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Swamp Writer: The Trailer Park
There is a place deep in the fetid Delta backwater that we call the Trailer Park. While camp Whiskey Breath is the most...
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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...
Modern Day Royalty
“Arthur is not really into the king thing in the beginning, and it’s sort of thrust upon him. He has to grow...
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...
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Downtown Sizing
Lucy Cope was ready for a change. It was a transition that would put her living right smack in the middle of the action...
Hearty Meals
Every January, countless people pledge to change their lifestyles for the better, to eat healthier, lose weight, exercise more....
Restoration Wish List
Mobile has made tremendous progress on the historic-preservation front in recent years. The Battle House, the GM&O Railroad Building, the Protestant Children's Home and...
Swamp Writer: Delta Heckler
As I recall, a friend of my brother Reid’s says he has a pontoon boat that sunk in Lake Martin. All he...
The “Mad Men” of the Bay
Contrary to norms of the “Mad Men”-era, the 21st century boasts a new branding world and corporate environment where women compete on equal footing,...
Journey of a Native Son
I first encountered Frye Gaillard on the page. It was some 15 years ago, during a somnolent Mobile afternoon, typically muggy...