The Kids Are All Right
I want to want to like poetry. I really do. But my relationship with it has always been...
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OPINION
Just Say Yes
A dozen years ago my nephew Jason told me, during an intense heart to heart about our lives and...
Read MoreTo Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Are you a good sleeper? Don’t take this personally, but if you are, I hate you. I haven’t slept...
Read MoreFacing Down Firsts
Last Monday, I waited all day for a storm that never came. Beaufort County schools had been...
Read MoreA.I. did not write this
Sometimes, I get really miffed at my late husband for leaving me to face AI on my own. Just last...
Read MoreAlso the sound of freedom
When I visited Beaufort for the first time I saw the sign at the entrance to the Marine Corps Air...
Read MoreWhat Are You Reading?
“What are you reading?” is my go-to question for just about anyone I run into. At my mom’s...
Read MoreFriends in Low Places
Y’all, I just have to wax enthusiastic for a minute over a fundraiser I attended recently here in...
Read MoreHappy 20th Birthday, BIFF
If you wanted to be sentimental, you could say The Beaufort International Film Festival and...
Read MoreSister Act
Y’all, I’ve been had. Again. Some of you may remember a silly column I wrote a few years ago that...
Read MoreCause and Effect
I was thinking about how one thing leads to another. And then another. Then it’s done. It happens....
Read MoreA New Year’s Wish
On a regular basis, while standing on my front porch, I hear the sound of rifles on repeat and...
Read MoreIn Praise of Fingerless Gloves
Lately, I’ve been wearing my dead husband’s clothes. While many new widows feel compelled to get...
Read MoreAway in a Manger
Of all the stressful parts of Christmas, gift-giving feels particularly fraught. We have tried...
Read MoreWhat They Aint’ Teaching in Sunday School
God’s Gay Pride This article serves as a rebuttal to an ideological perspective that was presented...
Read MoreChristmas Break
Hey, y’all. Wanted to let you know this is the last you’ll be hearing from me for about a month....
Read MoreCatch a Falling Leaf
I’m a big fan of group brainstorming and free association and curious mental twists. In a certain...
Read MoreThe Gift of a Bonus Year
I’m starting this column the weekend before Thanksgiving. I may end up finishing it the weekend...
Read MoreThank you and I’m sorry
It’s been two months now since my husband died, and yesterday was literally the first day I didn’t...
Read MorePeople Who Need People
Well, I’m back. Apparently, I don’t know how to quit this column. I joked with my sister that I...
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Celebrate with Catering by Debbi Covington
