By Radley West There’s something about the end of the school year that feels like a deep exhale. Schedules loosen, mornings slow down, and suddenly the structure that held everything together just . . . disappears. For a lot of people, that includes their activity. During the school year, movementContinue Reading
By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Summer 2022, St. Simons Island, I’m sitting around the pool when my niece, Harper, and her friend, Stella, ask me to tell them a story. I had seen a photo of a tuxedo cat smoking four cigarettes at a time. I make up aContinue Reading
One of the first things a new golfer hears is to “keep your head down” and “keep your eye on the ball.” While well-intentioned, that advice can sometimes be misunderstood. The player in today’s example shows many solid fundamentals, but at the top of the backswing, his face is noContinue Reading
By Sarah Ostergaard The deadline for teachers across South Carolina to sign or reject annual contracts to teach in the same district next year was May 10. Did you know? Teachers make this decision without entirely knowing very important details: (1) salary changes (salary increases vs. insurance cost increases), (2)Continue Reading
By Radley West Every year around this time, there’s a shift. People start thinking about summer. The weather gets warmer, the layers come off, and suddenly there’s a sense of urgency that wasn’t there a few months ago.This is when things get interesting. I’ve watched people try to make upContinue Reading
Photo: Beyond the fence, an open battlefield filled with longleaf pines in 1780e. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Old battlefields seem more like parks. Trying to imagine cannon and cries of the wounded? Difficult, but not always. Farmers’ plows unearthed so many Minié balls at Shiloh, the soil turnedContinue Reading
By Robin All Since we are sending tips for seniors to play better golf, the stiffness of the shafts in your golf clubs, can make a big difference in both direction and distance. All seniors need to be fitted as we are all not the same size or strength andContinue Reading
Photo: Old Photographs By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net “You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.” Cormac McCarthy’s words. Lord knows I’d like to forget some things, namely certain people I’ve known. Memory is a blessing and a curse but we areContinue Reading
By Radley West Hello. It’s Tipsy. I’ve been observing the humans again. Recently, one of my humans wrote an entire newspaper article about walking. Walking. A subject I consider one of my primary areas of expertise. Naturally, I was excited to read it. Imagine my surprise when I discovered thatContinue Reading
Photo: Wilson’s Laundromat, The stories this place could tell. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net My first time home from college I took a bag of dirty laundry to Mom. She tossed it out the door. “You’re education has just begun. From now on wash your own clothes.” Thus didContinue Reading
No one hears the wind chimes. The parking lot stays empty. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net I call it the Roll Call of The Waiting. Inactive churches in need of friends. Friendship, Dothan Methodist, St. Simon’s Episcopal Church, Halfway Creek, Workman Methodist, Graham’s Methodist . . . the rollContinue Reading
By Radley West One of the biggest mistakes people make when trying to get healthier is believing they have to be perfect. Perfect workouts. Perfect meals. Perfect schedules. Perfect discipline. The problem is, perfection doesn’t last long in real life. Life includes busy workdays, family schedules, travel, celebrations, and theContinue Reading
By Liesha Wessinger-Huffstetler Let’s talk about mules—the dependable workhorses of the days before tractors. A mule is a hybrid, the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, and is typically infertile. Because nearly every farm relied on mules, families either bred them or purchased them as needed. WhileContinue Reading
By Radley West Hello. It’s Tipsy. I’ve been observing the humans again. For most of the winter, the yard seemed perfectly acceptable to everyone. The grass was there. The trees were there. I conducted regular inspections. No one complained. Then, one day, the humans walked outside, looked around, and beganContinue Reading
By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net It’s a battle Britain claimed to have won, and yet it sent the Redcoats to Charleston and back to Britan ending their presence in the Carolina backcountry. I have visited six battlefields: Civil War battlefields Gettysburg and North Carolina’s Bentonville, Kettle Creek in GeorgiaContinue Reading
By Curtis Loftis State Treasurer As your State Treasurer and a fellow citizen of South Carolina, I am excited to inform you that our state’s future is in excellent hands. What began as a classroom activity to teach students about the importance of saving quickly turned into a statewide outpouringContinue Reading