Face to Face with Nature
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ABOVE LEFT An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly collects nectar from a Tithonia, also known as a Mexican sunflower, in Fairhope. A member of the Asteraceae family,...
Hot List: 10 Summer Musts
IDEAS FOR THE KIDS Kayaking 101 Five Rivers Delta Safari • 5 Rivers Blvd., Spanish Fort. 259-8531. Sunday mornings. Children ages...
A Penman for All Seasons
Sonny Brewer arrives for our interview perched atop a long, black-seated gray scooter with two boxes of books duct-taped behind him. Settled...
Spotlight: Seth Peden & Fairhope Boy Scouts of America Troop 47
Given today’s fast-paced youth culture, the need for instilling values such as leadership, trustworthiness and self-reliance has never been greater. The...
Missing the Boat
Dear City of Mobile officials, please consider these suggestions for converting Downtown’s cruise terminal into a moneymaker.
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Princess Aerial
I grew up in Fairhope. My grandfather, Craig Sheldon (carpenter, writer, activist), started building his storybook castle in the...
Random Proud
It may have been the worst looking vessel I’d ever seen: a blue-hulled houseboat about 40 feet long, tied to a plank...
Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll
In January, Heart’s founding guitarist, Roger Fisher, below left, sent an invitation to select friends and fans for the band’s induction into the Rock...
Our Cuban Connection
A cast bronze statue of Frenchman Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville stands in Mobile’s Cooper Riverside Park, serenely facing the port of the...
A Legendary Penman
I meet Winston Groom at a Downtown Fairhope eatery on a gloomy, gray, wet and chilly day, “good writing weather,...