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February is for poets Every month is a celebration of sorts. In fact virtually every day is a celebration – there are so many organizations that want to claim their day, some serious (National Organ Donor Day) and some silly (National Baked Alaska Day!) and they want to make sure there’s a moment to reflect on anything and everything important.

What’s nice about February is that we have a month to celebrate our Bluffton past. Not many people know too much about the Gullah’s, but their culture carries on. We hear interesting factoids, and meet people who proudly reference their lineage. Then we have the physical presence, the Garvin House for one, which is being recognized in this issue, through poetry.

Of course February is for lovers. Or maybe not. Valentine’s Day is so commercialized that every kid in every class ends up with pounds of chocolates, reams of cards and, in fairness, develops their artistic skills along the way. But wasn’t Valentine’s Day once about passion, secret love, and total devotion? Some of us still think in that vein, and we feature the relevant poetry of one of the most famous Scottish baird.

So as the winter chill comes to its end, it’s a great month to sit by the fire and contemplate our past. And it’s certainly a good month to warm our hearts and those of others, by reminding the ones we truly love that our devotion is eternal!

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Breeze CONTENTS Februrary 2015, volume 13, no.2

Features 8 A Turbulent Past 12 Winter Birds Part 2 20 Family Overboard 24 Following the Quest 32 Throw Away the Pills 40 Tenneesee Williams

Departments 8 History 18 Tide Chart 22 Thoughts in the Breeze 29 Fellowship 30 Bulletin Board 34 Over the Bridges 36 Wine Within Reach 44 Restaurant Guide 48 Golf Guide Cover Photo River Sunset

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As this is Black History Month we felt you might want to know a few facts of this horrible era in Americaan history.

Three out of four slaves entered America thruough Charleston and were sold on the street until 1953. The greatest number of slaves where brought from the Congo Angola Region.

Slave traders traded textiles, iron, guns and alcohol in exchange for people. They would sell their “cargo� to planters and mine owners in America for gold, silver, sugar, and tobacco which they would sell in Europe. A round trip netting $41,000 in profit.

More than 35 million slaves were imported to Brazil, which were emancipated in 1888.

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There was an estimated 450,000 African voyages to America of the more than 10 million overall slave voyages.

In 1790, South Carolina had 107,304 slaves, by 1830 they had 315, 401.

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The turbubulent past of a tranquil island.

Part 2: Early History From: “A History of Spring Island Plantation”, by Agnes L. Baldwin, 1966 Published by: Spring Island Trust, 1996 Synopsis by: Randolph Stewart Many of the same extraordinary features that drew the earliest visitors to Spring Island are still bringing people here today: Majestic oak forests teeming with wildlife, saltwater estuaries with an abundance of seafood, and fresh water from dozens of natural springs, hence, the islands name. The first inhabitants called their island home as early as 10,000 B.C. Spanish explorers first toured the shores in 1521, the

French followed in 1562, and the Scots in 1629. In all, seven flags have flown over Beaufort County to the present day.

For nearly 500 years, Spring Island has played a prominent role in the events of this historic Lowcountry. The first indian trading post between Charleston and Savannah was established there in 1697. The first crop of the superb, long staple Sea Island Cotton was planted there by George Edwards in 1790. Since the turn of the century, sportsmen and adventurers the world over have sought out the island for its restorative climate and exceptional recreation opportunities.

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The first owner of the island, John Cochran, acquired the land in 1697, through a series of land grants totaling 5,000 acres. Cochran was an Indian trader, required to pay the Lord’s Proprietors 10 shillings a year. The island, he named Cochran’s Island, was strategically located across the Cheechessee Creek from three Indian towns, Alamahaw, Cheechessee and Okatie, in what was then known as Granville County.

The Indians and settlers in the Port Royal area lived in constant fear of the Spanish garrisons, as the Spanish claimed all land from Port Royal southward, and wiped out a Scottish Presbyterian settlement in 1685.

In April, 1715, the morning after a conference with the Indians to settle complaints, Cochran, his attorney, Thomas Nairn, Bray, Warner and John Wright were taken prisoners by the Yemassees. This began a war where 90 traders, planters, and their families were killed. John Cochran, his wife and four children; Mr. Bray, his wife and two children; and six more men and women, having found some friends among the

Breeze History Indians, were spared for some days, but while attempting to make their escape they were retaken and put to death.

The land, laid in complete waste, cattle and crops destroyed from the Indian Wars, went to his son, James Cochran (Elder). James spent most of his life acquiring land and defending it from Indians. He purchased tracts and grants near Will Town, Jehoshua Island, a Combahee River Island, land on St. Helena Island, Daufuskie Island, Callawassie Island and in Colleton County. He received the rank of Major in service of the King and was elected a member of the Commons House of Assembly from Colleton County that met in Charles Town.

He died between 1719 and 1724, when James Cochran (Younger) became heir to his father’s properties in over 20 tracts totally 10,918 acres.

In 1738 James (Younger) had a house built on Cochran’s Island employing “tabby brick” and tabby “chinking mortar.

James was known to either be consuming a gallon of rum failing to avoid the smallpox or treating his fellow Assemblymen liberally to this refreshment. Following his death in 1739/40 Cochrans’s Island became the property of Mary Cochran Ash, his only niece.

Mary remains a mystery, almost a myth, as there is only a “Gift Deed of slaves from her father, Richard Ash that we know she was born before 1736 and was still living in 1752 It is known that Mary Cochran Ash’s daughter, Mary Ash, her successor, spent her childhood in Paul’s Parish, and after her marriage to George Barksdale they moved to her island. She died soon after giving childbirth. The Island’s ownership then followed to her son George Edwards born in 1800. After George grew up the real property and a great fortune was made planting sea island cotton. It was during this time that the Tabby Mansion and outbuildings were built.

By 1820 George owned 230 slaves; of these 130 were engaged in agriculture, and as he cleared

additional land, it was said that George Edwards made around $100,000 a year on his cotton. Upon his death the title to Spring Island remained in litigation for many years, it eventually going to his son, George Barksdale Edwards. During this time due to the litigation expenses and upcoming war , the land and slaves acquired by his family over 154 years, was wiped out. In 1872 Spring Island was sold to Elizabeth Inwood for $8,600, for the Federal levied taxes at the court house steps, prices being so depressed following the Civil War. When Elizabeth died the land went to her only son Trenholm Inwood, who would become the last descendant of Indian trader, John Cochran, to own the island.

The property changed hands a number of times between 1895 and 1966 when Mr. & Mrs. Elisha Walker, Jr. purchased the land and once again Spring Island became the center of much activity. Walker is said to have spent upwards of a million dollars each year improving the island infrastructure. After their death in 1982 the Elisha Walker Trust and Gordon Mobley, Plantation Manager managed the Island. The island was made available for quail hunt- ing through the guest list that was “closely held”. Groups of four hunters would visit the Island for $10,000 a week for hunting quail, deer and occasionally ducks and turkey.

In 1990, with the vision of Developers and Environmentalists Jim Chaffin, Jim Light, and Dr. Peter LaMottte, 36 founders formed the Spring Island Trust. With the purchase the trust was dedicated to the protection of the islands natural environment and cultural history. The overall density of the Island was down-zoned from 5,500 units to 500 units to allow for the creation of over 1000 acres of nature preserve and open space.

The bridge from Callawassie opened in 1991. Arnold Palmer played the first round of golf on The Old Tabby Links, which he designed with Ed Seay in 1992. Many more milestones lie ahead as Spring Island continues to grow and evolve as a residential community.

It is interesting to conjecture what John Cochran, Indian Trader, would think of the Island, should he visit today.

It is comforting to believe that he would find the same beauty, charm and abundance of flora and fauna that characterized his home more than 300 years ago.

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The Valentine’s poem that lives forever ...

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry: Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun: I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o’ life shall run.

And And And Tho’

fare thee well, my only Luve fare thee well, a while!

I will come again, my Luve, it were ten thousand mile.

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Winter birds

Photographed by Eric Horan

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Part 2: Waterfowl If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck…it’s a duck, right?

If only it were that easy.

By Amber Hester Kuehn Of the winter waterfowl described here, not all are actually ducks. If you ask a five year old, they would probably say that a duck is a bird that floats on the water and waddles on land. However, that would also describe a pelican, a gull, and several others. Specifically, genetics qualify ducks as members of the family Anatidae along with geese and swans. Vaguely, they are defined as various water birds having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet. The following eight waterfowl are presently winter visitors in Bluffton.

