Hot talk of summer

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Lowcountry S.C./Charleston, Wild animals and places | No Comments »

The drought continues this summer in South Carolina, particularly in the upstate counties. For the July issue of Charleston Magazine, I wrote a feature piece about the squeeze on the state's drinking water sources. Other parts of the ...

Cypress boats and summer thunder

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Art, Craft, People | No Comments »

In late June I drove to Florida to meet Aaron Wells, who lives near the Suwannee River; the sinkholes, shoals and springs of North Florida. Clouds in the shape of fists and baseball mitts towered in the sky, matched by distant ...