By Sarah West After the storm, the winds quieted and the light turned to sunset hues of melon and lavender. The fresh scent of twisted pine,...
Column Articles
Recognizing your child’s gifts and talents
By Beth Pinyerd Classroom Observer Summer is a time as a parent or family that we can truly observe and get to know our children better. We are not...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Folks, don’t look now, but the 2020 presidential election is upon us. Indeed, as many as 21 Democratic aspirants are already...
Celebrate Independence Day in a 1776 setting at American Village
By Ann Cipperly With fireworks lighting up the sky at twilight, celebrate the Fourth of July this year with a patriotic theme in a setting...
Hospitality, Confederate style
By Hardy Jackson In some states, April was designated Confederate History and Heritage month. Every year when it rolls around, the historian in me...
Embrace what is important
By Beth Pinyerd I am so very thankful for the many opportunities I have had to be around senior citizens during the years. One truth that has been...
Empty-handed
By Wendy Hodge Summers in Alabama have always been a hot mess. Literally. As the youngest child in a middle-class family, I knew there were people...
American
DEAR SEAN: The nation is going down the toilet, bro, and it is people like you (no offense) who are inadvertently doing more harm than good. I don’t...
An ‘Alabama Bucket List’: Mt. Cheaha
On the road again, we loaded up the truck; kids, bikes, tents, food, coolers and all the things, including a dog. By persuasion of my eldest child,...