Through the Gateway
John Van DalenExploring the dimensions of the personal essay
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From the Memory Vault: An evening walk on the Folly Beach Fishing Pier
Take a walk
on the fishing pier,
past the first breakers,
into the choppy swells,
past empty fishing stands,
the benches and lights.
A few couples
on a Friday night about 9
are walking hand in hand,
as if
on...
A beloved third grade teacher instills a lifelong passion for reading, and a love of old grist mills
I’ll never forget Mrs. Wheeler, my third grade teacher. There are some teachers you remember all your life. She was one of them, a caring and patient woman who took a real interest in me and expected much from me in return.
I felt almost a...
From The Memory Vault: Poinsett State Park holds memories of youth and summer
(Written on May 26, 2001 at Poinsett State Park, Sumter County, SC, and updated on August 23, 2026)
I am visiting a place now that stirs some of the deepest memories of childhood vacations in South Carolina. Sitting underneath a sweet...
From the Memory Vault: A long- anticipated journey back into the past
(Written on August 10, 2013 and updated with photos on August 18, 2026)
I finally fulfilled a planned day trip to Sumter County this past Tuesday, a trip back in time 50 years ago to childhood places that I loved going to on summer vacatio...
The camera is a lamp, a light, and a recorder of worlds visible and invisible
Once one has spent years looking through a viewfinder or composing images on a screen, ordinary vision changes. You begin noticing relationships of shape, light, shadow, texture, color, and perspective that many people simply pass by. The w...
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Former teacher, newspaper writer and editor, and reference librarian. Passionate about landscape and vernacular photography. Observer and writer about life and it’s limitless possibilities.
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