An exciting salute to Fairhope Veterans

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / November 11, 2015 /

Alabama’s oldest Boy Scout Troop, 47-led off the Fairhope Veteran’s Day Parade in grand style. The parade was held this past Saturday and today will be the grand display of our, “Symbols of Sacrifice: Poppies for Veterans.”   A friend took this wonderful photo of the 3,400 handmade poppies after they were “planted” yesterday morning,…

Granddaddy ain’t no haint

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / November 9, 2015 /

The book was first published in 1969, but it didn’t become widely known until several years later. I remember my Daddy sitting with his Daddy and brothers beneath the pecan trees, passing it around, each reading for a few minutes, then with exasperated looks, shaking their heads and passing it on to the next person…

Haunted Baldwin County Alabama

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / November 2, 2015 /

Hey, look! I have another talented friend who wrote a book . . . I have the coolest friends!   You may remember meeting Harriet Outlaw in my story about her wonderful house, Benulee. As if she weren’t fascinating enough with everything else she does, Harriet has now filled a book with her knowledge of…

Humidity doomed snack

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / October 29, 2015 /

If anyone lives South of Montgomery Alabama and can make this recipe work, I’ll give you a full beauty pageant curtsey and a rousing round of applause. It’s late October, and temperatures here in Fairhope keep bopping around in the 80’s with humidity completely ruining my football season hair-do. It’s supposed to be time for…

Your will be done . . .

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / October 19, 2015 /

I’m still recovering from a super busy week, so while I get organized again, here’s a story for you about how I’m NOT a control freak (wink-wink).  Hope you have a happy Monday!   For the past 19 years, I’ve prayed for one young lady in particular, then 16 years ago, I started praying for…

It’s just a matter of time

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / October 12, 2015 /

  Houses reflect the people within, so it makes sense they are in a constant state of growth and change – whether we like it or not.   In our first house, my husband and I crawled around and installed safety plugs in all the electrical outlets. We wired the house for monitors and bought…

The not-so-caring care package

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / October 5, 2015 /

  Generally speaking, I’m a good Mom. My children have always been well fed, clothed and somewhat protected from the elements, at least while I was watching. I only lost one of them once, but in the end, he was found at an elderly neighbor’s house watching cartoons and eating Jell-O, so the police forgave…

Lovely Florence Alabama

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / September 30, 2015 /

When I visited lovely Florence, Alabama last week, I had a wonderful time driving around town with my Mother and two of her sisters. A few days ago, I showed you photos of the Lion habitat at the University of North Alabama. If you missed that roaring good time, click HERE to see it.  …

Meeting Jan Karon

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / September 24, 2015 /

Well, first of all, let me tell you . . . Jan Karon is awesome. I was tickled beyond belief to be invited to moderate best selling author Jan Karon‘s appearance in Fairhope earlier this week. Page and Palette Bookstore hosted the popular author of the “Mitford” series at an exciting event which benefited the…

ItoldyousoItoldyousoItoldyouso!!!

By Leslie Anne Tarabella / September 16, 2015 /

I told you so! It’s been a week full of victories like no other. Not only is Fairhope High School reviving the Twirler’s program (The Majorettes are Back) but the Southern states have spiked the football in the end zone of The University of Life with Sunday night’s Miss America Pageant. This means one thing…