Wayback Lowcountry: Lowcountry Dreamtime
Surveying our geologic history through the lens of perpetual creation myths. Story + Artwork by Michele Roldán-Shaw The Australian Aboriginal people conceive of the world in Dreamtime. Everything they know …
Living the dream
Story by Richard Thomas + Photos by Arno Dimmling One of the most common responses to the greeting, “How’re you doing?” on Hilton Head is “Living the dream!” Most residents …
Journal keeping: New year. New journal. Blank page.
By Carolyn Males I’ve kept piles of personal notebooks over the years. Mountains of them. So many that my office shelf where they reside is threatening to totter. But over …
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Carlton Pitts: Sound designer, technical director & singer
By Carolyn Males If I were to list an occupation for Carlton Pitts, it would involve a lot of hyphens, so many it’s head spinning. On the professional side: Sound, …
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The fantastical adventures of Myrtle the Loggerhead Turtle on a familiar island shaped like a shoe
By Carolyn Males Open Myrtle the Loggerhead Turtle, and you enter a whimsical world of sea, sand and magic. Colors and patterns, narrative and rhymes combined with vivid images dance …
Yajaira Surrett: Stained glass & mosaic artist
By Carolyn Males The light glints off the vertical bands of yellow, red and blue chunks of glass and the mirrored strips that boldly spell out VENEZUELA. I’m standing here …
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Her Majesty Margo Duke
By Carolyn Males Stepping over the threshold of Her Majesty Margo’s Bluffton studio, I’m hit by a blaze of color, patterns and textures that rocks me back on my heels. …
Wayback Lowcountry: Hunting for arrowheads
You can find Native American artifacts here if you know where to go and what to look for. Story + Artwork by Michele Roldán-Shaw It took me a few years …
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How Hilton Head played, back in the day
5-MINUTE HISTORY Story by Richard Thomas For Hilton Head Island’s earliest residents, there was no concept of leisure or play. All day, every day, waking hours were spent working to …
5 Minute History: The history behind Lowcountry cuisine
Story by Richard Thomas Because flags of six nations have “flown over” Hilton Head, it can be expected that its foods have been equally diverse. If you add the fact …
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