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OH! TO BE A CHILD IN SUMMER
A Something in a Summer’s Day Emily Dickinson A something in a summer's Day As slow her flambeaux burn away Which solemnizes me. A something in a summer's noon— A depth—an Azure—a perfume— Transcending ecstasy. And still within a summer's night A something so transporting bright I clap my hands…
Celebrating Ten Years
South Street Partners took over as master community developer more than ten years ago, and the Island has seen incredible change and growth during their tenure. Chris Randolph, Will Culp, Patrick Melton, and Jordan Phillips look back at some of the most memorable moments of the last decade. What are…
The Women of Kiawah
Community is hard to define—and even harder to create. There is an alchemy, a mysterious mixture of authenticity, shared values, mutual trust, social capital, and reciprocity. The Kiawah Island community has dramatically matured over the last thirty-five years, shaped by careful planning and intentional growth. At the heart of these…
Nature Haven
The first visit to Kiawah Island is always memorable. The sprawling grand oaks, marsh as far as the eye can see, the serene beaches—each facet emits a mystique that beckons the viewer. I like to think that I have internalized this landscape. In my four years on Kiawah Island, my…
GOOD WORKS || The HEARTest Yard
In 2012, tight end Greg Olsen was traded from the Chicago Bears to the Carolina Panthers. Olsen and his wife, Kara, arrived in Charlotte just as they found out she was pregnant with twins. “Our world was turned upside down the off season of 2012,” remembers Olsen. “Shortly thereafter, we…
Club Members John and Joanne Bluford from Missouri
From Missouri to Kiawah Island… Q: Tell me how you found Kiawah. John: I actually grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, in the fifties and sixties. My grandfather and I used to crab around Johns Island and the Beaufort area as well as Jekyll and St. Simons Islands off the…
Looking Skyward
As autumn comes to the northern hemisphere, immense flocks of birds take flight and begin their long journey south in numbers so vast that their movement can be tracked by radar. As the marsh grasses turn golden, shorter and colder days signal the arrival of wave upon wave of magnificent…
Finding Home
Joan and Jonathan Schochor first visited Kiawah in 1995. With no prior connection to South Carolina or the Lowcountry, their curiosity was piqued when a colleague of Jonathan’s recommended they visit. And after a memorable tour of the island with agent Bob Rummell, they were in love. Rummell took them…
Clapped in the Brilliance of a Cloud’s Applause
Photographer Patrick O’Brien captures the vivid splendor of summer storms on Kiawah. THUNDER BLOSSOMS GORGEOUSLY ABOVE OUR HEADS, GREAT, HOLLOW, BELL-LIKE FLOWERS, RUMBLING IN THE WIND, STRETCHING CLAPPERS TO STRIKE OUR EARS… FULL-LIPPED FLOWERS BITTEN BY THE SUN BLEEDING RAIN DRIPPING RAIN LIKE GOLDEN HONEY - AND THE SWEET EARTH…