All of the birds listed are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918

Blue-winged Teal The blue-winged teal is a dabbling duck that eats aquatic insects such as midge larvae, but also dines on crustaceans, clams, and snails as well as vegetation. In order to feed on the bottom in shallow water, they invert their bodies to “dabble” or pick at the bottom of a freshwater pond, shaking a tail feather on the surface while submerging their head.

Blue-winged teal are the second most abundant duck in North America, behind the mallard. They migrate long distances and are usually the first to arrive down South and the last to head back up North.

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Double-crested Cormorant

Cormorants are dark birds with orange facial skin at the base of a hooked bill. Their eyes are aqua marine in color. They are expert divers that lack nostrils, so they must open their mouth to breathe…an adaptation to avoid drowning on deep dives. They hunt fish by using their wings and feet to swim underwater, steering with their tails. They have less preen oil in their feathers which reduces their buoyancy, so they get saturated and sit heavy on the water. After a day of fishing, they rest and dry their wings while roosting on high spots off of the water. Similar to the Loon, it takes a long runway to get a heavy cormorant airborne. They are very proud of the blue color inside their mouth and show it off to attract mates or to hiss at rivals. They only display a double crest (like feathered horns) during mating season. Acts like a duck, but NOT a duck.

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Photographed by George Cathcart

Horned Grebe

This small water bird is a great candidate for the “before and after” photo. In breeding plumage, they have a distinct yellow tuft behind each eye, black cheeks, and contrasting reddish neck feathers.

When they are here in winter, they are lacking the yellow tufted “horns” and are greyish overall with a white cheek. However, their eye is consistently red, hence the nickname devil diver or water witch. They have a short bill with a white tip. They dive for small fish and eat their own feathers, possibly to filter fish bones for further digestion. They typically nest on floating vegetation. Young birds are fed feathers to start the “filter mat” early and can be seen riding on their mother’s back. They are great divers, very awkward on land, and NOT a duck!

Photographed by Eric Horan

Common Loon This winter visitor can be seen and occasionally heard on the May River. To be honest, I recognized the sound because of the movie On Golden Pond where Katherine Hepburn says “loon” 147 times…approximately. They breed in summer on fresh water lakes in the Northern US and Canada. They migrate to our area to spend time on water that does not freeze. Their “down South” plumage is grey overall with a white throat. Their dagger-like beak even fades in color. On Golden Pond, they have a striking black and white pattern on their back and a black head. They are great swimmers and divers, and rarely walk. They hunt for small fish and are able to expertly handle slippery fish with projections on the roof of their mouth pointing back toward their throat. For decreased buoyancy, their bones are solid, which probably contributes to the necessary 30 yard runway to get off the water. In flight, their feet hang out the back unlike ducks in flight. You got it! NOT a duck.

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Photographed by Eric Horan

Northern Shoveler I think it is safe to assume that this duck gets its name from a conspicuous elongated, bill that widens at the tip resembling a spatula. Comb shaped projections along the edges of its bill are a specialized adaptation to filter small organisms out of the water. It is considered a “dabbling” duck rather than a “diving” duck, although it can dive if disturbed. The male has an iridescent green head, white chest and chestnut belly and sides. The wings have a gray-blue shoulder patch. Per usual, the female is modest in her brownish speckled overall plumage, but also has the blue shoulder patch to match.

Bufflehead

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This is the smallest North American duck. It overwinters in our area and can commonly be found on the May River. It is white with a black back. The male has a dark head with a white patch that wraps around the back of his head.

The female is grey overall with a white blaze on either cheek. They dive for food, aquatic invertebrates, mollusks and tiny crustaceans, typically swallowing it underwater, and surfacing within 30 seconds. Impressive. They use only their feet to swim underwater and compress the air from their feathers by pressing their wings tightly against their body. Speaking of feet, they rarely walk on land…females lead ducklings to water on foot. During breeding season (summer), abandoned northern flicker woodpecker holes accommodate bufflehead nesting mostly in Alaska and Canada. They are usually monogamous for the season and subsequent seasons.

Lesser Scaup This diving duck prefers fresh water, and is relatively abundant. Winter, non-breeding plumage is a blackbrown head and chest, mottled brown belly and sides, white back with overlay of black wavy lines, and dark tail. The female is basically the same but has a white patch at the base of her bill. The bill is bluish with a black “nail” tip. This projection is used to get into their favorite food, mussles and clams. In addition, crustaceans, insects, and seeds are also food items.

Since I’m sure you are wondering, the greater scaup is basically the same, but larger. Both species have been known to visit the Hawaiian Islands in winter. Aloha!

Photographed by George Cathcart

Hooded Merganser

The hooded merganser is a small duck with a white breast, brown sides, and a black head with a white collapsible crest that can make their head look oblong. They are on the May River in winter and can easily be confused with the Bufflehead. Just look for the brown sides, thin bill, and odd shaped head to distinguish them. The females have a cinnamon colored crest and her body is brownish grey overall. They dive for their food and hunt by sight. A nictitating membrane, or third eyelid protects their eyes when submerged.

This adaptation is also common in reptiles and sharks. Their bill is serrated to grab prey such as small fish, aquatic insects, small crabs, shrimp, and frogs. Females have been known to lay their eggs in other hooded merganser nests for unknown reasons…avoiding maternal duties? However, the ducklings leave the nest one day after hatching and attempt short dives right away. Unfortunately, we will not see this cuteness in the Lowcountry.

Remember Duck, Rabbit, Duck…!? Daffy can relax, duck season is over. Is it Fricasseeing rabbit season yet? Elmer Fudd is no genius. On that note, be sure to take the bird quiz in the next issue to see if you retained anything from this series: Winter Birds Part 1 and 2.

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Tide chart is calculated for the May River

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Family Overboard It was a regular Sandbar Saturday in August and the Pearson family was headed out in their boat. They’d been doing this for years. Sepp, age 10, and Bode, age 8, were water-babies who’d been brought up on the river, tubing and doing back-flips off the stern. Joe and Michelle were recently divorced, but shared joint custody and a common love of the water, so family time in their 18-foot Sea Ray with the Bimini top was an every weekend affair. But nobody could have predicted the nightmare that was to befall them that fateful Saturday last summer.

By Michele Roldán-Shaw The Pearsons kept their boat at Windmill Harbor, so before heading out they asked the harbormaster about the weather. He said there was a 30% chance of rain but it was pretty far out; and of course they checked the radar on their phones like always -- no cause for alarm there either. Later that afternoon they left the Sandbar when they noticed the skies begin to change. As they headed in, it got dark alarmingly fast. Suddenly rain was lashing, lightning was flashing, and four- to six-foot swells were coming over the bow in such rapid succession it threatened to overwhelm them—this squall was dangerous.

They were in the vicinity of Alljoy when they put in a Mayday call, but because they were on the wrong channel nobody heard it. After that everything happened so fast they were forced to abandon ship without their phones. Just like that they found themselves in the middle of the raging river with nothing but swimsuits, life vests, floating seat cushion, broken Styrofoam boogie board and each other. They linked arms and clung for dear life.

Nobody was coming for them. “I looked into Joe’s face and I have never seen fear like that before,” Michelle said. “Did my life flash before my eyes?

No. But I was terrified; we all were.”

“We didn’t know if the boat was going to capsize or get struck by lighting or what,” Michelle recalls.

“We just knew we had to get out of it. The kids always wear life jackets, but Joe and I don’t; so when he looked at me and said ‘Get our life jackets, we’re going to have to bail,’ at first I was like ‘What are you talking about?’ But one minute later we were overboard.”

She estimates they stayed like that for ten or fifteen minutes, adrift in high seas, lightning, and rain so blinding they couldn’t see but a few feet around them. They had no idea where they were.

But then the storm abated just long enough to spy land, a bit of marsh and oyster beds that she thinks was probably Bull Island. It took them perhaps a half-hour to swim to it, and because they weren’t

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wearing shoes they got cut to shreds on the oysters.

It was a full moon and the tide was coming up fast; they had perhaps an hour before it overtook their bit of high ground. They saw a shrimp boat, yelled, screamed and waved their arms, but to no avail.

