Frog Pond Sunday School
If I had to narrow it all down to one moment, it was the winter storm of January 18, 2005, that sparked the creation of “The Frog Pond Sunday Social.” When the idea really caught wind several years later, it enveloped a whole new community….
Simpler Life
Solving the world’s problems one child at a time Kindergarteners at Cherokee Bend By Mary Claire Rushin Photos by David Hillegas
Meet Dale Miley
His insurance agency was doing well. His marriage had some problems, but don’t most marriages? He had a circle of friends. He was active in his church. Everything looked good from the outside, but Dale was angry, frightened and confused, and it was getting worse….
Jim Laugelli Likes to Mix It Up
It would probably never occur to you that the distinguished, well-spoken bookseller at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Spanish Fort is one of the Eastern Shore’s finer visual artists. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now a resident of Fairhope, Jim Laugelli is self-taught, utilizing…
Walking School Bus
The “Fairhope Walking School Bus,” the only program of its kind in the state of Alabama, is a bus without the bus. There’s a bus stop, a route, a driver, and students. It’s a true transportation option for children kindergarten through third-grade at Fairhope Elementary…
Where’s the Dirt?
When childhood friends Will Mastin and Karl Brantley were growing up in Baldwin County, playing soccer at Bayside Academy and picking up odd jobs mowing grass, they never envisioned being partners in a rapidly expanding small business that would combine their professional careers and personal…
A Swan Song for Shuffleboard
If your idea of “old-people” exercise comes from a 40-year-old magazine article about shuffleboard in St. Petersburg, or bocce ball in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, you’ve obviously never seen a Pickleball game. For the senior who’s dead-set against going out quietly in the night,…
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