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Borrowed Grandparents
When my parents left their home in Alabama to move to Florida in the 1950s, I almost got cheated out of grandparents—almost. I got to know my grandparents through cards, letters, long-distance phone calls and the occasional week-long visit. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatrice, Beedle, Charlie, Christine, Earl, Estes, Frances, Gertie, Goldie, Harrington, Hartman, Hartselle, Henderson, Hoffman, Holly, Juniper Springs, Karen, Lowry, Midkiff, Ocklawaha bridge, Ocklawaha Bridge Baptist Church, Oswald, Peebles, Raymond, Robert, Rose
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Pound Cake Packing Preacher
In 2009, Oxmoor House Publishers came out with a book called Southern Living Comfort Food. The back cover of the book carried the following quote from Susan Dosier, a former executive editor at Southern Living: “Maybe a pound cake needs … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham Baptist Association, cream cheese pound cake, Karen Estes Lowry, Kate Randall, McElwain Baptist Church, Ocala National Forest, Ocklawaha Bridge Baptist Church, Patsy Arnold, pound cake, pound cake packing preacher, Raymond Estes, Southern Living, Susan Dosier, The Alabama Baptist
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Sleeping Arrangements
On a trip to Historic Williamsburg, Virginia, I loved touring old homes, taverns, government buildings, and shops and learning about everyday life in the 1700s. One of the fascinating tidbits I learned on a tour of a historic inn was … Continue reading
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The Today Show got it wrong
This morning the Today Show did a segment on debunking traditional wisdom. They said it’s OK to go out in the winter with wet hair and turkey doesn’t make you sleepy. They also said fireplaces don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Frances Peebles, Karen Estes Lowry, Ocala National Forest, Robert Peebles
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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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