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Six Layer Bourbon Grits Bowl

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Six Layer Bourbon Grits Bowl
Recipes

Lots of heat, kind of like descending the layers of Dante’s Inferno, but it’s quite tasty. 😊 Notes: By preparing things ahead I can put this together for breakfast in about five minutes.

How’s the House? Part 2

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 By Tom No Comments on How’s the House? Part 2
Miscellaneous

As the Vatican was pronouncing Habemus papam, we were exclaming Habenus tecto. We have a roof! It’s amazing what was accomplished in just a few days. Last Friday they took down all but one wall of the room that received the most damage. That one wall stood sad and alone, almost more depressing than when … Read More “How’s the House? Part 2” »

Carolina Ghost Towns – Merrittsville

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Carolina Ghost Towns – Merrittsville
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Gimme Shelter

Posted on May 1, 2025May 3, 2025 By Tom 2 Comments on Gimme Shelter
History and Genealogy, Local, Rambling

A spiritu fomicationis,Domine, hibera nos.From the lightning and the tempest,O Lord, deliver us.From the scourge of the earthquake,O Lord, deliver us.From plague, famine, and war,O Lord, deliver us. From the place of ground zero,O Lord, deliver us.From the rain of the cobalt,O Lord, deliver us.From the rain of the strontium,O Lord, deliver us.From the fall … Read More “Gimme Shelter” »

From Kingsbury to Stoneboro – Rambling in Lancaster County

Posted on April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 By Tom 1 Comment on From Kingsbury to Stoneboro – Rambling in Lancaster County
History and Genealogy, Rambling

One of the ghost towns I’ve wanted to explore is Kingsbury, in Lancaster County, South Carolina.  Located on the Catawba River, Kingsbury started out as a ferry town.  It appears on the 1825 Lancaster District Map in Robert Mills’s Atlas of South Carolina. In the late 1700s Andrew McIlwaine chartered a ferry across the Catawba … Read More “From Kingsbury to Stoneboro – Rambling in Lancaster County” »

How’s the House?

Posted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom No Comments on How’s the House?
Miscellaneous

How’s the house? A casual question,Asked by upon encounter,Much like, “How’s the weather?”,A placeholder for deeper conversation. How’s the house? It’s tarp-covered, leakyWith cracked crumbling plaster,The ceiling open to rafters and wildlife.It sits as it did six months ago. How’s the house? It’s chaotic, A jumble not knowing where anything is,A reminder of too many … Read More “How’s the House?” »

Carolina Ghost Towns – Old School Towns

Posted on April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Carolina Ghost Towns – Old School Towns
Podcast

Carolina Ghost Towns – Ellenton and the Atomic Towns

Posted on April 8, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Carolina Ghost Towns – Ellenton and the Atomic Towns
Podcast

Carolina Ghost Towns – Manchester, SC

Posted on March 25, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom 1 Comment on Carolina Ghost Towns – Manchester, SC
Podcast

Paddling the Combahee with ERCK

Posted on March 20, 2025April 25, 2025 By Tom No Comments on Paddling the Combahee with ERCK
Paddling

The Edisto River Canoe and Kayak Trail Commission (ERCK) conducts trips on the Edisto River (duh), but for their last scheduled trip for this season they departed from their home river to do a trip on the Combahee. The Combahee is the “C” in the ACE Basin, but I had never paddled it. This looked … Read More “Paddling the Combahee with ERCK” »

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