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TODAY'S
FOCUS
Changing
the age-old model of caring for elderly parents
By SALLY HUGHES SMITH
Reprinted with permission
Editor's
note: We're grateful to Charleston writer Sally Smith for
allowing CharlestonCurrents.com to publish an excerpt from her
book "The Circle: A Walk with Dementia." The book is
a journal-style exploration of Smith's and her family's experiences
as they closed their mother's home and moved her into an assisted-living
facility. Smith, who is also a painter, has given 100 percent
of the proceeds from the sale of the book to help fund research
into age-related issues at the Center on Aging at the Medical
University of South Carolina.
MAY
29, 2009 -- Guilt. Give guilt. The gift that keeps on giving.
Smith
(Photo by Jack Alterman) |
I
feel that guilt, even though she never gave it to me. I have it
anyway and I have to try to look it in the face. The sense that
it is my turn to take care of my mother at home with me the way
she did for her mother and her mother before her. It is this strongly
silent example of how they made this decision and lived it out over
the years that speaks most loudly and eloquently.
I
don't remember one time when she ever talked about her expectations
for this time of her life. To tell the truth, I think she just assumed
she'd be with one of us. It has been the age old model and we are
breaking it. That is hard even though it may be right. It is even
harder because we did bring (my husband) CD's mother home to live
with us. We were so naive and full of youthful expectations that
we could solve all her problems and provide a utopian life for all
of us here. It turned out to be vastly more complicated than that.
Now
here comes Mother who would honestly love nothing better than getting
in the car with one of us at the drop of a hat and going home to
live, and she's not. It is certainly not that we don't like or enjoy
or love her - it is the hard fact that it just doesn't work for
our world or our lives. If she were herself mentally and not having
physical problems that make social gatherings difficult, it would
be hugely different. As it is, what can we offer her that is much
different from the isolation and life with attendants that she has
had these last years at her home, Headlong Hall?
In
a world where I was basically at home with plenty of help and family
around to be there whenever I had a carpool or something, it might
have worked. That is how my home was growing up. Someone - Mother,
Grandmother, our beloved housekeeper Bernice, a sibling - was home
all the time. I can not remember ever coming home to an empty house.
Our world is different now and I am gone a lot. Langdon is in school
all day. I am out painting - which is my life work and my passion.
I don't think for a minute Mother would want me to walk away from
that to devote myself to these last iffy years of hers. She probably
would like me to be clever enough to figure out a way to happily
do both.
Increasingly
she seems an example of "out of sight, out of mind." Emotional
at seeing us, but forgetting us the moment we walk out the door.
Allen was having a lovely visit with her recently and she always
lights up to see him. In the middle of their talk, someone passed
by her door and Mother got up and walked right past him out the
door and got on the bus for an outing without so much as a glance!
This has to make one wonder if having her at home would be really
fulfilling for her or whether she is just as happy in the Gardens.
I can see in a hundred ways that she is better served where she
is with people who are equipped to handle all the downsides and
augment all the positive possibilities. But it isn't us.
If
my head is so sure, then why does my heart get these twinges and
why the guilt? I remember Cousin Weetie helping me once when Maggie
was here by telling me about her mother's care. She said, "Sally,
no matter how much you do, it is just in the nature of the situation
that you never feel it is quite enough. You have to be easy on yourself."
I don't know how our age will work out these feelings in such a
rapidly changing culture of two job families and living far from
the old homeplace. I think they are inevitable feelings in our active
lives. We love our parents, owe them tremendous honor and thanks
for all they've given us, and now we are too busy becoming those
very people they encouraged us to be to stop our worlds, get off
and reinvent ourselves to take care of them for who knows how long.
It is a dilemma.
My
head, my instincts, my heart are almost at peace with each other
- but not quite. Maybe they never will be. Maybe these particular
puzzle pieces just can't ever quite fit together.
"The
Circle: A Walk with Dementia" is available by phone at 792-0712
or through MUSC's Center on Aging at http://www.musc.edu/aging.
The $20 cost is tax-deductible.
CURRENTS
What
should we do with these hurricane predictions?
By
ANN THRASH, editor
MAY
29, 2009 -- During a weather report on one of the local news stations
last week, the first topic of conversation was some newly announced
forecasts for the 2009 hurricane season, which begins on Monday.
