Small town trains, hope for the future?
2026-06-24
Photo: A dirt road runs where an old locomotive steamed into Blackville. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net The road looks just like one onContinue Reading
Saving lives through water confidence and competency
2026-06-22
SCDNR’s basic aquatic competency swim lesson initiative building safer futures for all South Carolinians By Tom Mullikin Swimming lessons that many of us grew upContinue Reading
The Civil War changed funeral customs
2026-06-17
Time was, you could buy a casket from a country store. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net A do-it-yourself casket for a pet is asContinue Reading
Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club
2026-06-10
Where a $20 bush axe killed the music. Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club October 1977—April 1990 Where the music died. By Tom Poland, AContinue Reading
Golf Tips for Seniors: Aiming
2026-06-10
By Robin All One of the most common mistakes beginning golfers make is improper alignment. Many players check their aim by placing a club orContinue Reading
A chain-smoking cat saved my life
2026-05-21
By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Summer 2022, St. Simons Island, I’m sitting around the pool when my niece, Harper, and her friend, Stella, askContinue Reading
Golf Tips for Seniors: Head Down?
2026-05-21
One of the first things a new golfer hears is to “keep your head down” and “keep your eye on the ball.” While well-intentioned, thatContinue Reading
A disastrous Revolutionary War battle
2026-05-12
Photo: Beyond the fence, an open battlefield filled with longleaf pines in 1780e. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Old battlefields seem more like parks.Continue Reading
Golf tips for Seniors: Senior golf shafts
2026-05-12
By Robin All Since we are sending tips for seniors to play better golf, the stiffness of the shafts in your golf clubs, can makeContinue Reading
Memory — the good, bad, ugly and sad
2026-05-08
Photo: Old Photographs By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net “You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.” CormacContinue Reading
Dirty laundry a personal history
2026-04-28
Photo: Wilson’s Laundromat, The stories this place could tell. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net My first time home from college I took a bagContinue Reading