by Mary Ashton Mills | Features
Photo by Chris Thelen Sometimes home for the holidays means more than unwrapping presents on Christmas morning. Influences of different regions, reflections of time spent with family members and a culmination of Christmas memories made in cities across the...
by Mary Ashton Mills | Features
Photo courtesy of Jarrett Rifles It’s a sticky June day in Jackson, S.C. Turning off South Carolina Highway 125, there’s a transition into a slower pace. My arrival at Jarrett Rifles is met with relief since GPS sent me off course on an accidental dirt road...
by Mary Ashton Mills | Features
Mary Louise and Robert Hagler felt at home in the West Augusta house where they raised their children over the past 18 years. The new empty nesters knew it was in need of some updating and minor changes. They even considered downsizing. At first she thought the grass...
by Mary Ashton Mills | Features
Shellfish never tasted as good as they did that November day in 1984 at Nance’s Creekfront Restaurant in Murrell’s Inlet, S.C. I’ll always remember my family surrounding me trying to persuade me to try one of Mother Nature’s most anticipated delicacies, the oyster. I...
by Mary Ashton Mills | Features
Paul Pearman is no stranger to things rare and valuable. The self-taught mosaic artist has been dealing with precious and semi-precious stones for almost two decades. Recently his reputation earned him a call for help from a local church who needed to restore an...