One day before Christmas Way Back When I was in first grade, I couldn't wait to get to school. We were going to make clay pots to give our parents for Christmas. My teacher had dug the clay from … more

Y'all remember way back when people sat around the dinner table and talked forever? In the world we live in today, most of us do not live the Norman Rockwell image of family mealtime where … more

When I was little, I dreamed of being an archaeologist. I even learned to spell it before Spellcheck took over my writing. I pictured myself using that cute little brush to clean centuries of dirt … more

Do you remember way back when people used to go to hotels built especially for health purposes? Did you know there was one in Bay Minette – the Campbell Sanitorium? My Aunt Rosie and Uncle Carl … more

Do you remember way back when there were Egyptian murals painted on the walls of three Fairhope buildings? I sure can. We were visiting Fairhope one day in the 1970s and saw a young man painting … more

Do you remember way back when? ... Gulf Coast Media ran a series of columns written by Harriet Outlaw? Readers looked forward to the bi-weekly tales from our area. She wrote about Spanish moss, … more