Working for the Weekend in Pawley's Island

I'm rarely late to anything in my life, but this morning I was late. The worst thing about my lateness was that it cut into the time that I got to have lunch with some very fun and interesting people at Kimbel's at Wachesaw Plantation in Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina. The group was meeting for the weekly event known as the Moveable Feast, a lunch that features authors, historians, and entertainers. But I was happy to learn that Linda, the event's organizer, was kind enough to step in and read the opening scene of A Land More Kind Than Home to the audience. I arrived and apologized for being late, and I also apologized for breaking every speed limit between Charleston and Murrell's Inlet on my way there.