#Throwback Thursday
I was eleven or twelve years old (1977 or 78) when this photo with my sister was taken. My father worked for Northeast Alabama Junior College (as it was named Read More …
Category: DeKalb County Alabama Memories
Cocoons
When I was a teenager, I loved to hunt for moth cocoons. Although the cocoons were brown and drab, most of them, they were like a treasure for me. An Read More …
Charlie, the Best Dog From My Youth
I’ve been trying to find an old picture of Charlie. He was the most loyal dog I ever had when I was a child. Charlie’s mother was Sheba, which was Read More …
The Legend of Zelda
In December of 1992, while I was on Christmas break from Berea College, my mother had been listening to the morning ‘swap-shop’ radio program. Someone had called in and stated Read More …
The Things I Remember About DeKalb County, AL, From My Youth
Almost a year ago I visited Fort Payne and Rainsville, AL, for the first time in several years. After the devastating tornadoes in 2011, so much has changed, but the Read More …
Snow: The Conspiracy
Our first snow occurred yesterday. Nothing else seems more peaceful than watching the first twirling flakes drift from the sky and fall with the gentleness of a feather. Snow’s white Read More …
Never Poke a Hornet’s Nest
Sound advice, isn’t it? When I was eight or nine years old, two of my cousins came to visit. They were brothers and four to five years older than I. Read More …
Fishing: The One in a Million Cast
When I was a child, I often wanted to go fishing. Although I had begged my father numerous times to take me fishing, I can remember only two times that Read More …
Happy Thanksgiving!
When I was a kid, my mother always placed the turkey in the oven before going to bed. The next morning when we awakened, the smell of turkey filled the Read More …
What Time Is It?
It’s the time of year where each day almost has equal daylight hours as with night. When the time change occurs, mistakes can easily occur. Some years ago, in 1990, Read More …