Tag: People
The Pier Pounders
By 7 a.m. legions of folks occupy the Alabama Gulf State Park Pier. Apparently, about half of them know each other. For the...
Baldwin Fresh
What is it about farms? A trip to the farm could represent unbridled freedom, warm nostalgia or even a look back into the...
Stem to Stern
In October 2015, several eager members of Point Yacht Club loaded their small sailboats. They were preparing to set out from Josephine, ...
Spotlight: Bobby Abruscato
Bobby Abruscato has a fish tale or two. After 50 years of angling, the legendary...
Man of the Wild
When I was a boy in Point Clear, I occasionally saw a mostly-naked man swimming past my grandparents’ wharf in the dead of...
Citronelle's Wonderboy
At some point, Carvel William “Bama” Rowell must have asked himself, “What’s a guy gotta do to get a free watch?” When...
Spotlight: Bonnie Allen
Bonnie Allen is the happiest woman in Chickasaw. Anybody who’s ever entered her marvelously decorated home or met her impossibly sweet husband...
The Amazing Life of Mark Johnson
Cops can’t lose fights. That’s not to say they’re incapable of losing fights — just that losing one is not an option. Because...
The Amazing Life of Tom Galloway
On December 14, 1944, Tom Galloway turned 21 years old. Galloway, a second lieutenant with the 28th Infantry Division, rarely...
Double Vision
Mike, Judson, Michael + Richard Sanders Brothers Mike Sanders and Judson Sanders say that they have...