At Holy Trinity Classical Christian School, they're cultivating virtue, wisdom and eloquence . . . and you can almost always hear someone singing.

As any local parent will tell you, Beaufort's educational landscape is ever-shifting, with charter schools springing up (first Riverview, now Bridges), "choice" programs coming and going (arts-infused, STEM, etc.), teachers and administrators shuffling to and fro, and school zones changing with a frustrating regularity.

It seems my last column struck a nerve.

In case you missed it, I wrote about my recent encounter with a homeless man on Greene Street. He approached me outside my daughter's dance class, dropped some familiar names, told me a sad story, won my trust and sympathy . . . then asked me for a ride to the Comfort Inn.

Storyteller Bil Lepp headlines the BIG Story Fest at ARTworks.

Bil Lepp is the headliner of the BIG Story Fest, April 11-14 at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. He's an internationally-known storyteller and humorist whose style has been described as a satisfying blend of Bill Cosby and Jeff Foxworthy.

We don't often buy a new house a thousand miles away in a completely different environment. So when we discovered our current home on Saint Helena Island, it was a very big deal for us. Tucked against a lovely tidal creek, the backyard was serene. It featured palmettos, stately live oaks, and a husky, we later learned, Meyer lemon tree—about twelve feet tall and another ten wide.