Soon pieces of the wreckage began to float by, then the boat itself, completely submerged except for the Bimini top. While the kids huddled together on the broken boogie board, the adults debated what to do. Joe was for staying put, but Michelle knew the storm wasn’t over and wanted to swim to the wreck. So they put it to a family vote: Sepp wanted to swim, but little Bode was so freaked about getting back in the water that he started to cry the only tears anyone would shed during the entire ordeal. The vote was tied 2-2.

But then came another momentary lull that allowed them to see a distant dock, and they decided to make for it using the Bimini top as an intermediary rest point. “When you have your kids with you, you can’t be scared,” said Michelle. “You have to be strong and do what you need to do.

When we were in the water I thought if we could just manage to hold on, all of us together, we’d be good.”

After perhaps another 30-40 minute swim they made it to the capsized boat, which was to be their salvation: a few minutes later DNR cruised by to the rescue.

Soon they were safe and sound, huddled in blankets and deposited on dry land at Alljoy Beach.

The next day a friend opened her private clinic even though it was Sunday, to dress their cuts and give them tetanus shots. The Pearsons’ two-hour life-threatening trial was behind them.

“We will never put ourselves in that situation again,” Michelle affirms.

“In retrospect, we should have just gone to the nearest dock and tied up like

everyone else did. Thank God for our life jackets; I don’t know what would have happened without them. There’s no question about it—someone was watching over us.”

As she reviews the many little twists of fate, her faith only increases. They hadn’t brought their dog that day because the kids didn’t feel like watching her; Michelle is certain the fifteen-pound terrier wouldn’t have made it. Some neighborhood kids whom they’d invited couldn’t go, sparing another nightmarish possibility. And Michelle herself almost didn’t make the trip because of other plans that ended up falling through—this was a saving grace in itself, because she’s not sure the outcome would have been so positive if Joe had had to handle the situation alone. Although they lost their boat and everything on it, things could have been so much worse.

In the aftermath, they found themselves somewhat disinclined to take up the offers of friends who invited them out on the river, but nobody had nightmares or post-traumatic stress. Even Bode, the littlest survivor, was excited (although apprehensive) when Michelle booked a 5-day cruise to the Bahamas over Christmas in hopes the last of his fears would dissolve. Life goes on, and there is always a bright side.

“The experience made us so bonded,” said Michelle, who owns Interior Motives in Bluffton and has lived in the Lowcountry for 22 years. “Even though Joe and I are divorced, we went out to dinner together with the kids that night—we had to eat, and Mom and Dad needed a drink at that point. So we’re sitting there and I said, ‘Ok guys, we need to talk about what happened today. We are so lucky to still be here together.’ We told the kids how proud we were of them for being strong and pulling through. It’s a really good memory.”

Though they haven’t gotten another boat—and don’t have any plans to—that doesn’t mean they fail to appreciate the river. Several weeks after the incident, they started getting calls from Alljoy residents who salvaged washed-up items from their boat. So one evening they went down to claim them, then took a golf cart to the very dock they had seen during the storm.

“There was a beautiful sunset,” Michelle remembers. “Dusk, the water’s calm, everything was so peaceful. I told my kids ‘Look at this water— do you really want to give this up? This is where we live, look how beautiful it is.’ That brought some sort of peace.”

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Thoughts in the Breeze THE GARVIN PLACE Down Wharf Street all the way to the river in the very spot where the Baynard’s summer cottage once stood the Garvin place rests today The view from those old empty frames is the same view Union soldiers had when they came by boat to burn the town.

Up and over the bluff, certain to cause suffering, battles were fought and lost.

Changes arrived in the smoky wind.

From the ashes of war, Cyrus Garvin was a man of purpose.

From the ruins, he kept his hands busy and his head focused.

He was emancipated and dedicated to new traditions and a different foundation.

As he joined the planks together, as he hammered his roof, he must have heard the sounds of freedom ringing On the property, live oaks with fearless vines, tough and resilient, give shade and stability.

Strong breezes rushing through palmetto fronds are a cooling balm. I am there to imagine generations of family washing in the river, cleansed by the river.

I imagine offerings of comfort and compassion of entertaining angels, dancing under a full moon with dreams as bright as the sun overhanging the river Helen Stetson

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THE WHALE AND FOUR BLIND MICE

TRUE TO THYSELF Who knows you better than You know your own self One thing I do know You must respect yourself There are things that we do in the dark That wil definitely come to the light We all do things that are not pleasing In God’s sight

Going to pay respects to the Potentate.

How many vowels can one fit in a name?

Running five marathons in five days.

You can always Pay-It-and-Take-it.

But mice prefer Dim-sum.

The whale paid homage to a pink velour jet.

Who won the race?

Sir. W. W. Winston

We do a lot of pretending Which is not very smart We’re able to fool humans But God knows our heart We need to stop blaming others Foer our shortcomings as we often do It’s impossible to be honest to others If to thyself, we are not true.

Oscar J. Frazier Bluffton Poet Laureate

ABSTRACTION I search for a moment of knowing of control, at cause and not effect.

They do happen, but with no regularity -Even looking back, my life feels like an abstraction, that happened to someone else, an illusion.

Art Cornell

We invite thoughts, poems, essays from our readers, young and old.

Bluffton has a deep creative spirit, often eccentric, but also deeply caring , thoughtful and observant. We encourage submissions, and while we cannot guarantee publication, we will make every attempt to reflect the musings of our talented community!

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Albert graduated from art school and while accepting type setting as a job, the old way letter by letter, continued his lifelong passion of painting, sketching, sculpting…and adventure to follow the quest.

One of his early art shows changed his life when it was “suggested” that he leave his country because of “ a communist leaning” portrayal of one painting of coal miners, naked, covered in black soot.

Again, his life would change one day some time later returning from his six months of working in the unbearable conditions in the Canadian Arctic forests as a treetop lumberjack bound homeward and family of four children, Marcus, David, Patty, Pia and wife Ilse, in Vancouver.

On this eventful night walking home, Albert passed an antiques auction and entered to warm up. All turned and looked down at this smelly, bedraggled, lumberjack, so when he bid $8.75 on an old sea trunk no one lift a finger.

By: Randolph Stewart

How do you tell a story of an 80 year old man who has adventured to four corners of the earth and has done things we only dream about, but never do, in these few words. These stories are not fiction.

Hopefully I will give it some justice, but there is no way to go into depth or mention all of his voyages and friendships.

The adventure starts with Ludwig Seidl, Albert’s father who was the bombardier for The Red Baron in WWI, chunking hand grenades over the side of the open cockpit bi-plane, an officer in the Nazi Air Force in WWII and survived both. His mother “Modi” moved her two children from town to town to escape the allied bombing, ending up in Bavaria.

Modi, smiled with her entire face, just as her son.

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Inside were all miracles!

Among other things the trunk contained; books dating before 1850, two dueling muskets, a sea captains log, and three oil paintings which he recognized the artists. The next day at Vancouver’s finest gallery he sold the paintings for a fraction of their value (but a lot of money for him at that time) as they had to be sent to Europe for authentication and that would cost alone, much more than he had, which was nothing. (The paintings did end up being worth a small fortune).

The question was never asked, what drew Albert to the water. After developing a successful advertising agency, he began a new journey.

Building a 48’ x23’ Canadian Ketch and fitting it for a voyage that would prove an alternate theory of the discovery of the migration of man, from Micronesia to North America. The belief to this day, is early man trekked across the Bering Strait.

With the study of trade-winds and currents, and

fully convinced by the similarities of the Canadian Indian amulets and totems, and Pacific Islanders amulets and idols, he was determined to provide proof of his theory.

Named the “Illahee”, and after Albert was given the name “Dokwaes” or “The man who looks toward the distant horizon” by the Indian Chief, the boat and crew, made up of university researchers, cast off bound for Micronesia, provisioned for three months. Two weeks out, some miles off the coast of Baja, on a warm breezy night, with a full moon hanging in the sky and silhouettes of clouds, Albert began to notice something was amiss. The far distant lights began to become closer and the boat rising higher and higher. After some minutes he alarmed the crew and understood what was happening. He was being lifted up and pushed ashore by a tsunami (caused by an earthquake off the coast of Alaska). There was no sense of the speed he was going and as land got closer, the “”Illahee” crashed ashore. As light arose he found that everyone had survived, but his boat was sitting a hundred yards inshore, right in the middle of a whale graveyard, Shipwrecked! The Pacific to the west and barren Mexican desert to the east. Rationing what food and water that was not destroyed, in the 120-degree desert, evaporating their urine to make water, nearing delirium.

