Category: Voices

The Art of the Rewrite

by Carolyn Mason | Mar 25, 2025 | Opinion, Voices | 0

When I tell the story about how we left behind the small town where we raised our kids, the house...

Sixteen Shorts; One Renewed Love Affair

by Luke Frazier | Mar 12, 2025 | Arts, Film, Opinion, Voices | 0

I caught wind of the Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF) on an exploratory visit here last...

Ode to the IRS

by Donald Wright | Mar 12, 2025 | Opinion, Voices | 0

I hear you callin’, Uncle Sam And I’m here to show I give a damn So hold your letters and stop...

Tricking in Happiness

by Carolyn Mason | Feb 11, 2025 | Opinion, Voices | 0

This year, I’ve selected the Eastern Bluebird as my bird of the year. Choosing a bird of the...

Sunrise with Charlie

by Carolyn Mason | Jan 28, 2025 | Opinion, Voices | 0

In the quiet hours of December mornings, I stumbled upon a secret world: the moments just before...

Plunging Moments

by Luke Frazier | Jan 14, 2025 | Culture, Local Color, Voices | 0

On New Year’s Eve we watched the sky explode over the Beaufort River in a phantasmagoria of...

That Time I Went to Nature School

by Carolyn Mason | Jan 14, 2025 | Culture, Local Color, Opinion, Voices | 0

After years on the waiting list, my husband and I finally joined the Lowcountry Master Naturalist...

Report Card

by Carolyn Mason | Nov 19, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

When my daughter sent me my grandson’s first-grade report card, I expected the usual rundown of...

Gimme Shelter

by Carolyn Mason | Oct 22, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

Hurricane Helene blew in family from the Upstate of South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina,...

Lessons in Lyrics

by Carolyn Mason | Sep 10, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

We were sitting outside on a balmy, summer Beaufort evening, listening to live music with our...

The Royal Runt

by Carolyn Mason | Jul 26, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

In a week of hard things, one moment stands out: A small, squeaky ladybug toy falls from a box of...

Ode to the Summertime Tomato Sandwich

by Carolyn Mason | Jul 16, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

Earlier this summer, while paying for my stash of freshly picked strawberries from Barefoot Farms,...

Curated Comfort

by Carolyn Mason | Jun 18, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

I’m not sure how I fell into such a cozy comfort zone, one cocooned by carefully curated choices,...

Hurry Up and Wait

by Carolyn Mason | May 21, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

I’ve always kept a running list of my character flaws and running late is something I’ve spent...

Inside Voices

by Carolyn Mason | Apr 9, 2024 | Opinion, Voices | 0

On the first day of kindergarten this year, my grandson’s teacher wanted them to practice various...

In Praise of Deliberate Mediocrity

by Carolyn Mason | Feb 27, 2024 | Voices | 0

Years ago, a women’s magazine asked me to write an article about the joy of taking up a new hobby....

Christmas Wishes

by Carolyn Mason | Dec 19, 2023 | Opinion, Voices | 0

I’m haunted by a recurring nightmare before Christmas that doesn’t require therapy to interpret....

Find My Friend

by Carolyn Mason | Nov 21, 2023 | Opinion, Voices | 0

Recently I was FaceTiming with my young grandson and told him I had to go because I was meeting...

Childhood Questions

by Donald Wright | Nov 7, 2023 | Opinion, Voices | 0

As children, my wife Doris and I had different kinds of things on our minds and asked different...

Top Two Travel Tips

by Carolyn Mason | Sep 12, 2023 | Opinion, Voices | 0

I’m not a world traveler by any means, but I do love a travel-tip list. I’ll leave a comprehensive...

So, This is About the Incredible Way We Speak, Right?

by Donald Wright | Aug 14, 2023 | Opinion, Voices | 0

Lately, for reasons that are clearly self-serving, I’ve come to believe that persons over age 65...

Mimi Takes to the Bed

by Carolyn Mason | Jul 18, 2023 | Opinion, Voices | 0

“I’m taking to the bed,” I whisper over the phone to my mother, after spending two weeks with the...