In January 2020 I posted "The Empty Project: Alabama (1)", so here we are with part two in this series. My introduction to that on...

As a Wikipedia article tells us, Alabama has 41 official state symbols . The postcard below only had room for six: the state flag, adopted i...

In August 2019 my brother Richard and I made a trip to Scottsboro and visited among other places Unclaimed Baggage . Their web site will te...

Since 2015 I have begun each year with a post outlining some of the pieces I'd like to write in the coming year. These posts have become...

Professional heavyweight boxer Joe Louis is one of the most famous sports figures native to Alabama, and one of the first African-Americans...

In July I wrote a piece on Branch Books in Hartselle. As I noted then, " I've written a number of blog posts about Alabama booksto...

Sometimes I just like to be silly on this blog, so here we go. In October 2021 I did one of these pieces using photos of Amazon deliveries ...