Old time religion in frontier country

Somebody mentioned the lack of catalpa worms this year. They are prized as fishbait. The mention reminded me of the big catalpa tree that stood near the front of Grandpa’s tabernacle. Grandpa and Grandma Sanders were of the Puritanical persuasion. While for some...

Focus on what’s truly important

By 8 a.m., I’d already showered, packed and enjoyed a hot cup of coffee on my fifth floor balcony overlooking the unparalleled beauty of the white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach. I felt great! Twenty three hours...

Evolution of ‘radio’

We’ve been talking about radio. Time to get off that. By slashing out a whole lot, I’ll try to hit just a high point or two. After “The War” (WWII), radio stations popped up all over the place, like bitterweeds on a poor hillside pasture. There were a few super...

My snakebitten dog

Week before last, I wrote that whereas last year when my dogs had located six copperheads on my property, I was pleased that not a single one had turned up this year. I was overly optimistic. I own three dogs, and when I return home each afternoon, they are all...

10-18 Legals

NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE By virtue of a writ of execution dated the 10th day of July, 2013 directed and delivered to me as Sheriff of the County of Lee and issued out of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Alabama on a judgment rendered in such Court on Case Number...