On Knowing Better
My college friend Tommy, a portrait artist, often does small pieces he calls “studies” before...
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Tag: conversation
Four Writers Discuss Angels
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a panel discussion and book signing for the...
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Coffee Talk
The following is loosely based on a conversation between my husband and me in our kitchen one...
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Children’s Book Signing at Beaufort Bookstore
Local children’s book author Kellie Savery Langan will be reading an excerpt and signing...
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The World in a Window Box
To say Mother Nature’s been temperamental this summer would be an understatement. Unprecedented...
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Growing Up Barbie
Last Sunday, my husband and I drove to Bluffton to take part in the great American cinematic event...
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Sermon by Johnny Cash
Somebody sent me a very kind email a couple of weeks ago, thanking me for the occasional mention...
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Watching “1883” in 2023
When it comes to keeping up with pop culture, my husband and I are thoroughly lame. We’re...
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Happy Fourth?
A dispatch from the Divided States of America Summer is not my favorite writing season....
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Another Graduation Address
It’s been a while since I wrote a graduation column. Seven years, to be exact. I reread that old...
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The Great American Fake Out
“What do you think about Martha Stewart on the cover of Sports Illustrated?” I asked Jeff while he...
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If You’re Going to San Francisco
Greetings, dear reader, from a hotel room near the San Francisco airport. We fly home tomorrow at...
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This One’s for the Girls
I was on the phone with my friend Marly Rusoff the other day, debriefing after this year’s Pat...
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On Losing and Finding Hope
The Saturday morning before Halloween, I opened the New York Times online, scanned a few...
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Check Out the Second Edition of the Beaufort Human Library
“Where oral history meets speed dating.” The Beaufort Human Library project seeks to foster...
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The Main Gift of Literature
What do Mumbai, India and Savannah, Georgia have in common? Both are settings of exceptional new...
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Karen Spears Zacharias at NeverMore Books
NeverMore Books, in partnership with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, will host an...
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Seventh Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival
The Pat Conroy Literary Festival began as Pat Conroy’s 70th birthday celebration in October 2015...
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Off Script
My husband emailed me something from The Atlantic the other day, accompanied by the comment,...
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Lean Ensemble Theater Presents ‘The Taming’
Tweetering and undying giddiness for James Madison – what else could you expect to find at a Miss...
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No Fairy Tale
My daughter called out of the blue from Clemson Thursday and asked, “Mom, did you hear about the...
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Beaufort Human Library Seeks Human “Books”
The second edition of the Beaufort Human Library will be held as a free public event on the...
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Celebrate with Catering by Debbi Covington
