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Recently, Mary Alice Monroe invited me to her home to discuss her newest trilogy, The Lowcountry Summer. Here's Mary Alice, with Buster Brown and Magnolia, in her garden on the Isle of Palms; she is a personal literary inspiration and mentor.
For a lot of locals and visitors alike, summer in the Lowcountry is all about being on, in or near the water. It's second nature for natives. After all, when you live on an island you're never far from water, and if you grew up in Beaufort chances are a large part of your summer was spent A) on a sandbar, B) in the river, C) on a boat or D) A, B and C.
95 years old and creating art is still his passion...
I didn't grow up eating lamb. In eastern North Carolina we regularly dined on fried chicken, barbeque and chicken and dumplings. In fact, Vince and I had been married for several years before I tasted my first lamb at a restaurant in Charleston, SC. It was love at first bite!
Another beautiful spring day engulfed us a few weeks ago. Us, as in a small group that facetiously calls itself "the captains of industry" and enjoys going to lunch to better reflect on whatever concerns of the day capture our attention. As usual, we had a terrific time sorting the extraordinary from the routine as we dug into salads and gumbo.
Dr. Debra Charlton is the author of Holistic Shakespeare: An Experiential Learning Approach (Intellect Books 2012). She is a theatre director, educator and writer whose reviews and articles on Shakespeare training and performance have appeared in numerous publications.
Gardeners probably have as many reasons for not gardening as we do for actually gardening. Fortunately for most of us, the urge to get dirty and the craving for luscious home-grown produce or the joy of brilliant flowers and varied foliage overwhelm any tendency toward complete abandonment. Most of the time, anyway.
They're at it again! "The Three Unreliables," Harry Chakides, Steven Keyserling and Bernie Schein, are picking back up where their stories left off last year. Sit back, relax and let your mind wander as you listen to Harry talk about times at Harry's Tavern or hear Bernie tell you about when he asked his mother why his family didn't have "roots;" Steve will entertain you with stories of growing up in a house full of brothers and the trouble they could get themselves and each other into.
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