Another miracle as a Mexican minesweeper passing became alerted and they were rescued from a horrible fate. The Captain had his crew dig a slew, secured lines around the ship like a large fishing net and pulled the “Illahee” to sea, like they would do with a whale skeleton. Tying her alongside they were towed to port. Out of respect for a fellow mariner, and what he had set out to do, the Mexican Captain secured what was necessary to repair damages, resupplied the “Illahee” and wished her fare winds as Albert headed to sea alone, the researchers having been sent back to Vancouver. The quest of proving his theory having failed, for the time being, he headed south with a new adventure in mind.

Albert’s story continues some months later with English brothers, one a sheep farmer in New Zealand, the other a sea captain who would carry the wool to Europe each year. Captain McDonald, with the “Tia Maria”, on one such return voyage anchored in a Columbian harbor. While ashore he purchased raw uncut emeralds from the annual sheep profits, casting off immediately, for fear of pirates or mutiny, instead of waiting for a better season to make the Pacific crossing. A

short time out a storm sank the ship and the crew marooned on a Panamanian Island, El Coco. Years after rescue, Captain McDonald would build a lucrative shipping business in Vancouver. Yes, the old sea captain’s trunk and the log it contained gave the location of the emeralds. Provisioning the “Illahee” in a Panamanian fishing port he set sail with the coordinates in hand. After several relatively easy scary dives the wreck was found, as were the emeralds. But Albert began to panic with sharks circling and rose to the surface too fast, the bends. Bleeding from his nose and ears

he passed out barely climbing over the edge of his ketch. Two days later he was awakened with dried blood over his face in extreme pain and deaf and with great determination and effort returned to the Panamanian port.

Three emeralds left. One a gift to the hospital and caregivers that he stayed with for some time, one to secure his needs for several years, and one to a famous German doctor who would restore his hearing. Having sent for his sons to join him, earning a living with his art and having recovered physically he set sail for Columbia and a new adventure.

After some months of exploration, being heralded at each port they stopped as his fame and reputation had spread, they anchored in the harbor of Santa Maria, Columbia. The evening was clear with a full moon and starry night. The waves gently lapped against the hull like a lullaby. Albert suddenly sensed that something was deadly wrong as he heard footsteps topside. When he arose he was staring at an evil scared face man, The Bluffton Breeze

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teeth missing, realizing he had a machete against his throat. Pirates! Hearing the boy’s screams and now others shouting on deck his mind raced, how do I get to my gun? At that very moment, another miracle. Albert heard the sound of machine gun fire, the shouting increased on deck, his captor screamed and ran to escape, some jumping over the side into the water, others into the boats they had come in, others surrounded and surrendering, two lying dead on the deck. A Norwegian freighter captain in the harbor was watching through his binoculars, dreaming of some day being able to do what this little ketch was doing. When he noticed boats approaching the “Illahee”, with armed pirates he alerted the patrolling harbor police, which went into immediate action. The pirates, in a very short time had ransacked the ”Illahee”. That night there was no sleeping. The next day, every ship in the harbor sent supplies and money. It was here on that fateful day that Albert met a young German merchant marine, Gerhard Schwisow, who came on board and asked to sail with them.

Gerhard sailed with Albert and became his partner for the next thirty-five years until the day he died.

After months of sailing South America, and all recovering from the mental trauma, Albert and his small crew made another life changing decision, sell the “Illahee, fly to Europe, find a tall ship and continue the quest. In a small port in Norway they found “Moder”, an 1896 salt fish carrier, 110’ in

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length, 24’ beam and 12’ draft. Making home on the ship Albert, his two sons, and Gerhard rebuilt the ship into a three-masted barquentine, after two hard years near the Arctic Circle. Re-naming her the Barba Negra they began sailing from port to port around Scandinavia, the Baltic, and northern Europe opening the floating art exhibit at each port to the public, selling art and telling of their many stories. It was another fateful day when anchored off a Norwegian island, Vagyoe, Albert would meet the love of his life, Alise Frost. He asked her to sail with him the first day he met her but she did not appear when they set sail. Heart broken, a week later, at the next port, he looked to the pier, there she was, with suitcase in hand. Never to be apart again.

Beer company endorsements, TV commercials, tall ship races, art shows and lectures… they sailed and berthed throughout Northern Europe, England and France. But Albert knew it was time.

Time to set sail for America. After several months of provisioning, the Canary Islands was the first stop. From there, the Barba Negra headed west for the Caribbean. Thirty-three days at sea, seven becalmed, trusting their fate to God and Neptune, with an 80-year-old ship, and her seasoned crew.

(oh, did I mention time out for Gerhard to marry Alise and Albert at sea?),from all of New York, they set sail south with an invitation in hand to berth in Savannah. Forming “Save Our Seas”, and providing whale sounding research, teaching thousands of school children the lost arts aboard an old tall ship, they now were ambassadors to this great city and represented her past history that stood for an era that made her into the town she is today.

One might think the worst when facing the power of the ocean, but never speak or show it. At sea for sometime one learns to overcome all fear, and your thoughts become pure. Your senses are heightened and can detect even the slightest change in the wind or course. Navigating by the stars all the way. Her bow breaking through the waves, with each movement creating creaks and moans, befitting the old lady she was. Whales from miles away would spy the hull underwater and approach the ship like a curious cat, swimming alone as an escort. Standing at the topmast one can see the curvature of the earth with the sun setting on one horizon, the moon rising on the other.

The day was partly cloudy, a breeze fresh from the south east as the Barba Negra slipped by The Statue, with fire boats spraying water high in the air along side, her arms and torch welcoming them to New York, several days before July 4th 1976, to celebrate the oldest ship in the Bicentenial Op Sail completing this historic crossing, with all of America watching and cheering. The quest had not gone unnoticed. Each crew member giving thanks in their own way for the safe passage and friends they had made on the many years of adventure and completing the final leg of the passage, press helicopters circling overhead.

Albert and Alise found a quaint home in the historic district, perfect for an old salt. Twenty-five years later, continuing his art work, now Captain of the International Brotherhood of the Coast, and the Drum Major of the Savannah Drum and Pipe and leading the way for the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.

Participating in movies and documentary films, visiting towns off the Southern coast and receiving the keys to the city as they were welcomed by thousands, working with Jean-Michel Cousteau and Project Ocean Search, off of Devils Elbow Island in the May River, and Daufuskie Island in the Atlantic, anchoring many times off of Harbor Town during the Heritage and for those who have been in Bluffton awhile they might remember the times she has sailed up the May River to visit friends, the Wyman Family. One can find Albert and Alise at his gallery on the second floor of City Market Gallery off St. Julian Street. There are so many more stories that he would be glad to share with you.

Oh, before we conclude this story I should catch you up with the boys. Marcus and David, home schooled aboard ship, and having traveled with Albert aboard the “Illahee” and Barba Negra, and now over fifty, have sailed before the mast for over forty years. They are unquestionably the most respected sea captains in the world, Captain and Chief Officer of the Norwegian ship, Statsraad Lehmkuhl, a three-masted 1914 Barque, one of the largest sailing ships in the world. After all these years at sea the brothers are still together, with their wives Mona and Anna Britt. On occasion Albert and Alise have accompanied them on voyages to the Arctic, and Tall Ship Races in Europe. Marcus and David have navigated the four corners of the earth, winning more Atlantic and European Tall Ship races than any other and have logged more nautical miles than Magellan, Captain Cook, and Frances Drake. The Seidl quest continues.

But now, Albert and Alise, the boys, and Captain Gerhard were ready for a new adventure. Find a home! After greetings, interviews, and festivities, The Bluffton Breeze

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Bible Missionary Baptist Church Goethe Road Community Cntr, 815-5523 Sunday Worship: 11am Bible Study: 6pm CATHOLIC St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church 333 Fording Island Road, 815-3100 Sat. 4pm, 6pm Sun. 7:15am, 9am, 11am, 5pm, Espagnol 1pm Mon-Fri 6:45am Chapel, 8:30am Church ANGLICAN The Church of the Cross 110 Calhoun St, 757-2661 495 Buckwalter Parkway, 757-2662 Sunday Worship: 8am & 10am EPISCOPAL The Episcopal Church of Okatie At St. Luke’s Baptist Church Hwy 170 and Snake Road, Worship: 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday, 8:30am GREEK ORTHODOX Holy Resurrection Church at St. Andrews Catholic Church 220 Pickney Colony Road, 837-4659 Orthros: 9:30am, Liturgy 10am

METHODIST Bluffton United Methodist Church 101 Calhoun Street, 757-3351 Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Worship: 8:45am & 11am Church of the Palms United Methodist 1425 Okatie Highway, 379-1888 Sunday Worship: 10:30am St. Luke’s United Methodist Church SC Highway 170 near Sun CIty, 705-3022 Sunday Worship: 8:30am and 10am St. Andrew By-The-Sea UMC Bluffton Campus One University Blvd. (USCB’s HHI Gateway Campus, Hargray Building) 843-785-4711 Sunday worship: 10:30 a.m.

