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Suzannah Smith Miles
December 2018
Wax Myrtle
One of the Lowcountry’s most prolific evergreens is the wax myrtle (Morella cerifera). It grows easily and everywhere—...
December 2018
Miracle on King Street
Santa Claus—and live reindeer—came to town for Charleston’s first Christmas parade in the midst of the Great Depression
November 2018
Simmons Ironwork
When Philip Simmons (1912-2009) began to study the craft of ironwork as a 13-year-old apprentice to Holy City...
October 2018
Grave Sites
Throughout history, locals have laid their dead to rest with love, respect, and—at times—unparalleled Charleston style...
September 2018
Horseshoe Crab
Named for its unusual shape, the American horseshoe crab has been called a “living fossil,” as it has been on Earth...
August 2018
Brown Pelican
Find yourself envisioning Jurassic Park’s flying dinosaurs when you see a brown pelican mid-air? You aren’t far off. ...
July 2018
Earthquake Bolts
The ”Great Shake” of August 31, 1886, was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on the East Coast. Its epicenter...
June 2018
Fly Guy
Remembering Charleston’s famous (and famously dashing) aerobatic pilot, Bevo Howard
June 2018
Tomatoes
Tomato pie, tomato pilau, tomato gumbo, okra and tomatoes, fried green tomatoes, tomato relish: no question about it,...
May 2018
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Despite their great size, long lifespan (50-plus years), and an armor-like shell that helps protect them from natural...
April 2018
The Remarkable Mr. & Mrs. Morawetz
When New York philanthropists Victor and Marjorie Nott Morawetz decided to find a winter home in 1929, they had the...
April 2018
Charleston Silver
Silver was the preferred metal for dining, drinking, lighting, and decorative ware in the early Charleston home, and...
March 2018
Carolina Jessamine
Each spring, the bright yellow flowers of Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) announce the new season in...
February 2018
Boykin Spaniel
The brown, floppy-eared pooch known as the “Boykin spaniel” today seems omnipresent in the Holy City—especially during...
January 2018
Before the Code
Samuel F. B. Morse (yes, that Morse) was once Charleston’s most fashionable portraitist
January 2018
Carolopolis Award
They’re affixed to structures throughout the Historic District and beyond: circular plaques mingling English and Latin...
December 2017
Church Bells
At four Holy City churches, bells are rung to changes in the English tradition—an art form more rare than many realize
November 2017
Wild Turkey
The svelte, long-legged bird known as Meleagris gallopavo is quite a different beast than the fat and juicy turkey that...
October 2017
Pluff Mud
“When you steps in it, you sticks,” say the Gullah people of the gooey marsh mud that lines Lowcountry creeks. “Smells...
September 2017
Resurrection Fern
During periods of drought, folks uninitiated in the magical ways of Pleopeltis polypodioides may spy the epiphyte fern’...
August 2017
Okra
If you’ve never grown an okra plant—merely enjoying someone else’s crop deliciously fried, boiled, steamed, stewed,...
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