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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...
Nature’s Playground
The Statue of Liberty of the Gulf Coast. That’s what Fairhope artist Dean Mosher calls a 42-foot-tall sculpture that stands as the new...
Ask McGehee: What is the history of the median on Spring Hill Avenue?
There has been a median on Spring Hill Avenue since at least 1860 when Col. Lorenzo Madison Wilson incorporated the Mobile and Spring...
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...
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...
Advantage Mobile
At a Dauphin Street dive bar recently, I stood tableside and watched my buddy close out yet another pool victory. Eight ball,...
Ask McGehee: Was there ever a fort at Spanish Fort?
The Baldwin County community draws its name from an actual fort, which was built by Spanish troops in a classic European design...
Catching Alligators
I learned about catching alligators from my neighbor, Butch Dobson. His camp looks like a mobile home jacked up onto pilings, ...