Winner: SC Governor’s Award in the Humanities
Presented to George McDaniel for lifetime achievement as exemplied in his book “Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People”
Days of Peace: Cointreau, Christophe, and Chicken
Recently, I went to the liquor store and saw on the shelf a large bottle of Cointreau, the orange-flavored liqueur. Since Cointreau reminded me of Togo, I bought it.
Days of Peace: Africa – Heat, Sunrise and a Fly
Not just big things, but the little things we remember, don’t we?
Days of War: Hardened
My values had been blown away. I did not believe in God or country or other things, and in their place stood a contradiction. I valued life, yet I took it. I had become different and had been hardened in lots of ways as only many combat vets know.
Days of War: What Role Did You Play?
Again and again in training in the Peace Corps, our instructors drilled into us: Do not begin a project unless you can see it through to completion.
A Tribute to Mary Sue
Ryan Lyles, now a Lutheran priest, gives a sermon in which he pays tribute to Mary Sue, describing her as his “second Mom.”
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