When the humidity in Beaufort softly fogs my brain, a good smack of fresh, cooler air that doesn't come from an HVAC system is always good.

Can a kitchen table tell a story?

It is, after all, just a table; an inanimate object that takes up a lot of space.  Let’s face it, it’s something else around the house, like your kids and your bathroom sink, that needs to be cleaned, scoured, disinfected and wiped down on a regular basis.

The Wardle Family YMCA is hosting its 5^th Annual Boots & Bling Fundraiser and Silent Auction on Saturday, September 20, 2014 starting at 6 pm at The Shed in Port Royal. Boots & Bling is the Y’s major fundraiser for capital improvements to the Y.

The joy of reading crashed like a tropical storm over my crew-cut head while I was a kid, intensified through trips to our bookmobile. I trudged happily home with armfuls of books on dinosaurs, explorers, skin diving . . . whatever. I loved Lloyd Bridges’ “Mask and Flippers” (Chilton Co., Book Division, 1960) and met him years later in California.