Hurricanes

Hurricanes

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Hurricanes While hurricanes are nothing new to any of us down in [South Alabama], there is an aspect of them that still fascinates me. North of us is the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, a two hundred-fifty-thousand acre...
Toilet Grill

Toilet Grill

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Toilet Grill Nothing I respect more than some good old ingenuity.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Writing Office

Writing Office

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Dad buys new house for family with spare bedroom to use as writing office. Son gets old enough to need his own room. Dad moves to corner of living room. Family gets Netflix and new big screen television in...
White Clay

White Clay

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Anybody ever eaten dirt? What you have here is premium dirt, packaged to eat. Dirt aficionados call it “White Clay”, and it is supposedly the premium edible dirt. I don’t remember where I first heard about...
Little Person Trick

Little Person Trick

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Anybody ever tried the “Little Person” trick? We had fun doing this during our family trip to the North Carolina mountains. These are two of MANY attempts to get it just right. The kids think it’s hilarious....
The White Car

The White Car

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Out of all the stories in AMONG THE SWAMP PEOPLE, the one I get the most comments on is The White Car. Those of you that know the story might appreciate this picture of David and Tina (stars of that story)...
The Swamp Experience behind Alabama Moon

The Swamp Experience behind Alabama Moon

Whenever I tell the story of the time I spent 14 days in the swamp, surviving on only what I could kill with a bow and arrows, people inevitably ask me why I did it. At first, I thought it was because I was looking for a story. But now, I know better. I left for the...
Girl Fishing

Girl Fishing

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””][vc_column_text] Down here in Alabama we can catch saltwater and freshwater fish in the same body of water. Most of the delta is a mixture of both, called brackish. Certain times...