By Margaret Evans, Editor

Novelist Karen Spears Zacharias is a Georgia-raised Gold Star daughter. Her work as a journalist has been featured in the New York Times and on CNN, NPR, and Good Morning America. She is the author of eight books, including Mother of Rain, which received the Weatherford Award for Best in Appalachian Fiction and was adapted for the stage by Georgia'€™s Historic State Theater. Karen and her husband divide their time between Oregon and Georgia. She will appear as part of the Pat Conroy Literary Center'€™s Visiting Writers Series on September 9th with her newest novel, Christian Bend.

The Anchorage 1770 is proud to announce that Coastal Living Magazine has named it America'€™s Top Seaside Inn. The award was bestowed following a reader poll that featured properties in the Southeast, New England, the West Coast and Hawaii.

By Margaret Evans, Editor

So, I need to tell y'all about this French philosopher/anthropologist/literary critic I've been reading lately.

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For a couple of weeks now, even though we'€™ve had the usual scalding days that are inevitable in August, there have been delightful periods with lovely clear skies and moderate temperatures. Your neighbors and people at the grocery store smile broadly on those perfect days, and usually someone mentions the arrival of fall.