A newspaper cured her Internet addiction
By Katy Byron Poynter Institute For the first time in my life, I am a print newspaper subscriber. I’m 36 years old. And when I confirmed my home delivery subscription to The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, it felt … so good. This is unusual for a couple of reasons. First, I am a third-generation journalist. My grandparents worked in radio and my dad wrote for various newspapers and print publications for over 40 years. Second,...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Darlington County ‘ignores’ Korean War veterans’ project
May is a month that honors America’s Armed Services. May 16 was Armed Forces Day and May 25 was Memorial Day. The pandemic severely limited the usual displays of patriotism. However, South Carolinians found ways to pay tribute to veterans, past and present. South Carolina has always been very supportive of our military, especially those that paid the ultimate price on the battlefields to preserve American freedoms. The Foothills...
A plant that will root you to the spot
By Tom Poland A botanical superstar lives in the South. It’s exquisite, ephemeral and periled, in that much of its habitat lies beneath lakes. I’m writing about the rocky shoals spider lily. As status goes, it’s a national plant of concern, but you’ll find it in just three states: South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Babylon had its hanging gardens and South Carolina has its watery, undulating gardens. What’s considered the world’s...
The backyard vacation: Finding beauty at home
Americans spend millions of dollars each year and travel an equal number of miles in their search of beauty and the different.
Junkyard beauty
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. It’s true.
We live in a throwaway society and junkyard junkies seek bargains.
Was the giant caught sleeping?
By Bill Shepard Some of us can remember Dec. 7, 1941. That was the day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would live in infamy. The small island nation, Japan, had made a daring surprise attack on America. A large part of the U.S. Navy was anchored in the calm waters of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was a quiet Sunday morning. From out of nowhere, it must have seemed, the enemy came raining down destruction and within hours a large...