Do you suffer from fluctuating vision that clears with blinking, or often experience burning, redness, itching, excessive tearing, blurry vision, tired eyes or contact lens discomfort? If so, you may be suffering from Dry Eye. Dry Eye is a disease that affects millions of people and occurs when you cannot produce enough natural tears to keep your eyes moisturized, or when tears evaporate too quickly.

It’s beginning to smell like fall; the Backyard Tourist follows his nose…

Story and Photos by Mark Shaffer

Southerners have an inborn appreciation of the autumnal equinox for a number of reasons. It signals the gradual demise of summer’s stifling tyranny - a time when our primary occupation is staying cool and still as possible. With the cooler weather talk turns to football and weekend oyster roasts. Overnight the oppressive murky haze that blurs the summer horizon is gone, replaced by a brilliant blue. The breeze off the marsh is crisper, fresher even as the brilliant green of the spartina grass begins to drain away. The scent of wood smoke hangs in the air.

By Margaret Evans, Editor

A few weeks ago, a friend invited me to speak at an event being hosted by a local civic group later this month. A “post-election” event, specifically. The plan, she said, was to help our community heal, rebuild relationships and make new connections after this horrific election season. (No pressure, right?) The theme of my talk was to be “forgiveness and unity,” a topic upon which I have zero authority to speak. Fortunately, I was unavailable on the date they had in mind.

            Unfortunately, they changed the date.

David Noyes: Portraits opens at Art League Gallery November 8 and runs through December 3, 2016. The public is invited to the artist’s reception on Thursday, November 10th from 5 – 7 pm.