The meteorologist shared with viewers that most experts were predicting
a near-average season. Then he made a great point: If one of those
"near-average" storms hits the place you live, ain't nothin'
"near-average" about that.
Thrash |
Case
in point: Hurricane Hugo - - the Category 4 storm that hit the Lowcountry
20 years ago this fall - - happened in what was one of those near-average
years. During the 1989 season, there were seven hurricanes. The
average annually from 1950 to 2000 is 5.9 hurricanes per year.
I've
always been puzzled about why various agencies issue these long-range
forecasts and why a few folks in the media shout the predictions
from the rooftops. No one really explains what we average citizens
are supposed to do with this information, how we ought to react
or - most importantly - what productive safety-oriented purpose
these forecasts serve. If an above-average year is called for, does
that mean we need to pick up a couple of cans of Vienna sausages
and an extra jar of peanut butter during each weekly supermarket
trip from now until hurricane season ends Nov. 30?
I
think even the weatherfolks and other reporters who are passing
along this information feel a little embarrassed about giving it
more attention than it's due. That's why, the second they finish
describing the forecasts, they offer up a cautionary note that,
no matter what they just told us, we all need to take each storm,
and the season as a whole, very seriously. At least that's something
we don't have to guess about.
Gray
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One
of the best-known forecasters, Dr. Bill Gray of the Tropical Meteorology
Project at Colorado State University, has a Q&A section at the
project Web site that includes the question, "Should coastal
residents prepare differently if an active or inactive season is
predicted?" His answer:
"Coastal
residents need to prepare for every hurricane season, regardless
of seasonal predictions. There is inherent uncertainty in seasonal
predictions. Also, seasonal forecasts do not say anything about
when or where storms are going to make landfall. This information
is typically only available 3 to 5 days before a storm actually
makes U.S. landfall."
In
other words, the answer to the question of whether his predictions
do anything useful in helping us prepare for a storm is basically
"No." So then what's the point of putting out a press
release and seeking news coverage for the predictions?
There's
a very thoughtful discussion about these forecasts at the Weather
Channel Web site by Dr. Steve Lyons, one of the network's tropical
weather experts. He says, in part, "At The Weather Channel
we do NOT make seasonal forecast(s); instead we have tried to provide
the message that it only takes one to hit your area so be well-prepared
every hurricane season regardless of these forecasts. But each late
winter/spring leading up to the June 1st start of hurricane season
it happens, first whispers of the season outlook that turn into
talking about them and finally preoccupation with them. Often there
is a slant toward how terrible hurricane season is going to be;
more rarely how mild it will be. Just remember it will be a very
bad and memorable hurricane season, even if there is a total of
only one Atlantic hurricane, if that one strikes your area!"
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He
also notes, "If I could tell you with 100 percent certainty
a hurricane will strike your coast on September 10, 2009, would
you do anything between now and then? Obviously no one can make
such a forecast with any skill. So you should be ready, ready just
as well every year for a potential hurricane strike. Eventually
one will come to your coast, it could be in 2009 or it may be 100
years from now, but the potential for great disaster requires you
to be ready just like when you put on your car seatbelt each time
you start your car, never expecting to get in a crash. Be ready
to put on those house shutters and get out your pre-prepared hurricane
plan of action. Then you can sit back like I do and muse at how
each seasonal forecaster and each media outlet feeds you these curious,
but relatively inapplicable long-range forecasts."
I'm
with Dr. Steve on that one. See you in the peanut butter aisle.
Ann Thrash
is editor of CharlestonCurrents.com. She can be reached at: editor@charlestoncurrents.com.
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of their efforts for our protection. Please consider finding a veteran,
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GOOD
NEWS
Studio
students performing own songs for Piccolo crowds
Carolina
Studios, a local nonprofit agency that introduce Charleston youths
to digital music production technology, has been partnering with
Piccolo Spoleto to give students a chance to perform their own songs
for Piccolo audiences. The students performed at the Piccolo Spoleto
Children's Festival in Marion Square on May 23 and will have another
show at the Piccolo Finale in Hampton Park at 5 p.m. June 6.
Being
able to take part in the performances is a reward for children who
excel in the program and show good behavior. "This is such
an awesome opportunity for our kids to be introduced to the 'world
stage' where they hopefully will be motivated to stay in school,
achieve and strive for success in the world," says Carolina
Studios Executive Director Johnnie Mitchell.
