Shared Link Strange Alabama Co-Founder and Author Book Signing June 15! 29 May 2019 Beverly Crider Strange Alabama co-founder and author Beverly Crider will be signing her books Lost Birmingham and Legends and Lore of Birmingham and Central Alabama Saturday, June 15, 2 PM, at the Books A Million located at…
Shared Link Old Shelby Hotel ‘a total loss’ following Sunday fire 28 May 2019 By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com A crumbling piece of Alabama history in Shelby County is no more. The old Shelby Hotel, off Shelby County Road 42, was destroyed by fire Sunday.…
Shared Link Watch this ant colony escape Alabama floodwaters by floating – al.com 26 Feb 201926 Feb 2019 Fire ants huddle together during floods and use air pockets to float on water. Source: Watch this ant colony escape Alabama floodwaters by floating - al.com
Shared Link Alabama librarians spooked after seeing floating orbs | WBMA 15 Feb 201915 Feb 2019 A group of east Alabama librarians say something spooky is happening in the stacks. They’re seeing floating orbs and moving objects. Some even say they’ve been touched. Jenni Jennings has…
Shared Link What You Need to Know About the Southern Flannel Moth Caterpillar—AKA the Country’s Most Poisonous Caterpillar – Southern Living 1 Nov 2018 Ever heard of the Southern flannel moth (Megalopyge opercularis)? It has a distinctive look—so if you ever run into one, you definitely won’t be able to miss it. Its larval…
Shared Link 9 words Southerners use to describe ghosts and ghouls – It’s a Southern Thing 31 Oct 2018 https://www.southernthing.com/9-words-southerners-use-to-describe-ghosts-and-ghouls-2616511914.html
Shared Link This 90-year-old Alabamian changed the world | al.com 30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 She’s not a household name in Alabama, but Mary Allen Jolley changed the world. When Jolley turned 90 in August, over 250 people gathered in Tuscaloosa to pay homage to…
Shared Link The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South – Atlas Obscura 30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 Enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds. IN MODERN-DAY ALTAVISTA, VIRGINIA, A town that covers 5 square miles of what was the first English colony in North America,…
Field Trip The Strider from Chernobyl 29 Oct 201829 Oct 2018 I caught might first glimpse of world-renowned folk artist Ronald Godwin as he peddled his small bicycle down the gravel road between his workshop and his home in Brundidge, Alabama.…
Field Trip… Haint Blue at the Historic Lowry House 29 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 Saturday night I had the pleasure of accompanying author and paranormal investigator Kim Johnston and her team from SCARe (Spirit Communications and Research) to the Historic Lowry House in Huntsville. In addition…
