Friday, January 13, 2017

Let's Connect an Author, Actress & Film Director to Alabama!

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On a blog by author BV Lawson called In Reference to Murder , I recently read a review of Hugh Cosgro Weir's 1914 short story collectio...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Birmingham Photo of the Day (54): World Newspaper & Cotton Club

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This photograph shows a block of businesses along 17th Street North and was taken by the Jefferson County Board of Equalization for purposes...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

A Visit to Fort Payne (2)

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In the fall of 2012 Dianne and I visited the Fort Payne area and stayed a few days in DeSoto State Park. The first blog post about that trip...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

What's Coming to the Blog in 2017?

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On January 1, 2016, I posted an item under a similar title purporting to described what was coming to the blog in the coming year. I had don...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

A Visit to Fort Payne (1)

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In the fall of 2012 Dianne and I made a trip up to Desoto State Park outside Fort Payne and stayed for a few days. These photos are from t...
Friday, December 23, 2016

New Year's Eve in Montgomery in 1967

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Recently I began looking for some photos to use in one of my history of holidays in Alabama blog posts on New Year's Eve and Day. As oft...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Alabama Book Covers (16): William P, McGivern

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At some point in the dim mists of the past I ran across the Wikipedia entry for fiction and television writer William P. McGivern, which no...