“Reading about sex and sexuality is just about the safest way possible for a young adult to gain insight into what sex means. It is such a complex and important part of life.“ scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...

Hey, who wants something nice? So I was on tour this month, and when I was doing my event for the Princeton University Library and the Princeton Public Library, I ended up at the graveyard, where I found this gravestone:

I would read a grocery list written by John Monk www.thestate.com/news/local/c...

I visited a cattle auction barn in Saluda, SC and wrote this mailchi.mp/scda/fromthe...

Counterpoint: ew www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Spring is a happy season but it has neither citrus nor stone fruit. Summer is a sad season but it has stone fruit. Fall is a happy season but it has neither citrus nor stone fruit. Winter is a sad season but it has citrus.

Look at this great new Columbia thing happening this weekend 💕 www.readfreelyfest.com/schedule

Helen Rosner is SUCH A GOOD WRITER. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I was impressed by this WRDW report on the H2A guestworker program and peach farming www.wrdw.com/2025/03/20/i...

Farewell to City Tavern’s weird, wonderful aqua facade 😢 amp.thestate.com/news/local/a...

I can’t believe there’s STILL no option that lets me pay to read one (1) online article from a newspaper I do not wish to subscribe to.

country went to hell when auto shops put these in in place of a glass carafe that had been on the burner continuously since the Truman administration

Goodbye, Social Pig. You are the closest grocery store to my house and have the largest assortment of country meats, plus consistent local produce and Blenheim Ginger Ale. www.thestate.com/news/local/a...

This Lowcountry South Carolina live cam features a recently hatched baby bald eagle! www.hhilandtrust.org/eagle-cam

The inevitable has happened: I spilled oil from a tin of fish on my desk and office carpet

This is true right now but it won’t be forever!!! It used to be the case that Order the Cabbage, now every single restaurant has charred cabbage with a tepid tahini sauce; before that it was Order the Brussels Sprouts and we all know how that ended up. Seize the beans while you can.

Solid look at the challenges facing young farmers in SC! www.thestate.com/news/local/a...

Great story on how SC farmers frost-protect blueberry plants, encasing them in ice to save them www.islandpacket.com/news/local/c...

A whole great take. “He's been stripped of his humanity, leaving much of the public with the impression of him as an ethereal civil rights saint. And that image of him contradicts one of his most salient arguments, that ‘Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.’”

I just unearthed a memory of my roommate Shawn in 2001, on hearing Beat Happening, saying “Eva, I hate this as much as you hate Andrew WK!”

I love it when the Beezer’s kitchen starts taking orders from people further back in line and everyone is ready to call out their order, just so in the know and decisive

It’s not Friday, do I have that right? What a load of shit.

The way they are trying to reorganize Eater right now is, I cannot emphasize this enough, so fucking stupid. We are working to mitigate this impact as much as possible for our unit. And good job Vox Media, you just made us all even more pissed as we head into bargaining our third contract

“Eater is reorganizing its cities coverage into a regional model in order to most efficiently serve its audience’s needs.” Seeing as Eater Carolinas already WAS a regional model, I’m guessing this leaves us truly, newly boned. www.thewrap.com/vox-media-la...

“At 11:30PM, I put on my coat and trundle off to the subway, a decision that is equal parts soju and commitment to the principles of journalism.” www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...

Fascinating from top to bottom www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...

If you don't know the bliss of owning and operating your own personal gravy fountain, it brings me great joy to tell you that this is within your grasp. I want this for you. www.foodandwine.com/thanksgiving...

This works with complaining to elected officials, too. They basically ignore letters and email but phone calls are logged and taken more seriously.

At least 50% of my advice to colleagues ends up amounting to “try using the telephone instead.”

She used the agency she lacked as a teenager to convince this guy that his favorite writer would have loved his bold takes

After some thought, I am choosing to believe that Augusta Britt intentionally sought out and cultivated the most hilarious vehicle for her revelations about Cormac McCarthy. She read this guy’s online reviews, had a vision, and made it happen.

Holy actual shit: Slate named Roberto (the soup) one of the 25 most important recipes of the last 100 years!!!????????!!! slate.com/life/2024/11...

Did you know that @kevingoliver.bsky.social puts out a newsletter of live music listings for the Midlands of SC? kevinoliversbeat.substack.com/p/midlands-m...

Why YES, South Carolina now grows more collard greens than any other state mailchi.mp/scda/fromthe...

I was delighted to witness the birth of what became this sprawling epic of Southern clam raking, shellfish farming, mollusk cookery, shell mound archaeology, fishing families, and seafood sustainability by the fantastic Caroline Hatchett bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024...

I already had Les Savy Fav on the brain because of the new release, and now this www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/u...

This is a good inquiry into memory, coolness, and Southern college towns. Was It Cooler Back Then? A search for the memory of R.E.M. in Athens, Georgia oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...

There is nothing so South Carolina as investigating the mysterious foil-wrapped thing in your work fridge and finding that it is a 1-gallon pickle jar full of BBQ hash.

“trying to solve so complex a problem as food insecurity with so singular a solution as dropping a supermarket into a food desert simply cannot work” www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2023...

Very cool program + partnership! And much needed for SC’s seafood industries. Also plz enjoy the “Is this right for you” section. www.scseagrant.org/sc-commercia...

This project and discussion is so incredibly cool. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...