Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 16: Antebellum social life continued
By Warner M.Warner@TheColumMboinatSgtaorm.coemry
      Pineville was an isolated community between 1790 and 1860. Charleston was 50 miles away by road or water, Georgetown even farther, Columbia at least a day. The Huguenot planters, though connected intellectually and economically with the great financial houses of New England and Europe, were cut off from world commerce most of the year.
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The Amazing Eurasian Odyssey
Part 3:Whispers of Genocide
as told by characters Matthew Garrick and Stephen Williams
      One would think that after we went to bed late in the morning following the sketchy train ride to Phnom Pehn, we would sleep late, but that was not to be the case. We were moving about by 8 a.m. to find the nearest Internet café so we could see about updating our website. Four hours later (it takes longer than you think!), I had the last entry posted.
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Botanical Garden features two Upstate quilters
Contributed by The South Carolina Botanical
      The Nature of Quilts exhibit featuring Dixie Haywood of Pendleton and Dottie Moore of Rock Hill is now on display at the S.C. Botanical Garden's Discovery Center gallery and will run through September.
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