Faces of Folly — From Shore-to Shore
From pickleball to Mahjong, Jersey Girl Liz Gurevitch has found a community on Folly Beach When I first met Liz, it was through an Evite. A friend added my wife and I to an invite list for a Super Bowl party on the island. I remember thinking, “Wow, this is so cool,...
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Outstanding in his Field — August 2019
Working Towards Wisdom As human beings we spend a lot of time developing personal attributes. Many may try to improve their Strength by lifting weights. Some may try to improve their Intelligence by furthering their education. Others may work on their art or trade so...
Don’t Call It a Comeback
Evinrude’s new two-stroke isn’t your granddad’s smoky engine by Stratton Lawrence | Special to The Current How many drinks does it take for me to consider buying an American-made two-stroke engine? The answer—to change my opinion on the prospect, at least—is an open...
Folly Flashback — July 2019
It's Half Rubber Season Bubbie Barnett returned to Folly with his young wife for a happy trip in 1953. He’s seen here playing ball in the yard. The game of half rubber developed around Charleston during the early 20th century, including on Folly Beach. Beachgoers...
Saltmarsh Diaries — July 2019
A Trip Down Memory Lane Alone on the boat at Morris Island, I peered into the makeshift 5-gallon bucket aquarium. There I found a hermit crab, spilling out of its undersized mobile home, a moon snail shell. A month later, driving down I-95 to Aunt Aida’s surprise...
Outstanding in his Field — July 2019
Take Pause In music it’s often said that the notes are not always important as the time between two notes. A rest in music can signal change and a different dynamic. At the end of each day we take rest so that we can rise fresh in the morning and do it all over again....
Folly Fishing Report — July 2019
Beat the Heat Get on the water early morning or late afternoon for best results While the weather has been quite hot, it hasn’t slowed the fishing down. Fishermen can try starting early in the morning where they can find fish chasing bait on the surface as well as...
Food in the Water, Food in the Mud
By the time the English established Charles Town in 1670, the Native Americans living around Folly Beach had already experienced a century of interaction (and decimation) with Spanish and French explorers. The Bohicket tribe — a subgroup of the Cusabo, who also...
Salt Marsh Diaries — June 2019
Mother’s Day at a Michigan Red Lobster Recently, we drove 16 hours from Folly Beach to Hastings, Mich. to visit my wife’s Aunt Shirley. We rented a very old log cabin surrounded by 60 acres of woods. Down a steep grade from the cabin, frogs sang every night from three...
Outstanding in his Field — June 2019
Tend To It and It Will Thrive Hello Folly Friends, Family and those just taking a peek under the hood. I’d like to take a moment to talk about the power of nurturing. I’m not just talking about landscaping and such, there is no better way to sow positive results than...
Folly’s Wild Dunes
This panoramic pencil drawing by artist Alfred Waud illustrates both the wild and sizeable dunes on Folly, as well as Union soldiers pointing toward the sea and the ships forming the blockade. Drawn in May 1863, the coming summer would prove to be the most eventful in...