Gary Crossley of Charleston sent in a list of what he loves about the Charleston in which he was born. He loves it so much, he tells us, that he even assigned the name Charleston as his son’s middle name. Gary’s list of reasons for loving Charleston (the city):
** The city is not too big or not too small.
** The cobblestone streets which had pirates like Blackbeard/Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet roaming back a hundred plus years ago….
Charleston nature lover and poet Tracee Clapper sent along this poem to “express my love for pluff mud in the morning. :)”
Hip waders, mist nets and sparrow banding make for the best early mornings …
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