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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Alabamian Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain
In about 1985 Hugh Grant starred in a movie called “The Englishman who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain.” It’s about a World War I-era village whose inhabitants didn’t like the idea of their local mountain being … Continue reading
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Tagged David Lowry, driving on icy road, Euclid Avenue, Hugh Grant, Mountain Brook Alabama, snow day
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What he was born to do
As adorable as he is, and despite the fact that he does spend a lot of time indoors, Bean is not a parlor dog. He is, in the vernacular of the South, “a huntin’ dog.” Boykin Spaniels were originally bred … Continue reading
Mama Howard’s Thanksgiving
My Great-Grandmother was known to half the county as “Mama Howard.” One year when I was in my twenties we were all having Thanksgiving at my grandparents’ house and my mother called to invite Mama Howard over to eat with … Continue reading
A Touch of the Master’s Hands
Our Boykin Spaniel, Cocoa, has never met a human she doesn’t love. Big, little, bold or timid. If someone is offering ear scratches or belly rubs, Cocoa is their friend. She was in doggie heaven the day we took her … Continue reading
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Tagged Bean Parables, Boykin Spaniel, Hoss Kent, Karen Estes Lowry, Kent, Mountain Brook Baptist Church
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Sounds of the Times
While the beauty of the Ocala National Forest is indescribable, the sounds of the forest were memorable as well. On warm summer nights chirping crickets and croaking bullfrogs filled the air with a sound as big as a big bass … Continue reading
Fine Antiques, Beauty Salon, and Live Bait
One of our forest neighbors was such an interesting person I’ve often said that if she were a character in a book, no one would believe her. It’s impossible to think up anyone as fascinating as Dorothy Green actually was. … Continue reading
Mother’s love of turtles
One might assume that a woman born and raised in Alabama with parents who farmed would be a country girl. Not so much the case with my Mother. She knew how to process garden produce and she had picked cotton … Continue reading
He stopped a jail break with a broom handle
In one episode of “The Andy Griffith Show,” Aunt Bea decided it wasn’t good for Opie to hang out at the jail. She insisted Opie find somewhere else to play and when that got him in trouble, they all decided … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Andy Griffith, jail break, LaFayette, Mayberry, Ocklawaha Bridge Baptist Church, Raymond Estes
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The Day We Caught the Alligator
Even for Florida kids used to living among critters, a baby alligator was cause for excitement. It was the 1960s and alligators were on America’s Endangered Species List. In Pre-Disney Florida, tourists flocked to Ross Allen’s Reptile Institute in Silver … Continue reading
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Tagged alligator, Karen Estes Lowry, McCandless, Ocala National Forest, Ross Allen, Silver Springs
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Lela Leslie Willingham
I never knew her but Lela Leslie Willingham had a profound influence on my life. She was an English teacher in LaFayette, Alabama in the 1930s and 40s. She was quoted regularly in our home when I was growing up. … Continue reading
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