Eva Moore

An author responds: Why is sex so scary to book banners? • SC Daily Gazette Commentary from Malinda Lo, the author of one of the books the State Board of Education ruled must be pulled from K-12 library shelves.

“Reading about sex and sexuality is just about the safest way possible for a young adult to gain insight into what sex means. It is such a complex and important part of life.“

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A rectangular gray gravestone, inscribed with Whitin Badger, 1906-1992, Dwight Cooke 1908-1992, and underneath the line "THE UNICORN WAITS IN A DARKENING WOOD"

Hey, who wants something nice?

So I was on tour this month, and when I was doing my event for the Princeton University Library and the Princeton Public Library, I ended up at the graveyard, where I found this gravestone:

‘Pee Wee and Me.’ Dick Harpootlian writes book on serial killer ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins Pee Wee Gaskins was the friendliest and most sociable serial killer Dick Harpootlian has ever met. “You like killing, just like me,” Pee Wee once told Harpootlian.

I would read a grocery list written by John Monk
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I visited a cattle auction barn in Saluda, SC and wrote this
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Yes, wearing socks to bed may help you sleep better While it may seem counterintuitive, wearing socks could help lower core body temperature, promoting sleep, experts said.

Counterpoint: ew
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Spring is a happy season but it has neither citrus nor stone fruit. Summer is a sad season but it has stone fruit. Fall is a happy season but it has neither citrus nor stone fruit. Winter is a sad season but it has citrus.

Schedule — Read Freely Fest

Look at this great new Columbia thing happening this weekend 💕
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Helen, Help Me: Should I Be Cooking with Ostrich Eggs? Our food critic answers a reader’s question about alternatives to the beleaguered chicken egg.

Helen Rosner is SUCH A GOOD WRITER.
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I-TEAM UPDATE: The cost of the American dream at the price of a peach The survival of Titan Farm's American dream is dependent on laborers. Labor it can only find through the H2A program.

I was impressed by this WRDW report on the H2A guestworker program and peach farming
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Is this the ugliest downtown Greenville building? Some in SC say yes, but not for long. Here’s why An infamous downtown Greenville building dubbed “ugly” by many is getting a major overhaul. Here’s what to know.

Farewell to City Tavern’s weird, wonderful aqua facade 😢 amp.thestate.com/news/local/a...

I can’t believe there’s STILL no option that lets me pay to read one (1) online article from a newspaper I do not wish to subscribe to.

A keurig coffeemaker and a giant Costco container of coffee mate on a faux-granite counter, an abomination in the sight of God

country went to hell when auto shops put these in in place of a glass carafe that had been on the burner continuously since the Truman administration

Had some last night. I don’t think I’d ever ordered it before that story

A beloved Columbia grocery store is closing after half a century. Here’s what we know The owner of the iconic Southern grocery story announced the lease has expired.

Goodbye, Social Pig. You are the closest grocery store to my house and have the largest assortment of country meats, plus consistent local produce and Blenheim Ginger Ale.
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Two babies now! It’s a very nice thing

Eagle CAM | HHI Land Trust

This Lowcountry South Carolina live cam features a recently hatched baby bald eagle!
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The inevitable has happened: I spilled oil from a tin of fish on my desk and office carpet

This is true right now but it won’t be forever!!! It used to be the case that Order the Cabbage, now every single restaurant has charred cabbage with a tepid tahini sauce; before that it was Order the Brussels Sprouts and we all know how that ended up. Seize the beans while you can.

I’m so sorry, Bach. Tough week for it. Glad everyone is unharmed.

SC farmland shrinking, number of young farmers dwindling. What is the industry’s future? The biggest barrier for young SC farmers entering the industry is financial. Purchasing land and obtaining equipment is often more than they can afford.

Solid look at the challenges facing young farmers in SC!
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With killer cold threatening its St. Helena blueberry crop, Coosaw Farms fought ice with ice The snow turned St. Helena Island into a winter wonderland, but the scene wasn’t pretty for farmers with valuable crops in the ground.

Great story on how SC farmers frost-protect blueberry plants, encasing them in ice to save them
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It’s uncanny and the packaging is not always an indication!

A whole great take.

“He's been stripped of his humanity, leaving much of the public with the impression of him as an ethereal civil rights saint. And that image of him contradicts one of his most salient arguments, that ‘Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.’”

I just unearthed a memory of my roommate Shawn in 2001, on hearing Beat Happening, saying “Eva, I hate this as much as you hate Andrew WK!”

You have to decide what you want within 6 seconds of entering Beezer’s; none of this luxury of waiting til you reach the front of the line

I love it when the Beezer’s kitchen starts taking orders from people further back in line and everyone is ready to call out their order, just so in the know and decisive

It’s not Friday, do I have that right? What a load of shit.

The way they are trying to reorganize Eater right now is, I cannot emphasize this enough, so fucking stupid. We are working to mitigate this impact as much as possible for our unit. And good job Vox Media, you just made us all even more pissed as we head into bargaining our third contract

Vox Media Layoffs Leave Thrillist Essentially Shuttered, Eater 'Blindsided' "This close to holidays, their callousness is especially galling," the Vox Media Union and Writers Guild of America East say in a joint statement

“Eater is reorganizing its cities coverage into a regional model in order to most efficiently serve its audience’s needs.” Seeing as Eater Carolinas already WAS a regional model, I’m guessing this leaves us truly, newly boned.
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Six hours under martial law in Seoul On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building.

“At 11:30PM, I put on my coat and trundle off to the subway, a decision that is equal parts soju and commitment to the principles of journalism.”

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