At
Carolina Studios, children learn how to use professional recording
equipment and music media software on Apple computers and PCs to
digitally create their own songs and save them to CDs, which can
be taken home for personal enjoyment. They also receive coaching
in lyric writing, vocal tracking, coordinating musical arrangements,
general computer use, and the use of other media arts, such as creating
a CD album cover on the computer. There is no fee to participate.
Mark
Bryan, a founding member of Hootie and the Blowfish, is chairman
of the board for Carolina Studios. "The basis for Carolina
Studios is in-studio music and computer education. The opportunity
for the kids to perform their songs live at Piccolo Spoleto to the
tracks they have created themselves adds an exciting new wrinkle
to our program. It will be fun, and we hope it will create more
incentive for kids all over Charleston to participate in Carolina
Studios."
For
the children, Carolina Studios' environment promotes the productive
use of time, engages and stimulates short-term curiosity, encourages
teamwork, and provides a foundation from which they can pursue long-term
educational or career-related interests. In addition, the program
provides a fun way for children to obtain much-needed computer experience
that they will be able to use for the rest of their lives.
For
more information, please visit
online or call 277-2365.
Friends
of Library sale to offer books, etc., at deep discounts
The
Friends of the Charleston County Public Library will hold a "Beach
Blanket Book, DVD, Books on Tape, and CD Sale" on June 13 and
June 14 at the main library, 68 Calhoun St. downtown. Prices at
the sale are always rock-bottom, and the event is a great way to
stock up on books and more while benefiting the library.
All
categories of books, DVDs, CDs, and Books on Tape/CD will be on
sale with prices starting at 50 cents. On Sunday, DVDs, CDs and
Books on Tape/CD will be half-price. Payment must be made by cash
or check.
A
preview sale for Friends members will be held from 9 a.m. to 10
a.m. June 13. The sale will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. June 13 and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 14. For details, go
to http://www.charlestonlibraryfriends.org
or call 805-6978.
'Green'
get-together to help Center for Women project
Green Drinks Charleston, Coco's Café and Carolina's Eco-Unit,
a company that provides eco-friendly building services, are combining
forces for a party to help fund some energy-efficiency upgrades
and retrofits to the building that houses the Center for Women.
The
center is located in a historic structure on Cannon Street in downtown
Charleston.
The
benefit party will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 4 at Coco's
Café in the Whole Foods Shopping Center, 863 Houston Northcutt
Blvd., Mount Pleasant. A $20 donation at the door includes appetizers
and a "green" martini. For more information, go to http://www.c4women.org.
The Center for Women is a nonprofit partner of CharlestonCurrents.com.
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HISTORY
SPOTLIGHT
The
mermaid controversy
Popular
culture and pre-Darwinian natural history collided in January 1843
when Phineas T. Barnum's notorious "Feejee Mermaid" made
its way to South Carolina after several months of controversy and
acclaim in New York City. The three-foot "mermaid" (actually
a gruesome forgery cobbled together from a monkey torso and the
bottom half of a fish) was exhibited at Charleston's Masonic Hall
from January 17 to January 21. A ventriloquist and an orangutan
were among the other curiosities.
Shortly
after the mermaid's arrival, the city's rival newspapers, the Mercury
and the Courier, lined up on opposite sides of a heated and complex
debate about the exhibit's authenticity, the authority of expertise,
and the relationship between commercial entertainment and scientific
knowledge. Beyond its popular appeal, the mermaid touched on disputes
among natural historians over the fertility of "hybrid"
creatures, the existence of intermediate species in the "great
chain of being," and the unity of humankind.
The
Reverend John Bachman, a Lutheran minister and naturalist, led the
anti-mermaid assault in the Mercury, writing under the pseudonym
"No Humbug" to denounce the exhibit as a "vice manufacture
… palmed on our community as a great natural curiosity."
Alanson Taylor, Barnum's uncle and manager of the exhibit, replied
with a letter of his own suggesting that "No Humbug" could
not possibly be a legitimate scientist or a physician, and that
his mermaid was too fragile for dissection anyway. Taylor earned
the support of the Courier, whose editors dismissed Bachman and
his supporters as unqualified skeptics who discounted the mermaid
without having seen it.
Bachman
continued to ridicule both the exhibit and the gullibility of the
Charleston public. The controversy pitched back and forth, and Taylor
was forced to spirit the Feejee Mermaid away before it could be
destroyed by angry visitors.
