It started out like any other Sunday, lazily sipping coffee and easing into the day—an ordinary Sunday morning. An hour or so later, I found myself surrounded by…
Anyone who has ever visited South Carolina’s Lowcountry would be familiar with the sweetgrass basket. These baskets, arguably the region’s best known art form, are rooted in Gullah…
Filigree is a delicate embellishment in which very fine strands of gold or silver are twisted or curled into a design and then soldered into jewelry or other…
A picnic is a meal taken outside as part of an excursion or outing. But in today’s post, I’m pushing that definition and taking an excursion to my…
My time at the John C Campbell Folk School has come to an end. It was bittersweet‒as these events usually are‒to leave the School and head home. The…