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Have you ever wondered why, when we’re feeling sad, or lonely, or downright miserable, we usually prefer to listen to music that somehow reflects our mood, rather than music that might jar us out of it?

A while back I spent a minute offering a few suggestions of what to say after a concert when the concert was really pretty bad, but the performer is someone you know and you have to say something. In the unfortunate event that you’ve already used up your store of useful phrases, I thought I’d suggest a few more.

In South Carolina, the American beech is among the last trees to lose its leaves in the fall.

Rudy share's a quote from the journal of Henri-Frédéric Amiel.

Do you klnow the state bird? The state amphibian? The state grass?

Fox sparrows over-winter in South Carolina.

Rudy shares a portion of Lord Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgramage."

This is the time to look for things in the woods that are usually hidden by the leaves of trees.

78% of all animal species are insects.

The American South has experienced remarkable change over the past half century. Black voter registration has increased, the region’s politics have shifted, and in-migration has increased its population many fold. At the same time, many outward signs of regional distinctiveness have faded. But two professors of political science write that these changes have allowed for new types of Southern identity to emerge.