Bill Pendergraft
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Gray's Feet
“How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” -Annie Dillard
Gray’s feet hang in my kitchen. Well, not literally, although the painting of Gray Segars’ bare feet by his mother and Beaufort artist Mary Segars, is so realistic and plainly connected to life in the Lowcountry, that it defines place.Slow Guides™Guides for the mindful travelerwww.slow-guides.com The way the right foot is firmly planted on the wooden dock and the left foot crosses back over the right, we believe that Gray is leaning against the dock railing, and imagine that he’s talking with his friends and family; that any moment they will climb into a skiff and head out into the …
Mary Lib's Puzzle
[Editor's note: We'd like to welcome our newest columnist, Bill Pendergraft, who will be sharing stories of a slower Lowcountry life. The first installment comes from his project Slow Guides™ Regional guides for the mindful traveler.]
“When it hurts, we return to the banks of certain rivers.” -Czeslaw Milosz
I am visiting my mother-in-law, Mary Lib, and after Sunday lunch and good conversation, I note a complex jigsaw puzzle she’s assembling on her card table. Her puppy is sleeping beneath. The puzzle features all fifty states, and their state flowers, birds and a perfect frame woven from a tangle of botanical diversity.
“I see you’re almost finished,” I ask her, pointing to the unfilled …
