Naturally Kiawah Magazine Volume 41 | Page 7

The Editor’s Desk W Kiawah, naturally …  hen we started drafting this issue over six months ago, I worried that we could never fill an issue. I should not have suffered for a minute. Wonder on Kiawah is everywhere. The truth is that we are surrounded by it all day every day, and that is precisely what brought us here in the first place. By the time we were ready to go to press, I worried that this issue would be the size of a phonebook (remember those?). In fact, I should just stop worrying. Living on Kiawah promotes a worry-free state of mind for sure. We got off to a great start when we asked Dr. Doug Tallamy to consider contributing an article. Not only did this distinguished professor and author (his book, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens was published by Timber Press in 2007 and was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers’ Association) write about the general importance of conservation, he added so much about efforts on Kiawah itself. See “Sustainable Dreams,” pages 62–67. We enjoyed the pleasure of looking back on Kiawah’s history and speaking with people who have known and loved the place for decades. Our photographers captured so many of Kiawah’s special moments. Patrick O’Brien brought us sunrises—noting that while he had previously captured many sunsets, the birth of his daughter meant becoming more thoroughly acquainted with early mornings. Photo by Shauneen Hutchinson Writers and photographers Tina Schell and Sue Corcoran covered clouds, roseate spoonbills, and monarchs with words and brilliant images. Pamela Cohen captured the moon in many phases. Honestly, wonder is never absent on Kiawah. Go out to watch a fisherman pulling a pot to retrieve live bait, and inevitably a few pelicans will perch along the deck to take a look. Put out a little feeder of white millet in your back yard and look for a painted bunting to visit. Play golf on the Ocean Course and note the birds that Paul Roberts found there. Instead of “No wonder …” on Kiawah we say, “YES wonder!” So pull up a comfortable chair, outdoors somewhere if possible, and come behold the wonders of Kiawah Island with us. NK Spring 2019 5