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Wax myrtle, button bush, sycamore, sweet gum, and other plants are fruiting this time of year.

The pine warbler (Setophaga pinus) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

January 18, 2022 — State House of Representatives leaders on their priorities for the final year of this two-year legislative session; SC Chamber of Commerce on what bills the organization wants to see lawmakers pass this session; SCDHEC on the testing issues that have plagued the state during the latest COVID-19 surge; and more.

“A” is for All Saints Parish. Established in 1778, All Saints Parish comprised the Waccamaw Neck of what would become Horry and Georgetown Counties.

“T” is for Thompson, Hugh Smith (1836-1904). Educator, governor. Father of South Carolina’s modern public school system and the only professional educator to be elected governor, Thompson was a native of Charleston.

In their new book, Taste the State: South Carolina's Signature Foods, Recipes, and Their Stories (2021, USC Press), authors Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields present the cultural histories of native ingredients and showcase the evolution of the dishes and the variety of preparations that have emerged. They talk with Walter Edgar about true Carolina cooking in all of its cultural depth, historical vividness, and sumptuous splendor—from the plain home cooking of sweet potato pone to Lady Baltimore cake worthy of a Charleston society banquet.

Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Jameela Goudarzi about incorporating self-care into daily life to promote health & wellbeing. Ms. Goudarzi is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Family Nurse Practitioner at MUSC.

Matelea alabamensis is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family known by the common names Alabama milkvine, Carolina milkvine, Alabama anglepod, and Alabama spiny-pod. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.