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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inspiration

For the past 30 years or so, we’ve visited Pawleys Island, South Carolina, the last week of July. As an educator, I’ve often walked the beach to reflect on what worked the year before in teaching students and what I’d like to do differently in the coming year. The inspiration I gain from these yearly […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

Brings to mind an old saying that seems appropriate on this no-sun day at Hilton Head: A bad day at the beach is still better than a good day at work! For more entries in the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds, click here.

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Morning beach walk: Pawleys Island, South Carolina

No matter how many years (more than 30 now), we’ve walked the beach at the South End of Pawleys Island, we never tire of the early morning spectacular. Pawleys is our place. Our home away from home. Where for one week, we kick back, walk barefooted along the shore, reflect on the past year, and […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: One

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: One already has outstanding entries (Click here to see them all), but I wanted to add another to the list: the idea that you may be able to save one sea turtle if you can move the whole nest to safety. At Pawleys Island, volunteers scout the coast each morning […]

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Better Bring a Cooler: Independent Seafood, Georgetown SC

My husband and I have spent the last days of summer at Pawleys Island for so many years, we’ve lost count. But even though we know the routine of renting, the journey down highways and byways from Knoxville to South Carolina, and that great feeling when we see the ocean, we’ve found that the whole act of “getting there” just […]