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by Margaret Evans | Dec 2, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
I’m starting this column the weekend before Thanksgiving. I may end up finishing it the weekend...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Nov 18, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
It’s been two months now since my husband died, and yesterday was literally the first day I didn’t...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Nov 4, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Well, I’m back. Apparently, I don’t know how to quit this column. I joked with my sister that I...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Oct 21, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
I’m not sure what to do with this column anymore. For over 25 years, it’s been a potpourri of...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Oct 6, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
It was a typical Sunday afternoon. Actually, it was better than typical. August 31st came in oddly...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Sep 23, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Note: Readers, most of you probably know by now that our publisher – my husband – Jeff Evans died...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Aug 25, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
I wouldn’t call myself a Cracker Barrel “regular.” We don’t even have one in Beaufort. I think...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Aug 12, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
My husband texted me from the office yesterday, saying, “Wanna feel old? Born to Run is turning...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jul 29, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Humor is a funny thing. My husband and I have very different taste when it comes to being tickled,...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jul 15, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Last issue, I wrote a column commemorating Lowcountry Weekly’s 25 years in print. As usual, I...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jul 1, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
A quarter century ago – in the actual olden days – Jeff and I were wide-eyed newlyweds with big...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jun 17, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
I’ve recently developed an annoying habit. It annoys me, anyway – and I’m sure it annoys others...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Jun 3, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Years ago, I heard a minister say that preaching is about finding new ways to tell the same old...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | May 20, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Did you hear the one about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? How she learned that the...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | May 6, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Editor’s Note: We’ve just returned from a family vacation on the west coast and deadline is...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Apr 21, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Like book clubs all over the country (or so I’ve heard), mine recently read George Orwell’s...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Apr 8, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
You might have noticed that The Media is fairly unpopular lately. I capitalize The Media – and use...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Mar 25, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Thanks to the giant firehose of information perpetually spewing forth from every direction these...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Mar 12, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Did you know that I have an alter ego on Instagram? It’s true. I lead a double life. By day, I’m...
Read Moreby Margaret Evans | Feb 25, 2025 | Opinion, Rants & Raves | 0
Twenty-five years, y’all. I’ve been writing this column every two weeks for 25 years. Since the...
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