PRESBYTERIAN Lowcountry Presbyterian Church US 278 and Simmonsville Road, 815-6570 Sunday School: Adult 9:40am, Child 10:30 Sunday Worship: 8:30am & 10:30am Grace Coastal Church (PCA) 1425 Okatie 15 Williams Drive (off SC170), 379-5521 Sunday School: 11am Sunday Worship: 9:30am

JEWISH NON-DENOMINATIONAL Temple Osah Shalom at Lowcountry Presbyterian Live Oak Christian Church 278 Simmonsville Road, 705-2532 Bluffton High School Auditorium 757-5670 Shabbat Worship 3rd Friday of month, 8pm Kidstreet: 9:15am, Worship 10:15am LUTHERAN Lord of Life Lutheran Church 351 Buckwalter Parkway, 757-4774 Sunday School: 10am Sunday Worship: 8am, 9am, 11am

Lowcountry Community Church Bluffton Campus: 801 Buckwalter Parkway 836-1101 Sunday Worship: 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am

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It’s a well known fact that changes in appearances can change your life. But the reverse is also true. A change in lifestyle changes appearance. And so the positive cycle begins. There are few topics that are more relevant to more people than weight loss. So here’s that principle applied – through the story of one Bluffton lady.

Throw away the pills. It’s about lifestyle!

By Kelly Dillon

The New Year is seen as time for change.

Determination to keep to a resolution is often quick to flag in the face of difficulty. Losing weight is one of the most common goals, but one that few manage to achieve in a meaningful way.

However, for those that succeed in reaching the goal, the joys are immense!

choices when going out to restaurants,” Tara said. “I count my calories and eat more frequently with smaller meals or snacks about every two to three hours.” By adjusting her calorie intake to around a daily 1200, Tara lost thirty pounds. At this milestone, Tara began to add exercise into her new

One Bluffton woman found the key to such success. In November of 2013, Tara Stimpson of the Town of Bluffton was 250 pounds. Today, she weighs in at 165 pounds. That’s a loss of 85 pounds! She shared her experience with us and gave us a few worthy pointers in how she was able to follow through with the difficult journey.

It was in 2013 that Tara knew things had to change.

She was having health issues because of her weight, but when October rolled around, she had a more prominent realization when she was asked to be a bridesmaid in her best friend’s wedding.

“When it came to be my turn to try on my dress, I was so upset over the size they had to get me,” Tara said. “I decided right then and there I needed to make a change, because I was working my way toward a horrible end.” Her decision was also fueled by the love for her daughter and the desire to be more active with her.

With the understanding that this would be a shift in her lifestyle, Tara set out with a clear goal in mind. Her initial idea was to lose 100 pounds for a goal weight of 150, down from 250 pounds. Once the plan was set, she began to modify her diet.

“I stopped eating fast food and made better

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routine. “I started small, only exercising three days a week.” Tara explained. On rest days, Tara would walk. When she built herself up comfortably, the three-day exercise routine boosted up to a six-day routine. Bike riding, walking and using an elliptical

all factored into her program.

But the process had its challenges. Tara admits that her love of sweets and chocolate was and is, a daily struggle to keep in check. However, she had the support of her mother, daughter and friends to help her keep going. She and her mother would try to walk or do different activities together, while some close friends would also walk or bike alongside her. Their help allowed Tara to keep motivated.

As an added incentive, she also kept a picture of herself before her weight loss -- to remind her that she never ever wanted to go back!

As a result of this determination and change in lifestyle, it took Tara a year to lose 85 pounds. At 165, while short of the original goal, she was now happy with how her body looked.

For those who are struggling with weight loss, Tara says: “Don’t try to make all the changes at once. If you’re struggling or fall off, just take a deep breath and start over or get back on the horse. I fall off every, now and then, too and it’s okay to have a cheat day. Just remember, tomorrow is another day and you will do better.”

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She also reiterated, that her weight loss was a lifestyle change and not simply a diet. “[You] don’t need any of these supposed quick fixes or pills.

None of those things will last.”

Tara’s weight loss and her determination through the year-long process is a testament to holding to one’s goals and following through with them.

It also points to the real secret being all about making real lifestyle changes.

For those trying to set out with a fresh start to their appearance, Tara provides some simple advice and great inspiration!

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BEAUFORT *Feb. 26, Mar. 1 CLASSICAL ROMANTIC The first concert of the new year will welcome back Yuriy Bekker playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and the orchestra playing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Dr., Beaufort. Purchase tickets online at TIX.com or call 800-595-4849. Thurs. 7:30 pm, Sun. 4 pm $37.50 *Feb. 11-14 9TH ANNUAL BEAUFORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Receptions, screenings of all entries in several categories for films, student films, acting, directing, and more! See website for details. Beaufort Film Festival, USCB Center for the Arts, 521-4145, 805 Carteret St., Beaufort. – $6 per film (Multiple Event Passes $50-225) *USCB CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 521-4145, 805 Carteret St., Beaufort. $25 (Seniors $20, Kids $15) Feb. 1 WHAT WOULD LUCY DO? Suzanne LaRusch portrays the one and only Lucille Ball and all of her zany antics in this one-woman show. You’ll enjoy skits and musical numbers, and will laugh along throughout the whole show. 3 & 7:30 pm Feb. 20 THE MOUNTAINTOP This play by American playwright Katori Hall is a fictional depiction of the Reverend Martin Luther King’s last night on earth, set entirely in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel on the eve of his assassination. 7:30 pm

HILTON HEAD ISLAND *HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 842-2055, First PresbyterianChurch, 540William Hilton Pkwy., HHI. $25, 40, 50 Feb. 8-9 SCHUMANN and BRAHMS: GERMAN ROMANTIC MASTERS Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring 29-year-old accomplished international pianist, Shen Lu. Sun. 4 pm, Mon. 8 pm Feb. 22-23 GUITAR HEROES Cincinnati Pops guitarist and arranger, Tim Berens and Craig Wagner, perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, along with jazz standards by Ellington, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock. Sun. 4 pm, Mon. 8 pm *Jan. 30-Feb. 27 (weekends) 19th ANNUAL GULLAH CELEBRATION Experience Gullah food and music as you take a journey through the culture via the visual arts. Gullah Celebration, 255-7304. See website for events, times, and prices.Greenwood Dr., HHI. Noon-4 pm $5 includes one tasting, *Feb. 6 MARDI GRAS FUNDRAISER FOR NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) Three-course New Orleans-themed dinner, silent and live auctions,

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prizes for best costume and most decorated mask, plus more! Country Club of Hilton Head, 681-2200, 70 Skull Creek Dr. 6:30-10:30 pm $75 w/cash bar ($100 w/open bar) *Mar. 1 9th ANNUAL COOKS & BOOKS FESTIVAL This event provides great food, friendly competition, and the opportunity to meet and greet your favorite Lowcountry authors and purchase signed editions of their books.

The Literacy Center, 815-6616. Held at Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa, 1 Hotel Cir. 11 am-2 pm $20 in advance, $25 at door (includes free food samplings) *Feb. 7 DANCING… FROM THE HEART Enjoy watching this ballroom dance showcase, which also features a Shore Notes Ensemble for your listening pleasure. Partial proceeds benefit the Children’s Relief Fund. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 8376161. Performance is at the Seahawk Cultural Center, H. H. High School, 689-4800, 70 Wilborn Rd. 7 pm $20 (Students $15) *Feb. 16 JEANNE ROBERTSON Author of three hilarious books, this laugh-out-loud funny lady speaks two languages fluently: English . . . and Southern. Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 842-2787, 14 Shelter Cove Ln., HHI. 8 pm $51 *Feb. 19-22 YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN Delight in this musical based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip, Peanuts.

