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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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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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