For the New Year, I’m making some changes
Dec30

For the New Year, I’m making some changes

Well, Christmas is over and New Year’s is almost upon us.

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Bitters: A history in life and literature
Dec30

Bitters: A history in life and literature

Among the dusty bottles and vase stand three alcoholic potions.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘The spirit of the way Christmas used to be’

My daughter, Blaire, and I had to go to Sumter Street Grocery Store in Florence Dec. 17.

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Remembering smokehouses: ‘The sweetest smoke’
Dec23

Remembering smokehouses: ‘The sweetest smoke’

I wrote about old hand-dug wells not long ago. Many old wells had a companion nearby, smokehouses.

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A Christmas tragedy became a Christmas blessing
Dec22

A Christmas tragedy became a Christmas blessing

I’ve been thinking about bygone Christmases, historic and personal. We all have memories of holidays past – some good, some not so happy.

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Those old hand-dug wells are still out there
Dec16

Those old hand-dug wells are still out there

Driving a country road, I passed an old well house. It didn’t look like a wishing well.

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