The Close Years
Essays on place, memory, and the lives we share
Editor’s note: Welcome to a revamped Substack now known simply as The Close Years. Readers will find some material removed, but a lot of new material will be coming, in addition the publication of new books in June and July: Edisto, A Story of Sea Island Survival, and the second edition of Journeys of Lightheartedness. A book on the writer’s craft and …


