“Cerinthy Ann contrived to produce an agreeable electric shock by declaring that for her part she never could see into it how any girl could marry a minister; that she should as soon think of setting up housekeeping in a meeting-house. “‘Oh, Cerinthy Ann!’ exclaimed her mother, ‘...
On my annual Southern Sojourn (states visited: Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi), my siblings and I are telling childhood tales to my 15 nieces and nephews still young enough to find the notion of us as children fascinating. “The Happy Willow” featured in more than one story, which...
siblings/ With your mama awaiting your daddy in jail," Hood warbles through his mealy Alabaman twang at the top of 2002'sDecoration Day— one of the cult rock band's most beloved albums. "And your oldest brother was away at a home/ And you didn't meet him 'til you were 19 years ...
Back in the mid to late 1800s the Tennessee River in northern Alabama froze hard enough that they cut ice blocks from it to store in insulated bunkers for use through the summer. These days not so much, thank the Lord for refrigeration. As for Global Warming, simple solution. Surface deto...
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, there are many characters that demonstrate heroic qualities. The story is narrated by a young girl named Scout Finch who lives in Maycomb County Alabama in the 1930’s. There is a lot of racial prejudice in Maycomb County and Scou...
YouTube May 2, 1974: Frederick and Inga Marry ('Young Frankenstein') Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) isn't proud of who he is, and would rather have his name pronounced as "Fronkensteen" so he can exist at least slightly incognito. He's no madman in 1974'sYoung Frankensteineither,...
YouTube May 2, 1974: Frederick and Inga Marry ('Young Frankenstein') Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) isn't proud of who he is, and would rather have his name pronounced as "Fronkensteen" so he can exist at least slightly incognito. He's no madman in 1974'sYoung Frankensteineither,...
“Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’re going to get” (Hanks). Many times when books are changed into movies they are done incorrectly. Forrest Gump is one of these examples. Forrest Gump, the novel, was written in 1986 by the author Winston Groom. The movie...
I have traveled the world many times and have a personal interest in language and cultures. I have lived in many place, I live in Europe currently. I simply want to help you filter out the mixed messages you receive from the media and popular culture. ...
Most important has been the GOP’s success at consolidating Senate seats across these 25 states. After Trump’s initial victory in 2016, Democrats still held seven of their 50 Senate seats, a number that grew to eight after Democrat Doug Jones won a 2017 special election in Alabama. But, e...