Tag: Heritage
Snippets from Southern Pages
From the Foreword by Walter Edgar And it is Sledge’s love of books, his passion for the written word, that...
Losing the Last Appomattox
The house is for sale today, listed on the market next to any starter home in Midtown or split-level ranch in a...
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Blood Sport Unwrapped
The nose is the first place to find signs of a fighter’s past, and Jack Tillman’s runs straighter than the streets of...
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Ask McGehee: What is the story behind that Egyptian temple downtown?
What Mobilians have most recently called “The Temple Downtown” is currently an event venue but was created as Mobile’s Scottish Rite Cathedral, ...
Write On: A Southern Voice
There isn’t an ounce of writer’s ego in Michael Morris. In fact, if you were to meet him casually and ask what...
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Boogie on the Bay
Cicero, the Roman author and philosopher (106 - 43 B.C) noted: “No sober person dances.” Cicero would have been right at...
Bon Temps on Canvas
Dauphin Island watercolorist Linda Miller vividly remembers the day she attended her first Mardi Gras parade. The year was 2000. “Children and adults...
Spotlight: A Comic Cowboy
Since 1884, the Comic Cowboys of Wragg Swamp have brought political satire and cultural humor to Mobile’s Mardi Gras experience. The group...
Ask McGehee: Who was Sidney McCall?
Over its long history, Mobile has established a reputation for producing talented and successful writers. As the 19th century progressed, there...
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A Head of the Game
In Alabama, like most of North America, January isn’t a particularly fruitful time of year. The landscape is mostly bare, ...