-- Excerpted
from the entry by David Hoogland Noon. To read more about this
or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina, check out The
South Carolina Encyclopedia by USC Press. (Information used
by permission.)
NOTE:
If you're really interested in this subject, you also might want
to visit the interesting Museum
of Hoaxes Web site.
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Sweetgrass
five
The Lowcountry's
sweetgrass basket tradition will be celebrated June 5 and June 6
at the annual Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival in Mount Pleasant
(see our Calendar for details). Here are five facts about the baskets'
storied history, as recounted at http://www.sweetgrassfestival.org.
- The basic
pattern for a basket begins with a knot, or long row. This is
"sewn" upon until the basket reaches its desired size.
- The earliest
weavers in Christ Church Parish lived at Boone Hall Plantation.
Oral histories give accounts of slaves making baskets to winnow
rice and store dry goods.
- Following
the Civil War, as freed families attempted to establish a household,
supplies were extremely limited. The baskets were made in large
quantities to store dried grain, okra, salted fish, corn and wild
herbs to be used for medical purposes.
- In the tough
economic times of the 1930s, Sam Coakley, a local preacher, organized
the basket makers to sell their wares in bulk to be shipped to
New York. It was also during this period that the first basket
stand was placed on Highway 17.
- Basket maker
Mary Jane Manigault was the hostess for a basket show at the White
House during the Reagan Administration, and a basket made by Elizabeth
Seabrook Coakley was displayed at the Smithsonian.
QUOTE
Half-full,
half-empty
Will |
"The nice
part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either
proven right or pleasantly surprised."
- Columnist
and commentator George F. Will (1941 - )
CALENDAR:
THIS WEEK
Afternoon
Tea: Today through May 31, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church,
403 King St., Charleston. Enjoy tea and other beverages, finger
sandwiches, scones and homemade desserts. Live entertainment, boutique,
Charleston Artist Guild exhibition and tours of the history sanctuary
will also be offered. Hours: noon to 4 p.m. each day except for
May 24 and May 31, when teas begin at 12:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit
the church's Outreach Learning Center, which offers community programs
including English as a Second Language, an emergency food pantry,
respite care ministries, computer classes, etc. More info: 579-0420
or online.
Beatles
at Piccolo: May 28-31 and June 4-6, Charleston
Ballet Theatre, 477 King St. The Charleston Ballet Theatre's "Magical
Mystery Tour" offers dance interpretations of Beatles classics
such as "Lady Madonna," "Blackbird, "Yellow
Submarine" and "Help." Show lasts an hour. Midday,
early-evening and late-evening performances are offered. Tickets:
$30 online
or call 554-6060.
Talk
on Bennett: 7 p.m. May 28, Charleston County Main Library,
68 Calhoun St. "John Bennett of Charleston: How a Children's
Author Changed a City," is a free talk by author and archivist
Harlan Greene on children's author Bennett and his role in the Charleston
Renaissance. More info: 805-6930.
Buoy
Photos Exhibit: Through May 29, Charleston Center for Photography,
654 King St., Suite D, Charleston. "Red-Right-Returning: Buoys
of the Ashley and Cooper," a free exhibit of photographs from
Charleston photographer Jack Alterman, will be featured throughout
May. In the photographs, Alterman combines the landscapes of the
Ashley and Cooper Rivers with the colors that mark a mariner's course.
A Spoleto Opening Reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May
21. More info: 720-3105 or http://www.ccforp.org.
"La
Cage Aux Folles":
Various dates in May, Footlight Players Theatre, 20 Queen
St., Charleston. The Footlight Players bring to the Lowcountry this
Broadway smash about love, family and acceptance in an untraditional
setting, filled with outlandish costumes, extravagant dance numbers,
and snazzy songs. Tickets: $30 adults, $27 seniors, $20 students.
Show dates and times: 722-4487 or visit
online.
Home
Buyers Workshop: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 30, Wachovia Auditorium
in the College of Charleston's Beatty Center, 5 Liberty St. Free
workshop for first-time home buyers, sponsored by Family Services'
Homeownership Resource Center, rehava real estate store and the
College of Charleston's Carter Real Estate Center. Topics include
mortgage applications, fees and budgeting, current market conditions,
qualifying for the $8,000 federal tax credit, buying HUD properties
and foreclosures, home inspections and the closing process. Lunch
provided. Registration: http://www.rehava.com
or 744-1348, ext. 25.
