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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...
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...
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, ...
Advantage Mobile
At a Dauphin Street dive bar recently, I stood tableside and watched my buddy close out yet another pool victory. Eight ball,...
Catching Alligators
I learned about catching alligators from my neighbor, Butch Dobson. His camp looks like a mobile home jacked up onto pilings, ...
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...
Palms Spring
I’ve visited lots of tree farms: Christmas trees in Virginia, pines around Alabama, maples near Auburn. The last thing I expected...
Aqua Culture
Melissa and Michael Spellmeyer always hoped someday they would wind up with a house on the water. The couple, along with their two sons,...
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...
Colorful Sensations
Artist Joy Gardner brings her talent and creativity to both the palette and palate. She enjoys painting as a passion and profession and...