Tag: Life + Culture
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Wonder Kids 2012
Marlin Brutkiewicz, 17, Will Glass, 17 • Olympic Trials Competitors
How they spent their summer vacations
Following a rigorous training schedule, in late June, the Mobile...
Ask McGehee: When was Government Plaza built, and how did that design ever get...
A Mobile County Courthouse had stood on the southwest corner of Government and Royal streets since 1822. The fifth and last incarnation had...
Bringing Home History
Spider Alley. No, it’s not the title of a Stephen King novel. Paul and Pat Mayer’s Spring Hill home takes its name...
Backyard Bites
Melissa and Steve Miller are always up for a party. The vibrant, fun couple is renowned for their energy and enthusiasm when it comes...
Authentic Throwbacks
Every Smalltown, U.S.A. has them; these are ours – people and places that stand the tests of time with grace and vigor. Birmingham photographer...
Swamp Writer: Dispatches from the Most Remote Area of Alabama
The air is still cool with the tailings of spring and the sky is deep blue. The river sparkles and flows deep and...
The Plow
In this historic photograph from the Fairhope Single Tax Colony Archives, a Baldwin County farmer puts in his crop with a horse-drawn...
Photo Finish
Walking through Chris and Linda Hartsfield’s spacious home on the Timbercreek Golf Course, one notices much of Chris’ photography, and a...
The Greek Legacy
Greeks in Mobile and Baldwin counties When my wife and I moved to Mobile, in August 1970, we were living...
Daphne, the Jubilee City
Daphne is home to people who came to partake of the rich resources of Mobile Bay’s eastern shore. They gathered to collect seafood miraculously...