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By Connie Barnard
In the poignant popular film, The Bucket List, Jack Nicholson’s character, Edward Cole, gives this sardonic summation of life: “We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.” Cole, a wealthy, miserable terminal cancer patient, echoes a universal, fleeting question, “Is that all there is?” With help of the elegant, [...]
By Connie Barnard
Carolyn Ellis is a tiny, blond ball of fire. When she decides to do something, get out of her way – or better yet, join her in her efforts. Last February, the wife of Coastal Carolina University’s basketball coach moved to the Grand Strand from Auburn, Ala., and, in six short months, has overseen construction [...]
By Connie Barnard
Isn’t it funny how life can jump up and cut you down to size? About the time you start feeling you really have arrived, the Fates just laugh down and zap you good. Let me tell you about my most recent experience with the gods of hubris. As many of you know from my previous [...]
By Connie Barnard
July 15 of this year, Patricia (Pat) Goodwin experienced two defining moments which affirmed all her efforts as director of the Myrtle Beach Art Museum since 2002. That Sunday morning, while glancing through the Charleston Post and Courier and savoring the last hours of her Folly Beach vacation, Pat saw these words in Dottie Ashley’s [...]
