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Beethoven replaced the minuet in his four-movement pieces with the scherzo. Scherzo means “joke,” in Italian, but in Beethoven’s scherzos you won’t usually find anything that qualifies as out-‘n-out funny.

Today is January 27, and it’s Mozart’s birthday. I know I don’t have to tell you how wonderful Mozart’s music is to listen to… but if you’re not a musician yourself you may find it interesting to know that Mozart’s music is also wonderful to play. And it’s not that it’s easy—in fact it’s usually pretty hard, and sometimes very hard.

Even this time of year, you might hear spring peepers, chorus frogs, or wood frogs, depending where you are in South Carolina.

“A” is for Anderson County (718 square miles; 2020 population 207,036).

“B” is for Battery Wagner. Battery Wagner was the principal fortification on Morris Island during the Civil War.

Groundhog Day is a popular North American tradition observed in the United States and Canada on February 2. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow due to clear weather, it will retreat to its den, and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow because of cloudiness, spring will arrive early.

“W” is for Whipper, Lucille Simmons (1928-2021). Educator, legislator.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Michelle Ziegler about the challenges of finding routine dental care for patients with special health care needs. Dr. Ziegler is the Director of the Pamela Kaminsky Clinic for Adolescents and Adults with Special Health Care Needs at MUSC.

“T’ is for Tompkins, Daniel Augustus (1851-1914). Industrialist, journalist.

Rudy shares memories of a fellow nature lover.