Consider the Blossoms
Since I started writing Flow Country essays for Lowcountry Weekly twenty months ago, twenty six of...
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OPINION
For the Graduates
I published an iteration of this column three years ago. Before that, it had been seven years...
Read MoreRules of Gentle Grandparenting
First, do no harm. Wait, wrong oath. What I mean is: if you have grandchildren, your primary job...
Read MoreThe Human Touch
I know I’m kind of a drag lately. I’m always either moaning about grief or groaning about...
Read MoreBoneyard Reach
I gave up drugs and alcohol twenty years ago but still get high on a regular basis. It probably...
Read MoreOn Getting my Buntings Back
After my husband died last September, I kind of let some things go. And I’m not just talking about...
Read MoreHelp Us Help You!
Last week, three unusual things happened in my life. 1) My computer was hacked, and I became a...
Read MoreThe Kids Are All Right
I want to want to like poetry. I really do. But my relationship with it has always been...
Read MoreJust 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...
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Celebrate with Catering by Debbi Covington
