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I was driving back into history. On to Washington, Georgia, I went where I hit Route 44 toward Union Point. In a matter of miles, I crossed Kettle Creek. Then

History really does surround you. You just have to slow down a tad and open your eyes. It will help if you turn off the TV and go touring. I often write you can drive by a place 1,000 times and miss its significance. Last week, while aimlessly touring I revisited a place Robert Clark and I put in our second book, “South Carolina, A Timeless Journey, the Saluda Theater.” The old art deco theater’s beautiful, if a bit worn. It opened July 4, 1936 with Shirley Temple’s Susanna of the Mounties. Lash Larue, a whip-wielding cowboy performed there. The theater provided a set for ...

Every state needs someone to record what it’s lost. Every state needs a John Mulhouse. I’ve never met John but we’re in touch and we share much — the beauty

Many tell me how difficult they find writing to be. Well, they speak the truth. It’s difficult to write at a high level, and that’s why while watching Ken Burn’s documentary on Ernest Hemingway, a comment jumped out at me: “He had to break the cult of difficulty.” The cult of difficulty refers to the writers in Hemingway’s day who had made it, though Hemingway hadn’t. James Joyce, William Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, and other authors of the day wrote complex, convoluted sentences that required considerable effort to comprehend. Not Hemingway. He skipped colleg...

A neighbor suggested I join a community website where people post about restaurant openings and closings, shady repairmen, and snakes.