Life

Why Have a Funeral? Funeral… just the mere word will cause some to shrink away from the rest of this article.  It strikes fear in the heart of many, causes …

RED BAY-The traveling Smithsonian exhibit “The Way We worked” made its first stop at the quaint town of Red Bay at the Weatherford Centre.  It will be on display until …

MONTGOMERY-While recent black bear sightings in Lee County have some residents concerned about their safety, wildlife experts say these animals tend to avoid contact with humans. The two sightings occurred …

“An interesting article written by the Florence Police Department and reprinted here for your information.” FLORENCE-The “CSI Effect” is the idea that members of the public and crime victims have …

TUSCUMBIA–  A dear  friend and contributor to The Quad-Cities Daily, Mary Carton just turned Sixty and here are a few lessons she has learned along the way.         …

TUPELO-The Natchez Trace Parkway will welcome Public Historian Brian Mast to the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center on June 29, 2013. Mast, from the Black Belt Museum at the University …

TUSCUMBIA-Thelma was at the Rockpile Park below Wilson Dam taking pictures of the flooding and all that water coming through the spillways of the dam.  She met a father on …

Carlsbad & Albuquerque, NM – (Days 8, 9 & 10) We rolled into Carlsbad, NM and got checked into our motel, the room they gave us was hot as heck, so …

SAN ANTONIO, TX – Our last two days in San Antonio were fast paced days, on Tuesday we took the Hotel shuttle downtown to The Alamo Plaza.  We went over to the …

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Saturday we drove down to Galveston Island to check out the beaches.  Now all of us just take for granted the beautiful white sandy beaches we have …

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Our great western adventure started on Thursday morning as we rolled out of the drive-way on our 22nd wedding anniversary at 7:10 a.m. heading for our first stop …

DECATUR – We rolled out at O-dark thirty Saturday heading to Decatur for the 2013 Alabama Jubilee Balloon Festival.  It was cool crisp spring morning that just makes you feel alive and …

SHEFFIELD – The Old Railroad Bridge Company, Inc. (ORBC) is proud to announce the first annual Dr. Bill Foster Bluegrass on The Bridge festival scheduled for Saturday, June 15, 2013.  …

TUSCUMBIA-Act 2?  Before you go back looking for Act 1, there isn’t one, but I’ll give a recap though from bits and pieces of old posts.  My old screen porch …

TUSCUMBIA-Back a few weeks ago at the beginning of a miserable cold spell I went out to the greenhouse to pot camellia cuttings I brought home from Mobile.  When I …

TUSCUMBIA-Eastern Bluebirds are starting to nest.  They are vigorous insect eaters and are good birds to have around. It’s not too late to get up a bluebird box.  A cedar …

MONTGOMERY-The Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) is the largest snake found in North America. The adult snake can reach lengths greater than 8 feet. Its scales are a glossy bluish …

Columbia, TN – It was a cold and dreary Friday morning when we left Florence and headed north on Highway 43 to Loretto to pick up our friends Bobby & …

Tuscumbia-I must explain,  I have these three rescued Border collies that keep me young.  By that I mean, they are always busy, and those of you familiar with Border collies …