CALENDAR:
ONGOING AND SOON
'Driftwood
Summer' Book Signing:
7 p.m. June 3, Barnes and Noble, Towne Centre, Mount Pleasant.
Author Patti Callahan Henry will be signing copies of her new novel,
"Driftwood Summer." More info: 216-9756.
HR
Strategies Workshop: 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. June 4,
Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, 2750 Speissegger Drive, North
Charleston. "Managing the Storm: HR Strategies and the Roadmap
to Recovery" will help businesses create a plan to ensure that
they retain their talent during the economic downturn and keep their
businesses up and running. Cost: $55 members, $95 nonmembers. Registration.
Nighttime
at the Museum: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 5, Charleston
Museum, 360 Meeting St. Family event with museum staff bringing
history to life in unusual ways. Kids might bump into a band of
pirates, a unit of Revolutionary War soldiers, a Viking, George
Washington or King Tut during the adventure. Curators and staff
will be stationed throughout the dimly-lit galleries (bring your
own flashlight) to share stories and tell tall tales. Event includes
a light supper. Tickets: $10 member adults, $20 nonmember adults,
$5 member children, $10 nonmember children, free for those younger
than 3. Reservations available online
or by phone, 722-2996, ext. 264.
Bluegrass
Cookout: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 5, Farmhouse Pavilion
at The Ponds, 326 Hundred Oaks Parkway, Summerville. Yeehaw Junction,
a top local bluegrass act, will perform traditional bluegrass music
during this free, family-friendly, picnic-style event. Bring blankets
and lawn chairs. Food and soft drinks will be available for purchase.
More info.
(NEW)
Women
Writers Forum: 10 a.m. to noon June 6, Center for Women,
129 Cannon St., Charleston. Editors Darcy Shankland of Charleston
Magazine and Nikki Hardin of Skirt! will shed light on how to get
an article published in a magazine. Cost: $25 Center for Women members,
$50 nonmembers. Registration
(required).
Sweetgrass
Cultural Arts Festival: 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 5 and noon
to 8 p.m. June 6, Laing Middle School, 2213 Highway 17 North,
Mount Pleasant. Gullah-Geechee skits, gospel groups, storytelling,
folklore, music and dance performed by local entertainers. The largest
showcase of diversified sweetgrass baskets in the Lowcountry will
be displayed by local basket makers, along with handmade quilts,
paintings and crafts. Kids' activities include jump castles, water
slides, face painting, and arts and craft. Lowcountry foods will
be provided by local restaurants and vendors. More
info.
Piccolo
Spoleto Finale:
4 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 6, Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Blvd.
Free, high-energy celebration to conclude the Piccolo Spoleto Festival.
"A Global Village of World Music" is the theme, with local
performers as well as national and international acts. Food, kids
activities and other entertainment offered as well. Coolers with
alcohol are prohibited in the park. More
info.
Moonlight
Mixers: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. June 12 and June 26,
Folly Beach Fishing Pier. Local DJ Rob Duren will serve up beach
music and oldies for shagging on the pier. Beverages will be available
for purchase on-site, and food and snacks will be available for
purchase at Locklear's Beach City Grill and the Gangplank Gift &
Tackle Shop. Tickets: $8 Charleston County residents, $10 nonresidents,
in advance. Only 600 tickets will be sold; if any are available
at the gate, they'll be $10 for all. More information: 795-4FUN
or online.
(NEW)
Pirates
of Charleston: 10 a.m. to noon June 13, Charleston Museum,
360 Meeting St. Kids will come face to face with pirates as they
search for buried treasure through the Charleston Museum. Family-oriented
event includes presentations and craft projects suitable for all
ages. Free for museum members; for others, free with regular admission
of $10 adults, $5 children, free for those younger than 3. More
info: On
the Web or via email at sthomas@charlestonmuseum.org.
(NEW)
Charleston
Harbor Fest: June 26-28, Maritime Center complex, downtown
Charleston. Free festival featuring tall ships open for touring,
maritime arts and crafts, an "Old Charlestowne" living
history camp, wooden boat displays, free sailing, air shows, live
music, food and, at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, a "Harborpalooza."
Schedules/more
info.
