by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
I love you ‘Honey’ OPINION — Life lessons abound in the common events of life. I learned a good one while refilling the little honey jar I bought from Ruttan Family Farms in LaPine, Alabama.My son Steve’s friend, Butch Ruttan, is the beekeeper who runs the...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
MERADITH DUNN ALPIN MERADITH DUNN APLIN – Meradith Dunn Aplin, 36, went to be with Jesus on Aug. 20, 2024, surrounded by her family. Meradith is survived by her husband Luke Aplin; her son Pruett Aplin; and her daughter Merritt Drake Aplin; along with her...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
AUG. 29 — THIRD THURSDAY POETRY SERIESAuburn University’s Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities will host the Third Thursday Poetry Series on Aug. 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Pebble Hill (101 S. Debardeleben St., Auburn) featuring local readers...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s all in the algorithms OPINION — I woke up, staggered from my bedroom and made coffee. I pulled out my phone and commenced to scroll social media. On my screen, [there was] a young woman, in pajamas, dancing in her kitchen. She was maybe mid twenties, with a...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Beth Pinyerd, Column
Teaching children our Labor Day lessons OPINION — I remember that when I was a child we didn’t start the school year till after Labor Day due to not having air conditioning in the schools. I really looked forward to Labor Day, but I didn’t know why we celebrated Labor...
