Open Season
Our island's main tourist season may be a few weeks off, but another and equally crucial season's about to begin, South Carolina's...
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- Apr 21
Nature / Nurture
Tomorrow, April 22nd, is the 53rd nationwide Earth Day to raise awareness of the delicate balance between human endeavor and Earth's...
- Mar 31
Blue Bloods
With spring now well underway, our beaches become prime destinations for a host of newly active marine life, from nesting loggerhead...
- Mar 24
Whose Hair Is It?
There's an amusing story about one of the South's most emblematic sights, one so common that Lowcountry residents hardly notice it....
- Jan 27
DEERLY SPEAKING
We share our island with many types of wildlife, but none more prevalent than the white-tailed deer population roaming our marshes and...
- Jan 20
WEATHER, OR NOT?
We've begun the year with some pretty changeable weather, from below freezing temperatures over the holiday season to near-seventy...
- Jan 6
ALL SHOOK UP
The devastating earthquake that struck Charleston in 1886 remains, at 7.4 on the Richter scale, the strongest earthquake to ever occur on...
- Dec 9, 2022
THE CLEANUP CREW
You've probably seen them roosting on rooftops at Freshfields, those hulking black silhouettes of the turkey vulture . Few would consider...
- Oct 21, 2022
DIAMONDS IN THE MUD
While much attention is justly focused on the endangered, seafaring loggerhead turtle population that nests here every summer, a less...
- Oct 7, 2022
Reading Palms
Even though we live in the Palmetto State, we probably hardly notice that we're surrounded by one of the earth's oldest life forms -...
- Sep 16, 2022
ON THE WING
This time of year, our Lowcountry skies are graced with flashes of orange, black and yellow as butterflies take to the air on their...
- Sep 2, 2022
BUGS IN LOVE
Love is in the air, at least if you're a Plecia nearctica, commonly known as the love bug, which appears in great numbers this time of...
- Aug 12, 2022
NAME THAT HURRICANE
We're now in peak hurricane season, and are already up to "H" names - that would be for tropical storm Howard, in the eastern Pacific,...
- Aug 5, 2022
NEW NEIGHBORS
Summer brings new faces and new neighbors to the island, if only for the season, but one recent arrival is here to stay - the armadillo....
- Jul 22, 2022
TOMATO/TOMAHTO
However you pronounce it, Johns Island tomatoes are famously delicious, and prized well beyond the Lowcountry. (A friend arriving at a...
- Jul 8, 2022
SONG OF THE SOUTH
Easy trivia question: what's the State Bird of South Carolina? Easy answer: the Carolina Wren, one of the most ubiquitous birds in the...
- Jun 20, 2022
CAPTAIN SAMS MAKES THE CUT
The northeastern tip of North Beach, opposite Kiawah's Beachwalker Park, is usually a reliable spot for dolphin watching and for enjoying...
- Jun 10, 2022
IN THE HEIGHTS
We may hardly notice them because they're so always present, including on the town of Seabrook Island's official seal, but brown...
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