Over the last several months, I’ve stocked up on beach-themed ornaments at some of the local shops on both our islands, and as tradition dictates, I’m sharing them with you. I love Christmas décor that combines traditional Christmas colors with white-white backdrops, so of course I loved this ornament. For the more whimsical ornament connoisseur, […]
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Happy Thanksgiving 2015!
Whether you are spending this Thanksgiving at home or out of town, Â on the mainland or on an island, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
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A Coastal Autumn and the Nagging Questions of Childhood
Historically, October tends to have some high tides in the coastal Carolinas; this past October certainly attempted, thanks to the excessive rains, to outpace its past outpourings (apologies!). Social media in these here parts was flooded (apologies again!) with pictures of people wading and kayaking across driveways, streets, and yards. Once day when I arrived […]
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A Halloween Wish
Happy Halloween! I offer y’all the best wish I can think of this Halloween night: May your collection of Halloween candy be mostly all chocolate. Enjoy the bounty, y’all!
Thoughts on the Sea #14
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong […]
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Summer Vacation: A Backward Glance
In her autobiographical work A Backward Glance, Edith Wharton quotes Henry James as saying, “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.†With summer vacation long gone and summer’s official days waning fast, I must tip my hat to James, a man after my own […]