In the dead of night, a blacked out plane flies over a river in coastal Georgia where moments later, a man is shot and left for dead. On a secluded two-lane road nearby, a woman is killed in a one-car accident. Atlanta Realtor Abbey Taylor Bunn plunges into action to find out what’s going on because the events seem to have one thing in common: the hunting and fishing club co-founded by her grandfather.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 05:14
Aunt Bossy reviews Terry Sweeney’s new book, 'Irritable Bowels and the People Who Give You Them'
Dear Bossy,
You seem to have your finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the Lowcountry so I thought I would ask you about this new book by Terry Sweeney, “Irritable Bowels and the People Who Give You Them.” I hear it is pretty racy, I am pretty old and old-fashioned, I don’t like the title, and I have a hard time understanding people who are different from me.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 05:16
Attention All Writers and Readers: The third Short Story America Festival and Conference is scheduled for the long weekend of September 24th-26th in Beaufort.
I met Hawley two years ago during this same event, and a few months later had the pleasure of reviewing his marvelous short story collection, The Other World, about which I wrote...
Y’all, I’m worried. As usual, of course, about a lot of the usual things: where do all my socks really go after I put them in the dryer, is Fat Free milk really free of fat and is someone at the NSA baffled over how many mason jar photos I have put up on Pinterest and what it could possibly mean to the security of our nation?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 05:14
Beaufort’s newest bookstore offers up the stuff of dreams.
Story and Photos by Mark Shaffer
“Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home.”
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) announces an exhibit of the photography of Kendra Natter that will be mounted in the new OLLI classroom on Hilton Head Island at 2 Mathews Court, Suites B and C. The exhibit will be available for viewing in conjunction with the beginning of OLLI’s Fall Semester of classes on September 14, and will continue through December 6.
This simple question was posed to the cast of Beaufort Theatre Company’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ opening this month on the ‘main stage’ of The USCB Center for the Arts. The expectation was that answers would be similar, with echoes of “it is important to the community,” or “I love having the opportunity to do something I love.” But, they weren’t…