Winter’s Antidote
Beautiful Bahamas Beaches

Winter’s Antidote

You say you are sick and tired of the cold and the dreary skies and the cold and the ice and snow and the cold. You say you feel like a grumpy, hibernating bear. You say you only want to eat and sleep. You say your feet have not been warm for months.

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African Eyes

Young school children peer through the open window of their classroom. Their eyes are wide with wonder and curiosity at these light skinned strangers wandering around their campus. These kids, and they are the lucky ones...

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Abandoned in Darien
Abandoned in Darien

Abandoned in Darien

The last visages of the day's sun illuminates the Spanish moss dripping from the live oak that gives its shade to this forlorn house. A bare bulb struggles to make its presence known through the window, while the clapboards seem to want to go the way of the front porch. As I pass by...

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Sheldon Church – Mystery and History of Backroads

Our road trips take longer than they used to. Whenever possible we travel the back roads, the blue highways, the roads less traveled. While America’s interstate highways are efficient, they are also predictable and boring. But there is a lot of mystery and history to be discovered on the roads less traveled. Recently, while exploring the swamps and marshes of coastal South Carolina, we learned of the ruins of a pre-Revolutionary War church. After more research and reading we found out there are actually five such church ruins tucked away in these backwaters and all but forgotten.

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