By Margaret Evans, Editor

It’s prom night at Beaufort High, and I’m down in Waterfront Park at the Great Parental Prom Pic Preening. Okay, I just made up that name, but the annual gathering is very real, and it’s something to behold – hundreds of teenagers swanning around the seawall in dazzling finery as their parents snap away and the early evening sun spits fire off the river. 

The Sea Island Quilters will present their biannual “Southern Comforts” quilt show on Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, at the National Guard Armory (Beaufort Readiness Center), 1 Cavalry Lane, Beaufort, SC (Highway 21 near the Marine Corps Air Station). The hours are from 10 am to 5 pm on Friday and 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday. Admission is $7.00 for adults. Children under 12 are free.

I have a new neighbor, y’all. 

He paces about outside talking loudly, dawn to dusk, at everyone and no one in particular. He’s always looking for food, Cheetos are his fav, and a cold beveridge. His brown hair is disheveled and, most days, he looks in desperate need of a bath.

“Dear Diary: There is an older man who stands at the corner of Stockholm Street and Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn selling churros every day.  ‘Two for a dollar,’ he says to those who pass by. He keeps the churros in an empty cooler. It’s the dead of winter, and the winds from the polar vortex are causing branches to tap at my window.  Looking out, I see frozen puddles, and litter lining the curb.  An empty chip bag would shatter like glass if it was picked up and dropped.  I take a sip of coffee.  ‘Oh my God,’ I think, ‘the churro man.’” – Cameron Gleason, The New York, 3/18/19