Celebrating 5 years of the Fairhope Film Festival is a huge accomplishment. Growing in popularity and stellar reputation as a hotbed for all types of films, the organizers of the festival, especially founder Mary Riser and her loyal band of volunteers,  have reason to throw ...

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photo credit: Harrison Tarabella The word “makes” in the verse, “He makes me lie down in green pastures” always grabs my attention. God doesn’t invite us, or request our presence to rest in tranquil green pastures, but rather, God sometimes makes us — even forces ...

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Hello, from the land of Hurricane Nate. Not even a real name like Nathan or Nathaniel. He uses his nickname and expects us to take him seriously. Its early evening here on Saturday with the worst expected early tomorrow morning, so I’d better watch what ...

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*See Jason’s show, Metal Resurrected at the Eastern Shore Art Center throughout the month of August!  Medically speaking, Jason Braly shouldn’t even be able to walk. But walk he does, and so much more. The former elementary school art teacher from Athens, Alabama relocated to ...

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With my beautiful, talented and funny friend, Jule Moon.   I was on the phone with a friend and she asked where I was going. I told her I was on my way to a funeral. “Another one?” she asked. “You need to get younger ...

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  Several recent articles have reported on the growing number of millennials who want to have traditional families where the father works and the mother stays home with the children. To test this theory, I asked my 17 year old son (so, technically, he’s really ...

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