Presented by Hilton Head Preparatory School, 671-2286 x353. Performance is at H. H. High School Seahawk Cultural Center, 689-4800, 70 Wilborn Rd. Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 pm, Sun. 2 pm $20 (Seniors $15, Students $10)

SAVANNAH *Feb. 7 OFF THE WALL & ONTO THE STAGE The Columbia City Ballet, pays tribute to award-winning artist Jonathan Green. Dancers depict the cultural heritage of the Gullah and Geechee communities with rich, vibrant colors; imaginative choreography; and exhilarating music. Savannah Civic Center, 912-651-6550, Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. 5:30 pm .......................................... $18-38 *Feb. 5-18 GEORGIA HISTORY FESTIVAL See website for full list of events, including the Keynote Address, Colonial Faire and Muster, and Super Museum Sunday.

Georgia Historical Society, 912-651-2125................... (Free) *Feb. 6-8: 15THE ANNUAL LOWCOUNTRY HOME &GARDEN SHOW Find the latest in products and services for everything for your home: from builders and contractors to materials, landscape displays, and much more. Savannah Home and Garden Show, International Trade & Convention Center, 210408-0998, 1 International Dr., Sav. Parking $5. Discount coupons available on website. Fri. 2-7 pm, Sat. 10 am-7 pm, Sun. 11 am-5 pm $8 (Seniors $6, Kids & Active Military Free) *Feb. 12-15 SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL Authors Janet

Evanovich, P.J. O’Rourke, and Anne Rice to headline the 2015 Savannah Book Festival. See website for list of books and authors and event times. Savannah Book Festival, SCAD, 912-525-5050, Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St., Sav. Sat. at Telfair, Wright, and Chippewa Squares. Most events Free (Keynote events $15) *Feb. 13-15 13TH ANNUAL SPRINGTIME MADE IN THE SOUTH GIFT SHOW See and purchase handmade crafts and gifts directly from the artists. Made in the South Shows, 704-847-9480, International Trade & Convention Center, 210-408-0998, 1 International Dr., Sav. Free parking. Fri.-Sat. 10 am-6 pm, Sun. 11 am-5pm $7 (Kids Free) One admission for all 3 days with hand stamp *Feb. 13-15 SAVANNAH IRISH FESTIVAL A 3-day weekend of family fun!! 912-651-6556 or 800-351-7469 Feb. 13 Traditional Irish Party with live musicians and Irish dance lessons for all in attendance! Cash bar and light snacks for purchase. Knights of Columbus Hall, 3 West Liberty St., Sav. 6:30-9:30 pm $5 Donation Feb. 14-15 Irish music, dancers, singers, crafts, food and vendors, and more.

Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Ogelthorpe Ave. Sat. 10 am-6 pm, Sun. Noon-6 pm One day $12, both days $16 (Kids Free, Sun. Military & Students Free) *Feb. 1-21, 2015 SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL A month of events celebrated at various sites throughout the Savannah area.

Storytelling, dance ensemble performances, children’s theater troupe, veterans’ memorial ceremony, jazz festival, etc. See website for details.

DoSavannah - Black Heritage Festival, 912-358-4309 Free *Feb. 27-Mar. 1 13TH ANNUAL SAVANNAH BOAT SHOW showcasing powerboats and more, plus music, seafood, and fun! Enjoy beautiful winter weather on a waterfront view! Savannah Boat Show, 864-250-9713, International Trade & Convention Center, 1 Inter-national Dr., Sav. Parking $5. Fri. Noon-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-6 pm, Sun. 11 am-5 pm $8 (Seniors, Kids, Military $5, Under 4 Free) *SAVANNAH THEATRE, 912-233-7764, 222 Bull St.$39.59 (Coupon $36.38, Group of 20 $31, Kids $19.26)Jan. 30-Feb. 8 VIVA VEGAS A tribute to iconic Las Vegas headliners!

Fri.-Sat. 8 pm (2/7 3 & 8 pm), Sun. 3 pm Feb. 13-15 I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE! A musical comedy. Fri. 8 pm, Sat. 3 & 8 pm, Sun. 3 pmFeb. 20Mar. 1 BROADWAY ON BULL STREET Show-stopping hit songs. 2/20-21 8 pm, 2-28 3 & 8 pm, 2/22 & 3/1 3 pm *SAVANNAH CIVIC CENTER, 912-651-6550, Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Feb. 5 HARRY CONNICK, JR. This pianist, vocalist, composer, band leader, actor, and philanthropist has received awards and recognition for his live and recorded musical performances and achievements. 8

pm $50-95 Feb. 15 AN EVENING WITH GARRISON KEILLOR True to his radio form, Keillor delivers hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest and the aging process, not to mention “late-life fatherhood.” 7 pm $35-65 *Feb. 23-27 AMERICAN TRADITIONS COMPETITION A creative and diverse showcase of vocal talents and future superstars. Quarter Finals: Skidaway Island United Meth.

Church, 54 Diamond Causeway, Sav. Mon.-Tues. 2 and/or 5 pm $15, 25 Semi-Finals: Skidaway Island United Meth.

Church, 54 Diamond Causeway, Sav. Wed. 4 and/or 7 pm $20, 35 Judges Concert: Savannah Theatre, 912-2337764, 222 Bull St. Thurs. 8 pm $35, 50Finals: Savannah Theatre, 912-233-7764, 222 Bull St. Fri. 8 pm $35, 50

BLUFFTON & BEYOND *Feb. 14 METOPERA – LIVE! presents IOLANTA / BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE An enchanting fairy tale (Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta) followed by an erotic psychological thriller (Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle). – Cinemark, 7572859, 106 Buckwalter Pkwy., Bluffton.Sat. 12:30 pm $24 (Seniors $22)Encore: Wed. Feb 18, 6:30 pm $22 (Seniors $20) *Feb. 13-Mar. 1 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF The cat is Maggie, married to Brick, the favorite son of a wealthy plantation owner, Big Daddy, and the hot tin roof is the desperate measure she takes to regain her husband’s sexual interest and to lay claim to her husband’s family fortune. May River Theatre, 815-5581, Pritchard & Bridge Sts., Bluffton. Fri.-Sat. 8 pm, Sun. 3 pm $25 *Feb 14 - LATTITUDE WINE BAR Celabrates their First Anniversary with free wine tasting and Duval Leroy Champagne at 1/2 price off and guess the number of wine corks in the wine case and wine a bottle of wine. *Feb. 17 - Starting at 6:30 LATTITUDE WINE BAR cooking class and wine paring. Sign up today 843.706.9463.

The COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM has announced a Spring program starting March 3 through May 28. The tour will go out every Tuesday and Thursday. The 2 hour exploration of Bluffton’s May River aboard research vessel SPARTINA will be led by Marine Biologist, Captain Amber Kuehn. Participants will observe nature up close with a display of live organisms.

A scientific explanation will accompany a trip through this scenic river and salt marsh. From microscopic animals to dolphins, the possibilities are endless.The expedition will leave from the Calhoun Street Dock, Bluffton. This dock is located at the end of Calhoun Street adjacent to the Church of the Cross. Cost is $40 adult, $30 child (ages 12 and under).

Reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext 223 or online at www.coastaldiscovery.org

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The grape in high spirits

By Michael Mavrogordato One of the reasons many people call Bluffton home is to escape the cold, but as I write, a cheerful TV meteorologist is trying to smile her way through a bone-chilling forecast. According to her, temperatures will drop to freezing in a few days, and there is no relief in sight. As your wine advisor, I could wax eloquent on red wines and how their food pairings can tame the cold, but frankly, a quick fix is far more appropriate and brandy comes immediately to mind.

Brandy (a Dutch word) is an all-encompassing term for a spirit made from grapes and it is also a synonym for something that you sip, as opposed to “chase” down with a shot. Most spirits which are chased ,such as vodka in Russia (very cold) or Jagermeister in Germany (tepid), are meant to jolt the senses, but brandy is another story, because the good ones caress you on a cold night and don’t leave you with a hangover. In Bluffton, there are three types of brandy worth trying: Armagnac, Cognac and Grappa, the latter being a real stretch per the definition of a brandy, because it is made from the stems and detritus of grapes!

