by The Observer Staff | Jun 30, 2021 | Community
By Emery LayFor the Opelika Observer This summer, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is displaying two new exhibits. These include “Outside In”, which opened in January 2021, and “Crafting America”, which opened more recently on Tuesday, June 29. Outside In is...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 30, 2021 | Community
Contributed by Angi Hron Just over one year ago, Bama in a Box launched from a small office in downtown Troy, Alabama. The subscription box service, created by small business owner Angi Horn, delivers boxes of Alabama-made products to their customers. The company...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 30, 2021 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH Fire 9:02 p.m. — My wife and I parked beside the bay, facing the water, to watch the fireworks. I hear the distant sound of children laughing in the night. The popping of far-off bottle rockets. It’s July 4th and it’s been a weird day. I can’t...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 30, 2021 | Column
By BRADLEY ROBERTSON Just before Mother’s Day weekend a few weeks back, I became a shepherd, or maybe I should say, a shepherdess. Either way, it happened. A baby lamb, becoming motherless at birth, joined our wild farm family. She gained a new mother, a new father,...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 30, 2021 | Column, Wendy Hodge
By WENDY HODGE It’s that time of year again – the season of bathing suits, bare feet and beaches. It is summer, and this week I am so grateful to find myself in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on a vacation with my best friend’s family. This is a yearly tradition for...
