ALONG THE CORDUROY ROAD The old home place stood among large oak trees at the top of a hill, more of a rise actually,…
If you are ever invited to a real country noontime dinner in the South, jump at the chance to see what the fuss about…
Saturdays in Town in the Country by Becki McAnnally My husband and I both remember a time when you went to “town” on Saturdays.…
The Big Fishing Trip by Joe Baxter Davis In about 1944, we lived in Equality, Coosa County, Alabama. Our friend Jack told us about…
MUSIC OF THE BANDS by Jean Butterworth Here comes the Million Dollar Band! This was music to my ears in late 1950’s as I…
Old Auburn photographs found at Alabama Department of Archives and History. . . Photographs made by Bill Wood. of the 1956 Wreck Tech Pajama…
Thoughts from a 1908 newspaper..... These thoughts are as relevant today as in 1908. . . Someone said, "Life without a friend is death without a witness."…
REALITIES by Dorothy Graham Gast Click to read more of Dorothy Gast's stories When I read Proverbs 31 as a teenager, I decided…
RANDOM THOUGHTS The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but also to leave unsaid…
Isn't the world amazing today! Today we can share our thoughts and ideas with everyone in the world with only the click of a…
(I never thought about this before, but I bet it happens a lot.) A Pastor has to eat some strange meals. Here are some…
Do you remember these days? WHEN TEACHERS COULDN'T WEAR PANTS by Dorothy Graham Gast Two years after public school teachers in other schools were wearing…
In the 1930s and 1940s, bus travel was the common way to travel to school, around town and to other parts of the country.…
“Ice Cream” Sunday By Ben White It was Sunday morning; the sun was just beginning to come over the horizon, the sky was clear…
YES, I Remember Those Perms by Dorothy Graham Gast An aunt who was a beautician was prevailed upon during a visit to my grandmother's…
Our ancestors often had unique ways of turning a phrase. Have you ever heard these old sayings? Here are some more. “Good Lord…
The Adventures (or MISadventures) of Lily by Becki McAnnally Another chapter in the (mis)adventures of my grandmother, Lily. This story involves a “Yankee” visitor…
Grandma and Grandpa Graham by Dorothy Graham Gast We were blessed to grow up next door to Grandpa and Grandma in Romulus, Alabama. The…
I always enjoy the beautiful dogwoods, azaleas, and daffodils in my yard in the spring, but worry each year that we might have a “blackberry winter,"…
The Strange Bedfellow by Shannon Hollon My great grandfather Robert Bearden(pawpaw) (1898-1984) was a true outdoorsman cut from the same cloth as Davy Crockett.…
THINGS I LEARNED WITH AGE Learned to pick my battles, - “Will this matter one year from now? How about one month: One week? One…
Christmas Surprise by Clifford Dobyns I was five years old in 1937 and unknown to me was that my parents had decided to get…
Have you put up a Christmas Tree? Christmas trees appeared in Germany about 1600 and a few might have been found among German settlers…
LET'S THINK POSITIVE Living on Earth is expensive but it does include a free trip around the sun every year Photograph of a class…
Eight Party Line Back Then When I was in high school we had one rotary black dial telephone that was an eight party line. …
[Many people in the Sylacauga area around the time of WWII can probably relate to this story.] As told to Donna R. Causey by Pearl…
While transcribing records from old newspapers, I frequently run across some great gems of wisdom and humor like below: From an 1908 newspaper Some…
Patron+ member story Household tips from the past - some can still be used today For Removing Oil – Chloroform will remove machine oil from…
RICKWOOD FIELD – THE OLDEST STANDING BASEBALL STADIUM IN THE NATION HAS A BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 18TH Thanks to A. H. "Rick" Woodward, Birmingham,…
MY LIFE VALLIE MAY HARRIS (BICKNER) (born 9/25/1912) 3rd daughter of Oscar Lloyd Harris and Miriam Vivalvie Atkinson (Harris) To all of my family,…
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