Monthly Archives: March 2014

Southern Spring Poems by Patricia Neely-Dorsey

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Patricia Neely-Dorsey

    A sweet welcome to Spring in poems by PorchScene contributor, Patricia Neely-Dorsey.    

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Kathryn Tucker Windham, Alabama Storyteller

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Mary Dawson

“Alabama, they say, is like one big front porch where people gather on summer nights to tell tales and to talk family. Everybody, they say, is kin to everybody else – or knows someone who is. It’s a sprawling porch, … Continue reading →

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BIG B BBQ in Alexander City, Alabama by Tom Lawrence

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Tom Lawrence

Our regional exploration takes us up U.S 280 toward Birmingham at least twice a month. On the front end of the trip we often stop for an early morning Sausage McMuffin at the Alexander City McDonalds.  After a full day … Continue reading →

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Southfacin’ Cook’s Red Beans & Rice by Patsy Brumfield

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Patsy Brumfield

Hello, PorchScene visitors. I’m a near-retirement investigative reporter who got my first big job at the New Orleans Times-Picayune the same fall Ole Miss classmate Archie Manning came to the Saints. During my stint in NOLA, I learned what really … Continue reading →

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Life, Color, Comfort by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

So, we sprang forward last weekend, but spring didn’t come with us! Innovation may be necessary to combat the winter blahs, and a few simple decorating solutions may lift our spirits until we can actually get outside and start digging … Continue reading →

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Music, Food and Fun at the Old 280 Boogie by Mary Dawson

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Mary Dawson

  Each year, thousands of people make the pilgrimage down Highway 280 to Auburn, Alabama for school and sport. Though it’s known for its dining and shopping in the Birmingham area, once you pass Childersburg there’s not much to catch … Continue reading →

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Eudora Welty’s Garden: A Labor of Love by Jeanne Luckett

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Mary Prater

Eudora Welty, one of the nation’s most cherished and celebrated writers, called Jackson, Mississippi, home. Although she studied outside the state and traveled widely, she wrote essentially all of her award-winning work from the family home at 1119 Pinehurst Street, … Continue reading →

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