Ok, here's one of those "Sometimes it's amazing what Alabama connections can pop up" blog posts. Fasten your seat belts. ...

In a previous post I've taken a look at Alabama's sesquicentennial activities in 1969 in celebration of statehood in 1819. I'...

Recently we made a trip to see our daughter Becca Leon and grandson Ezra who live near Jacksonville, Florida. On the way back to Pelham we e...

On November 2, 1939, an art deco movie house named the Alabama Theatre opened in Houston, Texas. The first film shown was The Man About To...

In cleaning out some stuff at mom's recently, I came across this bottle in a box  of other wines from California and Tennessee. These bo...

In one of our albums of old family photos I found a few from Dad's time at Auburn University in the second half of the 1940's. I...

One thing I like to do on this blog is highlight some of Alabama's lesser known authors. The state has a rich literary history that'...