Photo: A dirt road runs where an old locomotive steamed into Blackville. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net The road looks just like one on Granddad’s farm running into hardwoods where a spring bubbled in shade. Come sundown in Granddad’s battered old car, we’d ride that road through trees toContinue Reading
By Radley West Things I Never Thought I’d Say as a Coach in the Summer Radley West is married to Dr. Andrew West and together they own Anytime Fitness Lake Murray and 33/18 Chiropractic Associates. Radley is a gym owner and personal trainer with more than 20 years of experienceContinue Reading
SCDNR’s basic aquatic competency swim lesson initiative building safer futures for all South Carolinians By Tom Mullikin Swimming lessons that many of us grew up with are not something that all families have always had access to, and if the parents themselves haven’t learned to swim – and many haveContinue Reading
Time was, you could buy a casket from a country store. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net A do-it-yourself casket for a pet is as close most get today. I’ve heard of people paying a carpenter to build a casket for a dog, and I get it. Just placing aContinue Reading
By Radley West This will be an unpopular perspective, but stay with me. STRESS IS MANUFACTURED. Before anyone throws their coffee at the newspaper, let me clarify something. I’m not saying difficult things aren’t real. Bills are real. Deadlines are real. Family responsibilities are real. Relationships are real. Life canContinue Reading
Where a $20 bush axe killed the music. Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club October 1977—April 1990 Where the music died. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Now and then a kind of gravity draws me to an old building. I’m driving south on SC Highway 25 near Hodges. HurryingContinue Reading
By Robin All One of the most common mistakes beginning golfers make is improper alignment. Many players check their aim by placing a club or alignment stick along their toe line and attempting to point it directly at the target. While that may seem logical, it can actually create problems.Continue Reading
By Sarah Ostergaard On May 18 Governor Henry McMaster signed into law House Bill 5073 to prohibit South Carolina public school districts and public schools from requiring teachers to assign a grading floor higher than a student’s actual performance. Districts and individual schools can no longer require a teacher toContinue Reading
By Radley West It sounds almost too simple to matter, but a smile really can change everything. Not just the way other people see you, but the way you experience the moment you’re in. Try walking into a room smiling instead of grimacing. The energy changes immediately. People respond differently.Continue Reading
The one-room schoolhouse, legendary, and iconic. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net I visited the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina in Pendleton a few weeks back. If you’re a product of the rural South as I am, the museum takes you on a long walk down memory lane.Continue Reading
By Radley West Hello. It’s Tipsy. I’ve been observing the weather again. Apparently, we’ve had “a lot of rain lately,” which the humans say with concern while staring out the window. Personally, I think it’s great. Everything smells richer and there are now exciting squishy areas that did not existContinue Reading