The Editor’s Desk
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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
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