by The Observer Staff | Oct 25, 2023 | Ann Cipperly
BY ANN CIPPERLY As I look back over the past 15 years of my food column being in The Observer, starting with the first issue, I am reminded of many wonderful cooks who have shared their recipes, as well as spending busy days looking through my own recipe files. The...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 25, 2023 | Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH The man had a dream. In this dream, he died. It happened so quickly he almost didn’t know life was over. One minute he was alive; the next, poof, he was organic fertilizer.He went to Beulah Land. And it was the whole heavenly enchilada. Everything...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 25, 2023 | Opinions
WILLIAM BRUCE LEE William Bruce Lee, of Opelika, passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents Emmett Jackson and Lucille Hagan Lee, siblings Euartis Lowe and her husband Robert, Minnie Harrison and her...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 25, 2023 | Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —During my early and middle years, but not much during my older years, there were occasions when I had lustful thoughts while admiring the beauty of another man’s wife. Each time that happened, I heard the inner voice of Jesus saying, “Relax,...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 25, 2023 | Bruce Green
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —Last week we saw from Daniel 3 how Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego made the courageous decision on the plain of Dura not to bow down to the image Nebuchadnezzar had made. They doubled down on this when the king offered them another opportunity....