Artist Michael Reibel proves it’s never too late to chase a new dream.

By Margaret Evans, Editor

Interviewing Michael Reibel is kind of exhausting. He’s got so much energy it’s hard to keep up. Got a list of questions? Trash it. Follow him down rabbit holes instead. There’s good stuff down there.

            For instance, for a full-time working artist, Michael got a pretty late start. He dabbled in art as a kid – had a knack for it, too – but he didn’t do anything with that knack, nothing at all, between the ages of 18 and 40. Instead, he studied accounting in college, then became a CPA and built an impressive career as an executive with a national healthcare company. It was going very well.

New Beaufort community public art project is as practical as it is artistic.

By Mindy Lucas 

If you’ve ever walked around downtown Beaufortor its less busy streetsfor very long, you may have been hard pressed to find a place to sit and rest for a minute.

One of my more intelligent, engaged Facebook friends recently posted a meme that read: “This may not make you happy – Fox News is not an accredited news station. They have changed their accreditation to ‘entertainment.’ They legally don’t have to provide any facts in their reporting. Fox News is in the same category as Saturday Night Live, Laugh In, and Swamp People. You don’t have to believe me, look it up for yourself.”

An impressive weeknight dinner doesn't need to be complicated. I completely agree that our freakishly hot weather hasn't been very inspirational as far as winter recipes are concerned. Typically this would be the season for soups, stews and chilis. January makes me think of gooey grilled cheese and crusty buttered breads. Not this year. Not in Beaufort, South Carolina anyway.