Tag: Ask McGehee
A Strong Voice
Jesmyn Ward is a fighter. You wouldn’t know it to look at her. Elegant and graceful with a beautiful smile, she is the very image of a...
Tinseltown Storyteller
Fannie Flagg calls me in Flagstaff, Ariz., from Santa Barbara, Calif., two of the most un-Southern places imaginable, but when we connect it’s...
The Joys of Junk Food
We flip over chips, go goofy for gumdrops, and turn cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. You love snacks and so do your neighbors. We know because we...
Spotlight: Martha Peek
Being an educator is in Martha Peek’s blood. Her family has been involved with the Mobile County Public School System continuously in some way or another for 104...
The Chuckfee Revival
I spent the month before reinforcing the mudsills under the camp and nailing up extra floor joists. Then, I called my insurance agent and took out an...
Face to Face with Nature
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, sunflowers are a common food...
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 Boy Scouts of America are...
A Legendary Penman
I meet Winston Groom at a Downtown Fairhope eatery on a gloomy, gray, wet and chilly day, “good writing weather, ” he calls it. Indeed,...
Spotlight: Sjon A. Harless
Mobile native Sjon A. Harless has been catching world-record fish for seven years. The International Game and Fish Association’s top female saltwater angler of 2012 harnessed her skills...
The Fiery Debate
I’ve seen fire at work. One morning, I drove past a pitcher plant bog, a tangle of grasses and forbs. By sunset, it was scorched...