Bluffton has never been the kind of town that went looking for rules. But every now and then, something happened so many times that someone finally sighed, looked around the room, and said, …

While perusing the aisles of my favorite store, I spied satin pillowcases on sale. I had noticed a dry spot on the back of my noggin and that’s all I needed to justify my purchase. No more matted …

The primary reason we moved to the Lowcountry when we retired from decades of classroom teaching was my desire to flee the winter in CT. The cold has never affected me and I would regularly shovel …

There would be five of us going to Mepkin that November day. Carolyn would pick me up at the halfway civilized hour of 8 in the AM. She had borrowed her daughter Marty’s SUV since it was both …

Each dog, by breed and also by where they live, will react differently to working with their owners in the cold. In fact, dogs use their noses much more often in the cold than they do in the heat. …

The moon hung low over Bluffton on that September night in 1903, casting a silver light over the marshes as Walter and James rode out in search of nothing more than a few raccoons. Their horses …

I’ll open this with huge apologies to Lennon & McCartney. “What would you think if I (wrote) out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your (eyes) and I’ll (tell you a …

Sunday afternoon, drizzly rain, fog on the river, a miserable cold to the bone winter day in the Lowcountry. Time for me and my telly, which has the basics and still costs the earth, to check …

As you might imagine, I am an avid weather watcher. I’m not talking about flipping on the Weather Channel and waiting for their segment called “Local on the 8’s’ — no sir, I’m talking …

Buzz, boop, bing! My phone is hopping all over the place like I just won at the slot machines. Sadly, money isn’t pouring out of the earpiece. This is a full-scale notification assault reminding me …

It’s January. It’s a new year. Thank you, 2025. We are grateful, in advance, for 2026. As Unity Truth students, we like to set our New Year intentions with affirmations, not with …

The Lowcountry had always been good at keeping secrets. In early 1980, Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve lay quiet and watchful, a place where the pine trees stood shoulder to shoulder and the sandy …

Born in Amsterdam in August 1942 during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Jack Trompetter was just 3 1/2 months old when he was hidden by a Christian family in the small Dutch village of Heino. …

In the Lowcountry real estate market, timing is often discussed in seasons—but that framework can be misleading. While spring is commonly viewed as the ideal moment to buy or sell, market data and …

Bluffton boys learned how to drive a car when their legs were long enough to hit the accelerator, brakes, and clutch. Actually, according to the boys raised over in Pinckney Colony, as early as 10, …

One of my earliest fishing memories dates back to when I was about 5 or 6 years old. There was a freshwater pond not far from my house where my dad introduced me to fishing, and it was there that my …

Loading and emptying the dishwasher, doing laundry, washing hands, holding a smile or a good thought, reading in the sunshine, listening to music — these everyday moments are often dismissed as …

The new year is always marketed as a fresh start. A clean slate for personal growth. A jumping-off point for stomachs and livers to get their lives together after the holidays. And while my …

I did something last weekend that I haven’t done in a long time. I went fishing with my wife Karen. Surprised? It’s funny but out of all my friends that are either charter captains …

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, really? Settle down, Andy Williams. This time of year is straight-up dumpster-fire panic. The only marshmallows getting toasted in my life are the ones …