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I have lived in the same house for 38 years. It has been my haven for all this time. The moment I walked in it said to me “Where have you been all this time?” It was love at first sight. I never hesitated to buy the house even though my wasband (husband at the [...]

Monroe County is best known for being the home of Harper Lee’s iconic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”. This time the trip was about early history and the Federal Road. The Federal Road was the way west out to the colonies. There has been a lot of interest in it lately because its Bicentennial is coming up in a few years in 2014.

by Linda Vice, The Front Porch Philosopher Spring came yesterday. It felt like it had been here for at least two weeks already. People I know are turning on their air conditioners already. Most of them are middle aged women who get more than their quota of heat already. I am fortunate to live in [...]

The Front Porch Philosopher by Linda Vice St Patrick’s Day is upon us. People are wearing shirts and buttons that say “Kiss me. I’m Irish”. Some are and some aren’t. For one day, they adopt the carefree aspects of being Irish. I am of the opinion that most every native of rural Southwest Alabama has [...]

I can honestly say I have lived to see shocking things on the streets. Let me alter that to say they would be very shocking on the streets of rural Southwest Alabama. In New Orleans at Mardi Gras, they had an air of normality. That is how strange New Orleans is to the rest of the South.