Paddling to Capers Island
As a teenager I'd read a South Carolina Wildlife article about Capers Island, a barrier island on the coast. The place fascinated me, a wild, undeveloped island accessible only by boat. On this...
View ArticleJourney to Nazareth
I worked in Spartanburg county for fifteen years. During all of that time I never got around to visiting Nazareth Presbyterian Church. I knew it was one of the first churches in the area, having been...
View ArticleFull Moon at Half-Moon
Last spring a guy with the unusual name of Beezer Molton contacted me about a photo. It turns out that Beezer is the owner of the Half-Moon Outfitters franchise. The Greenville store would be moving...
View ArticleExploring Underground Anderson
For many years I've known about the underground railroad passage in Anderson, South Carolina. The passage hints at a forgotten history and neglected part of the city. I've visited the entrances to the...
View ArticleAn Electric Crybaby
The story of a “Crybaby Bridge” seems to be a common trope in tales of the paranormal. There are Crybaby Bridges all over the country. Each bridge has a similar story. Usually, a distraught mother...
View ArticleExploring The Jungle of Lake Moultrie
The Second Saturday of August meant time for another adventure with my friends from Lowcountry Unfiltered. Matt and I bounced a few ideas around before settling on The Jungle, a section of Lake...
View ArticleThe Orphaned Graveyards of Greenville County
Humans are weird. At least in our western culture, they expect that a sixteen square foot plot of land will be set aside for them in perpetuity, to be held sacrosanct as a memorial of their existence....
View ArticleReanimating the Dead
This past year MyHeritage released two new products that add an interesting, albeit creepy new dimension to old photos. The first of these was a colorizer for old photos. The second looks like...
View ArticleCalhoun County MLK Day Ramble
Alan Russell and I usually do a photo trek on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As educators we usually had the day off and it made for a great mid-winter escape. Now that we’re both retired we can go pretty...
View ArticleLandsford Canal Lilies and the Catawba River
I thought I had missed the opportunity to view the rocky shoals spider lilies for this year. I had seen social media posts about them with photos, but I was afraid peak bloom had already passed. Last...
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