I have started at least three columns this year and completed none. Topics on circus peanuts, beheadings, and autumn moved from my mind to the page and they all sound interesting now, and I wish I had finished every one of them.

Pat Conroy remembers a remarkable man and a friendship that spanned almost half a century.

Among the worst things about growing old is the loss of those irreplaceable friends who added richness and depth to your life. I met Tim Belk in Beaufort in 1967, the first year I taught and coached at Beaufort High School. We were the only guests at a dinner that the only writer in Beaufort, Ann Head, had put together so we could meet and form what she was certain would become a serious “literary” friendship.

Dusty Slay’s Homegrown Stand Up Returns To The Spaghetti Club

By Mark Shaffer

“We get a lot of tourists in the restaurant . . . and they ask weird questions sometimes like, ‘What’s something non-touristy we can do?’ I don’t know. You could get in your car and go home… or buy a house and start paying some taxes around here.”

– Dusty Slay, “I’ve Waited Tables”

Thoughts on Veterans Day 

Veterans Day is a landmark observation, the official day in America that honors those who have served in our armed forces across all wars. A federal holiday, it falls on November 11.