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Contrary to popular belief, Armagnac is the granddaddy of them all. In the 13th Century some enterprising monks (who else!) from Auch (southwest France) began distilling indigenous white grapes and aging them in local oak barrels. The process involved one distillation and topping off the barrels on regular basis to replace the “angel’s share”. Every culture claims to have invented making booze, but the gentle folk of Auch stake their claim on customer testimonials, the most famous of which came from Cardinal Vital du Four, who in 1313 wrote the encouraging words on the opposite page!

Need I say more? A very good and obviously therapeutic Armagnac, Castared VSOP ($39) , can be found at Bill’s.

Cognac is now the aristocrat of the spirit world.

The epicenter of the region, the town of Cognac, is only 80 miles North of Bordeaux and this helps explain why their spirit took over the world. Riding on the insatiable demand for claret ( British for Bordeaux wines), the English and the Dutch

Breeze Wine Within Reach created an international market, as early as, the 15th Century. The English coveted the wines and the Dutch craved Cognac (probably because of their miserable weather), so much so, that they called it “brandwijn”. With a new name and an export market assured, Cognac grew in reputation over hundreds of years, but is it that special? The short answer is no, particularly when compared with the lesser-known Armagnac.

“It makes disappear redness and burning of the eyes and stops them from tearing; it cures hepatitis, sober consumption adhering. It cures gout, cankers and fistula by ingestion; restores the paralysed member by massage; and heals wounds of the skin by application. It enlivens the spirit, partaken in moderation, recalls the past to memory, renders men joyous, preserves youth and retards senility. And when retained in the mouth, it loosens the tongue and emboldens the wit, if someone timid from time to time himself permits.

Cardinal Vital du Four, 1313

should be appreciated slowly (ie. don’t stick your nose in the glass!). Usually, older spirits have more subdued esters and are less harsh on the palate, but this is very difficult to achieve because of the core alcohol content of 40%. Only a handful of cognacs are truly balanced and I would definitely avoid any VS Cognac. The same does not apply to Armagnacs, because I have tried several VS labels, which are more satisfying than a VSOP Cognac and are much cheaper. However, if your heart is set on Cognac, stick with Remy Martin VSOP or Courvoisier Fine VSOP ($55) Grappa is in a class of spirits, which are truly eco-friendly, because they are made from pumace, the leftovers from winemaking. After the grapes have been pressed, and allowed to sit (cold maceration) for about two weeks, the juice is extracted for wine and the remains such as seeds, stems and skins are collected to make grappa. It is distilled and unlike other brandies, is then aged in the bottle. Grappa is not a refined spirit, in the sense that it does not display the aromas from grapes, or other fruit eaux de vie (cherries, pear, plum etc.), nor is it rounded and mellowed by barrel-aging. As a result, grappa is unquestionably more harsh than other brandies, but that is the very reason for its popularity. In Italy, Grappa is a digestif, a drink intended to cap off the evening and is usually served with a ristretto (super strong expresso).

This combination is what made Grappa famous and is not to be missed. Good Grappa is hard to come by in Bluffton, but I have found, on occasion, Allegrini Grappa di Amarone ($30).

Cognac is made primarily from Ugni blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard (same as Armagnac), which is pressed, fermented, distilled twice (unlike Armagnac) and then aged in French oak. After two years, a blending process begins which shapes the characteristic of the house style (Remy Martin, Hennessy etc.). Just as in Scotland with single malts, the age of a bottle is set by the youngest batch of spirits, so for example, a VS Cognac must contain spirits that have been aged for a minimum of two years while VSOP is four years and XO is six years.

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Inside the mind of Tennessee Williams

By Randolph Stewart Elias Kazan (who directed many of Tennessee Williams’ greatest successes) said “Everything in his life is in his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life”. Nothing can be closer to the truth. His use of his own familial relationships as inspiration for his plays is impossible to miss.

Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III was born on March 26, 1911. His inspiration in writing came from his dysfunctional family. His father was a hard drinking traveling shoe salesman who spent most of his time away from home. He had a violent temper and was a man prone to use his fists (he had part of his ear bitten off in a poker game fight), treating his son with disdain for his lack of robustness. His mother Edwina, locked in an unhappy marriage, focused her overbearing attention almost entirely on her frail young son.

She was an archetype of the ‘Southern belle’, whose social aspirations tilted toward snobbery and whose behavior could be neurotic and hysterical. Throughout his life Williams remained close to his sister Rose who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman. As her behavior be-came increasingly disturbing, she was subjected to a lobotomy, unfortunately with disastrous results, and was subsequently institutionalized for the rest of her life. During his youth Williams struggled with his own homosexuality and fear of his own mental health, that he might end up like Rose. Throughout the years, to mask his inner demons Williams’ alcoholism and his dependence on various combinations of amphetamines and barbiturates, grew to a point that they inhibited his creative style and works.

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His first submitted play was Beauty Is the Word (1930), a play he wrote while at the University of Missouri about rebellion against religious upbringing.

He did not fit in well at schools and was known to be shy and socially backward, a loner who spent most of this time at the typewriter. His father pulled him out of school after failing a military training course his junior year, and put him to work at the International Shoe Company factory in St. Louis where his father was promoted. Williams, then 21, hated the monotony, but the job forced him out of the pretentious gentility of his upbringing. His dislike of his new nine-to-five routine drove him to write even more than before at night. Overworked, unhappy and lacking any further success with his writing, by his twenty-fourth birthday he had suffered a nervous breakdown and left his job.

Having returned to school at the Washington University in St. Louis and later University of Iowa, Wil-liams graduated with a BA English degree.

Speaking of his early days as a playwright and referring to a collaborative play called Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay!, produced while he was a part of an amateur sum-mer theater group in Memphis, Tennessee, Williams wrote, “The laughter ... enchanted me. Then and there the theatre and I found each other for better and for worse. I know it’s the only thing that saved my life.” It is ironic that the very thing that he loved also drove him to selfdestruction. In 1939 he re-ceived a $1,000 grant from Rockefeller Foundation. This Gaining notice he was hired by MGM in Holly-wood.

In 1945 he became an instant hit in Chicago and New York with his play The Glass Menagerie, which won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best play of the season.

failures. The quality of his work suffered from his increasing alcohol and drug consumption as well as occasional poor choices of collaborators.

Consumed by depression and in and out of treatment facilities Williams spiraled downward.

The relent-lessly negative press notices wore down his spirit. His last play in 1982, A House Not Meant To Stand, ran for only 40 performances.

Williams said, “I’ve been working very hard since 1969 to make an artistic comeback…”there is no release short of death”, and “I want to warn you,

The huge success of his next play, A Streetcar Named Desire, in 1947 secured his reputation as a great playwright. Although widely celebrated and increasingly wealthy, he was still restless and insecure in the grip of fears that he would not be able to replicate his success.

During the late 1940s and 1950s, Williams began to travel widely with his partner, often spending summers in Europe. To stimulate his writ-ing he moved often, to various cities including New York, New Orleans, Key West, Rome, Barcelona, and London. Williams wrote, “Only some radical change can divert the downward course of my spirit, some startling new place or people to arrest the drift, the drag.”

By 1959, he had reached world-wide audiences and seven of his plays were performed on Broadway and he had earned two Pulitzer Prizes, three New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, three Donaldson Awards and a Tony. Eight of his plays were adapted to the wide screen.

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the critics are out to get me. You’ll see how vicious they are. They make comparisons with my earlier work, but I’m writing different-ly now”. Williams to the end was concerned with “the depths and origin of human feelings and motiva-tions, the difference being that he had gone into a deeper, more obscure realm”. Williams died, Febru-ary 25, 1983 having choked on a bottle cap.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is was one of Williams’s best-known works and his personal favorite which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. The play features several recurring motifs, such as social mores, greed, superficiality, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression, and death.

It play was adapted as a motion picture of the same name in 1958, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman as Maggie and Brick, with Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood recreating their stage roles.

Mendacity, is a recurring theme throughout. One can see the parallel between Williams’ life and the characters actions in the play. Observe how Big Daddy uses the word to express his disgust with the “lies and liars” he sees around him, and with complicated rules of social conduct in Southern society and culture. The two primary objects of repression are Brick’s homosexual desires and Daddy’s imminent death, creating mirror images of each other….and a reflection of Williams. With the exception of Brick, a broken man, the entire family lies to Big Daddy and Big Mama about his terminal cancer. Further-more, Big Daddy lies to his wife, and oldest son, Gooper and his Mae, who exhibit avaricious motives, in their attempt to secure Big Daddy’s estate after his death. A recurring phrase is the line, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that was true?”. The other powerful focus in the play is the ways in which humans deal with death as are the futility and nihilism, which argues the skeptical view that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic values, encountered when when one is confronted with imminent mortality.

