat locations.
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When Arnetta Devlin learned she had breast cancer five years ago, she set her mind to make the most of the experience. “There’s no point in wallowing in self-pity,” said the 62-year-old Beaufort Middle School math teacher. “It’s counterproductive. You have to take what’s been given to you and go from there.”
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This is the first in a series about Roger Pinckney XI, his life on Daufuskie Island, and his book, Reefer Moon. Readers are encouraged to purchase Reefer Moon and participate in the Lowcountry’s first virtual book club on Facebook. Several years ago in 2005, I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Pinckney XI. The Beaufort Book Store hosted the two of us for a book signing. I was signing copies of my book, Port Royal; and Roger was embossing his signature on his debut collection of essays, The Right Side of the River.
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Remember when you first got email? No? Then you’re probably much younger than I. More and more people are these days. But verily I tell you, children, there was a time when email simply didn’t exist… when humans were limited to painfully primitive channels of communication like the telephone, the fax machine, and an ancient priesthood of intrepid message-bearers called the US Postal Service.
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