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A Place in the World: Pawleys Beach at Dawn

It’s just been in recent years that I’ve chosen to get up before dawn. Oh, I did it before retirement, of course — to soothe a waking baby, to catch an early flight, or to set up a conference room for a morning meeting. But now, I can choose to see dawn unfolding. And nowhere […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge by The Daily Post at WordPress focuses on the word Morning with a bonus if we share something other than the usual sunrise photo. Now, for me, there’s nothing ordinary about a sunrise since it’s only during my vacation that I rise to greet Mr. Sun in such fine fashion. But […]

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Travel theme: Pastel

Having just returned from our yearly trek to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, we’re naturally looking through our pictures to see what to cut and keep. Not an easy task, of course, since neither of us wants to pitch out a sunrise or sunset. And we’ve even posted once this week on the DailyPost Weekly Photo […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow

For those of you who follow our blogs, you may remember one of our favorite spots that we visit in July of each year: Pawleys Island, South Carolina. A tiny historical marker on one of the causeways says that Pawleys is the oldest seaside resort in America, and, based upon some of the dwellings that […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place

This may sound a bit like the venerable Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities, but we actually have two happy places to submit to this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge. Our foremost happy place is Knoxville, Tennessee, where we’ve lived for nearly half a century! In 2013, artist Bobbie Crews led a group of […]

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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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Remembering the Gray Man: Foggy morning walk at Pawleys

Usually I’m up early at the beach. I walk along the shore at Pawleys Island, South Carolina where we rent a house each summer. Or follow Myrtle Avenue near the creek where I can see both the marsh and the remaining homes in what’s known as the Pawleys Historic District. But this morning was different. […]

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Morning walk creekside: Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Walking the beach at Pawleys Island when the sun begins its daily push skyward is breathtaking, for sure. (Click here for Morning beach walk: Pawleys Island.) But a search for other routes can net stunning views, too. Pawleys has dual beauty: beach on one side of the island and a spectacular marsh on the other. […]

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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 […]