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dissatisfied Williams heroine, refers to a particular fantasy of femininity and feminine desire.

Maggie’s loneliness has made her a “cat,” hard, anxious, and bitter. The Williams’s genius lies in the force of the audience’s identification with this heroine, a woman desperate in her sense of lack, masochistically bound to man who does not want her, and made all the more beau-tiful in her envy, and longing, that she hides in childishness.

Notice the many other symbolic objects in the play, to many to discuss in this short synopsis.

The tele-phone calls and conversations, the memories of travel to Africa with its exotic savagery and sexual ex-cess, the bed that Brick and Maggie share their marriage lie, the large console that holds the TV, music and liquor, which Brick hides his feelings in his drunkenness, and phallic crutch.

The great cast and director of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at May River Theater have captured this master-piece and the essence of the characters and underlying motifs and symbols as Williams intended them to be. It is a do not miss show, as when one leaves the theater, there are many questions about ones self and life that will be asked…… and some answered. May River Theater should be congratulated for presenting this great psychological drama.

As we were going to press, we learned that our dear friend and Co-founder of May River Theater, Ed Dupuis passed away. Ed and his late wife Jodie have entertained thousands of those who follow Performing Arts and greatly influenced hundreds of aspiring actors, while they spread their love and generosity to all that knew them. They are now reunited and dancing with angels while they sing together all of their favorite show tunes. They will be missed but not forgotten as May River Theater is their lasting legacy to Bluffton.

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Restaurant Guide AMIGO’S - MEXICAN BELFAIR TOWN VILLAGE 815-8226 MON-SAT 11-9PM

CORKS WINE CO. - CONTEMPORY, TAPAS THE PROMENADE 815 5168 MON 5-10PM TUE-SAT 5PM - MIDNIGHT

BLUFFTON BBQ**- BARBEQUE PORK & RIBS THE PROMENADE 757-RIBS WED-SAT 11AM-WHENEVER

CORNER PERK** - BREAKFAST, LUNCH, COFFEE THE PROMENADE & MAY RIVER ROAD 816-5674 MON-FRI 7-4PM SAT 8-3PM SUN 9-2PM

TOOMERS BLUFFTON SEAFOOD HOUSE** 27 DR. MELLICHAMP DRIVE 757-0380 LUNCH/DINNER MON-SAT 11-9PM

DOWNTOWN DELI - BURGERS & SANDWICHES DR. MELLINCAMP 815-5005 MON-SAT 8-3PM

THE BLUFFTON ROOM - FINE DINING 15 PROMENADE STREET 757-3525 TUE-THUR 5-10PM FRI-SAT 5-11PM CLOSED SUN & MON

FUJIYAMA - SUSHI / ASIAN CUISINE BI-LO CENTER 706-9907 MON-THUR 11-10PM FRI-SAT 11-10:30PM SUN 12-10PM

BRITISH OPEN PUB - PUB, SEAFOOD, STEAKS SHERIDAN PARK 705-4005 MON-SUN 8-9PM SUN BRUNCH 8-1PM

GUISEPPI’S - ITALIAN KITTIES CROSSING 842-8333 MON-SAT 11-10PM SUN 11-9PM

BUFFALO’S - CONTEMPORARY PALMETTO BLUFF VILLAGE 706-6630 LUNCH MON-SAT 11-4PM

HOGSHEAD KITCHEN - CONTEMPORARY 1555 FORDING ISLAND ROAD 837-4647 MON-SAT 11:30AM-11PM SUNDAY CLOSED

CAHILL’S CHICKEN KITCHEN**- SOUTHERN HIGHWAY 46 757-2921 LUNCH MON-SAT 11-3 SUPPER THU-FRI-SAT 5-9 BREAKFAST SAT 7-12 BRUNCH SUN 9-3 CAPTAIN WOODY’S -SEAFOOD SANDWICH SALADS THE PROMENADE 757-6222 MON-SUN 11-10PM CLAUDE & ULI’S BISTRO - FRENCH MOSS CREEK VILLAGE 837-3336 MON-SAT LUNCH & DINNER

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Breeze Golf Course Guide Golf Course

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Belfair Golf Club 200 Belfair Oaks Blvd, (843) 757 0715

Tom Fazio: East West

6,936 7,129

74.4 75.3

Berkeley Hall Golf Club 366 Good Hope Road, (843) 815 8444

Tom Fazio: North Tom Fazio: South

6,936 7,129

75.1 74.6

Callawassie Club 176 Callawassie Island Dr., (843) 987-2161

Tom Fazio

n/a

n/a

Chechessee Creek Club 18 Chechessee Creek Dr, (843) 987 7000

Coore & Crenshaw

6.606

71.8

Colleton River Plantation Club 60 Colleton River Drive (843) 837 3131

Jack Nicklaus Pete Dye

6,936 7,129

76.1 74.7

Crescent Pointe Golf Club 1 Crescent Pointe Dr, (843) 292 7778

Arnold Palmer

6,733

n/a

Eagle’s Pointe Golf Club 1 Eagle Pointe Dr, (843) 757 5900

Davis Love III

6,738

73.1

Hampton Hall Golf Club 89 Old Carolina Road, (843) 837 3131

Pete Dye

7,503

76.9

Hilton Head National Golf Club 60 Hilton Head National Dr, (843) 842 5900

Gary Player Bobby Weed

6,731

72.7

May River Golf Club, Palmetto Bluff 350 Mount Pelia, (843) 706 6579

Jack Nicklaus

7,171

75.4

Moss Creek Golf Club 1523 Fording Island Road, (843) 837 2231

George Fazio: South Tom Fazio: North

6,885 6,555

73.4 72.5

Island West Golf Club 40 Island West Drive, (843) 689 6660

Clyde B. Johnston Fuzzy Zoeller

6,803

73.2

Oldfield Golf Club 9 Oldfield Way Okatie, (843) 379 5052

Greg Norman

7,142

75.4

Old South Golf Club 50 Buckingham Plantation Dr, (843) 837 7375

Clyde B. Johnston

6,772

72.4

Pinecrest Golf Course 1 Pinecrest Way, (843) 757 8960

Rocky Rocquemore

7,489

n/a

Rose Hill Golf Club 4 Clubhouse Drive, (843) 757 9030

Gene Hamm

6,961

74.1

Sun City Golf Club 672 Cypress Hills Dr, (843) 705 4057

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6,946 6,724

73.2 71.9

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280 Moss Creek Dr Moss Creek

5 Waterview Ct Hampton Lake

MLS# 334342 Vince Harrison 5 BR / 5.5 BA 843-422-2029 $739,000 vincent@charteronerealty.com

MLS# 332724 4 BR / 3.5 BA $619,000

Allison Cobb The Cobb Group 843-338-7256 allison@charteronerealty.com

102 Ft Walker Ct Sun City

MLS# 332650 Bill Blemlek 2 B / 2.5 BA 551-206-7806 $499,300 billblemlek@charteronerealty.com

Julie Lynch MLS# 320407 Debbie Wood 5 B / 4.5 BA 843-540-9034 $649,900 julieanddebbie@gmail.com

MLS# 3 BR / 3 BA $589,000

69 Foreman Hill Rd Town of Bluffton MLS# 329448 6 BR / 5.5 BA $789,000

20 Strandhill Ave Hampton Hall

MLS# 334343 Vince Harrison 4 BR/ 4.5 BA 843-422-2029 $639,000 vincent@charteronerealty.com

32 Chadbourne St Hampton Hall Rich Reed 843-368-3040 rich@explorehhi.com

35 Thomas Heyward St Town of Bluffton

Allison Cobb The Cobb Group MLS# 333123 843-338-7256 3 BR / 3 BA $399,500 allison@charteronerealty.com

MLS# 334305 3 BR / 3BA $530,000

Nancy Marshall 843-304-4447 nmarshall@hargray.com

53 Hopswee Dr Berkeley Hall MLS# 329448 3 BR / 3.5 BA $399,000

Find these and other fine properties at:

www.CharterOneRealty.com

Rich Reed 843-368-3040 rich@explorehhi.com

The Bluffton Breeze

Rich Reed 843-368-3040 rich@explorehhi.com

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