The Obstinate Daughter
Scads of books abound about the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. One book…
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The Queen of Crime
“I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the…
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The Old Boat House
The boathouse was a magical place when I was growing up. My mother’s…
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Ex Libris: The Emerald Mile
Forty years ago this month, on June 25, 1983, one of the most…
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The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All
“A shared recipe in the South is more precious than gold … and…
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Moby-Dick
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under…
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Ex Libris: How It Went
Growing up with all possible free time spent enveloped by forest, fields, and…
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Scents of History
Our senses serve as gateways to the past. More than any other, the…
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The Return of Samuel Derieux
When Yeaton Wagener taught his short story appreciation class at the University of…
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Weather Wisdom
My paternal grandfather, Grandpa Joe, used to say of Earth’s rebirth, “A fellow…
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Ex Libris: George Washington’s Secret Six
By all measures, the American Revolution should have turned out differently. On paper,…
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Et Cetera: South Carolina’s Historic Earthquake
Aug. 31, 1886, began as an ordinary hot and humid day in Charleston,…
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