ON
THE BOOKSHELF
In this section,
we offer a list of good reads that you might want to consider reading:
- A
Short History of a Small Place, T.R. Pearson
- The
Book of Marie, Terry Kay
- Charleston
Jazz, Jack McCray
- I'll
Be Sober in the Morning: Great Comebacks, Putdowns, and Ripostes,
Chris Lamb (List)
- Plain
Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller
- Suggest
a book to us
FOCUS
ARCHIVES
8/20:
Yarian:
New local music CD
8/17: Fisher:
Uses of social media
8/13: Hall:
Time for renovations
8/10: Morris:
Dog days at Drayton
8/6: Lindbergh:
Gifted school
8/3: Jackson:
Insurance tips
7/30: VanBogart:
Singles
7/27: Stewart:
Get it clean
7/23: Rosenberg:
Elect women
7/20: Nathan:
Turtle release
7/16: Johnson:
Online school
7/13: Thiers:
Protect skin
7/9: Lee:
Scoring supplies
7/2: Shockley:
Company wellness
6/29: McKenzie:
Park opening
6/25: Jones:
Cheer on US rugby
6/22: McGahey:
Young pros
6/18: Ridder:
Dress for Success
6/15: Bender:
Patriots Point
6/11: Gerardi:
Furry Affair
6/8: Arnoldi:
Reducing stress
6/4: Mathos:
Field to Families
6/1: Moniz:
Book burning event
THRASH
ARCHIVES
8/20:
Good,
bad, spineless
8/13: Locals
on Runway
8/6: Cookie
contest
7/30: Vote
on car tags
7/23: True
confessions
7/16: New
way of tithing?
7/9: Lookout
for manatees
6/29: Big
green bus here
6/18: New
Mt. P. promo
6/11: WDAV
at Spoleto
6/4: Protecting
your computer
5/28: Thoughts
on hurricanes
5/21: Special
weekend at home
5/14: Zucchini
pie
5/7: Charleston
cookie contest
4/30: Age
spots
4/23: Mt.
P. Farmers Market
4/16: Charleston
library honored
4/9: First
vegetable garden
4/2: Markets,
mushrooms
3/26: Feeding
the need
3/19: Waddling
in
3/12: Great
Food + Wine Festival
3/5: Provocative
poem
2/26: Seeking
colorful birds
2/19: Grab-bag
of thoughts
2/12: The
candy map
2/5: Shem
Creek park input
1/29: Controversy
over fireworks
1/22: Talking
about oysters
1/15: Help
bald eagles thrive
1/8/09: Local
man moves up in contest
BRACK
ARCHIVES
8/17:
RIP
to old clunker
8/10: Lots
to squeeze in
8/3: On
flying Delta
7/27: Conspiracy
theories
7/20: Protect
carriage animals
7/13: Economic
thaw here?
6/25:
Sanford
shouldn't resign
6/22: Lots
of questions
6/15: Mosquitoes,
water park
6/8: Think
big
6/1: On
public television
5/25: Shorten
the session
5/18: A
last supper
5/11: Legislature:
do something
5/4: Spring
is in the air
4/27: Mortgage
discrimination
4/20: Carriage
regs
4/6: Fun
at the ballpark
3/30: Southern
tour
3/23: Cultural
appreciation
3/16: Hodges
leaves great legacy
3/9: Being
positive about economy
3/2: Remember
rural areas
2/23: Looks
at three books
2/16: What
tourists see
2/9: PDAs,
Phelps, layoffs
2/2: Whales
vs. Dolphins
1/26: Dear
Ellie ...
1/19: Lift
hood on "reform" efforts
1/12: Truman
book is great pleasure
1/5/09: Manning
band is inspiring
LIST
ARCHIVES
8/20:
You
know you're from...
8/17: On
the school menu
8/13: Wines
for grilling
8/10: First
Day Fest facts
8/6: Sales
tax holiday
8/3: Twittering
tips
7/30: Fall
planting
7/27: 5
for teens
7/23: Consignments
7/20: Beach
reads
7/16: Save
the books
7/13: Hot
plants
7/9: Staying
cool
7/2: Old
Exchange 5
6/29: Historic
house
6/25: Mosquito
list
6/22: Hot
stuff
6/18: Five
to bid on
6/15: Last
of Spoleto
6/11: Fun
in the sun
6/8: Enviro-minded
6/4: Out
go the lights
6/1: 5
on duck race
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