Enter the garden of love, peace and goodwill

"So much of life is what you roll and where you land." 4/28/17 The Garden Masterpiece Grown From Rescued Plants In Bishopville, South Carolina, Pearl Fryar is a local gardening legend. When he first moved to the small town in the 1980s, he was almost unable to build his house because neighbors feared that as an African American, he wouldn't keep up his yard. Determined to dispel that stereotype, Fryar went on to win "Yard of the Month" from the local garden club. Since then, he's created a world-renowned topiary garden with more than 300 plants, most of which were rescued from the compost pile of a local nursery. Lost to the Sands of Time: The Ghost Town of Namibia This far-flung desert town was once one of the world's richest, but was abandoned after World War I and has been slowly sinking into the sand ever since. Take a tour of Kolmanskop, Namibia. She Sings the Blues: Jamming With the Legendary Beverly Watkins Beverly Watkins plays a mean blues guitar, and that's putting it mildly. Over six decades of performing, she has opened for Ray Charles, James Brown, BB King and other legendary musicians. She's one of the greatest female blues guitarists and still plays local gigs in Atlanta.  Copyright © 2017 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list