Line Drives and Lipstick
Growing up in Prichard in the 1930s and ’40s, Delores Brumfield wasn’t like the other girls. Instead of making paper dolls and hosting tea parties, the...
The Mediterranean Diet Made Easy
The Happy Olive
For years, as the principal of Fairhope K-1 Center, Vickie Bailey devoted her time and energy to improving the young minds of her community; now she is...
Swamp Writer: The Landing
Pie owns the landing where I launch my boat. Her office is an old abandoned nightclub on the riverbank. From here, she collects $5 for every parked...
Portrait of a Lady
Entering Stevi Gaston’s backyard studio for the first time, I spot a lone floral still life peeking out from amongst a dozen or so other recent paintings....
Literary Charm
To read one of Margaret Cunningham’s three novels is to be carried away on a light and entertaining romp that suggests nothing so much as the plot of...
The Rebecca Diaries
Certain songs have a way of making a girl want to dance in a field of daisies and then sit for a spell, picking apart the flower while...
Advantage Mobile
At a Dauphin Street dive bar recently, I stood tableside and watched my buddy close out yet another pool victory. Eight ball, side pocket. His opponent...
What Makes You Beautiful?
Some answer that it’s their confidence; others say compassion. A few cite dazzling smiles or silvering hair, while others mention spunky personality or a willingness to serve others. Is beauty...
Catching Alligators
I learned about catching alligators from my neighbor, Butch Dobson. His camp looks like a mobile home jacked up onto pilings, but upon close inspection, ...
A True Man of Letters
How do you find the universal in the particular?” asks Mobile Bay-area wordsmith Roy Hoffman while we enjoy a relaxing lunch on the Causeway. In fact, the...