



Ever felt words hit hard as a fist? Ever felt them thrill you? Nelson Mandela, who opposed the South African apartheid regime and was imprisoned for almost three decades, knew the power of words. He has said, “It is never my…

Here in South Carolina we don’t just have a little pollen in the spring, we have clouds of yellow pine pollen filling the air that dusts our cars, rims our ponds with bands of yellow and, if…

It can be easy to get stuck in a rut and simply run on auto-pilot, can’t it? When times are rough there certainly is comfort to be found in the familiar. But there’s also a special kind of bounce-back…


Since most of the things I worry about never happen, does that mean that worrying about them works to keep them from coming about? I sure hope not. Because if that’s the case, then it…

“I can’t wait until all you kids are out of here!” My mother used to say that and today I wonder if she ever missed us once her dream came true. If she did, she…