Spanish moss, an appreciation

Some observations about Charleston, S.C.

We have been in Charleston for just over 10 days, and it is already clear to me that our new home is quite different from our previous one in Silver Spring, Md.

In Maryland, signs informed of gun-free zones. (I often wondered why such signs would dissuade many who carry weapons.) Here, certain stores and schools announce not being gun-free, but that they…