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Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 1 Mar

Oh, yes, I mentioned this earlier last week and forgot to post a discussion about it. My final stop along the way in my “take the Ark out for a drive” trip was St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama. Once upon a time there was a...

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The Real Thing!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 26 Feb

Oh, regarding that World War II prisoner of war museum I was in the other day…. It also housed a small Coca-Cola museum! You see, the building the museum is in was once the location for the Aliceville, Alabama Coca-Cola...

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The Artistic Side of the War

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 24 Feb

You may remember when I went to Camp Breckenridge a couple of years ago and how I fawned over the artwork on the walls of the one building left standing from the time it was a POW camp. It’s amazing to see the artistic side of...

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WARNING: Distressing Discussion

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 24 Feb

What? You’re looking at the photo of that fine silverware and thinking what can be distressing about it? The silverware belonged to Adolf Hitler. Never in a million years would I have ever expected to go to a little museum in...

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Here’s to My myLot Crazy Sistas!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 23 Feb

One of the stops I just had to make along the Gulf Coast was Lulu’s Fun Food and Music in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Lulu’s was founded by Lucy Buffett, the sister of Jimmy Buffett. Of course, part of the reason I went is my...

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The Reality of Slavery

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 20 Feb

Yesterday was mostly filled with a visit to the Legacy Museum, which details the evils of slavery. It’s in Montgomery, Alabama, and part of it is located on the site of slave factories. Not too far from the museum (on the bus...

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Speaking of Nat “King” Cole…

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 19 Feb

Today I was in Montgomery, Alabama. I spent the morning and early afternoon at a museum devoted to the slave trade business in the early centuries of this country (that was heartbreaking, let me tell you). After lunch, I decided...

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There is Moonlight and Moss in the Trees

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 9 Feb 25

Howdy from Bowling Green. My fifth and final Chuy’s of the trip. And what a trip it’s been!!! Leaving Georgia yesterday and heading into Alabama, I was close to Montgomery (the capital of Alabama), so I decided to take a...

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Damn the Torpedoes!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 28 Jan 25

Most of you have heard the famous battle cry, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” Today I went to the place where that famous line was allegedly uttered: Fort Morgan, Alabama. Fort Morgan began during the War of 1812 as...

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Face to Face With Our Ugly History

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 25 Apr 24

Recently every time I’ve made a trip through the “Deep South” I’ve visited a place that has a strong Civil Rights connection. Today I came face to face with some of the ugliest history segregation and racism had to offer. I took...

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Looking Back on Another Fun Trip

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 9 May 23

Today I went to the grocery and replenished the shelves that I left empty because I knew I’d be away for awhile. So, over some tomato slices and a nuked potato I’ll reminisce. I discovered something this past trip: do all the...

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How About Some World War II History?

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 4 May 23

Tuskegee, Alabama was a beacon of hope in the Deep South for African-Americans. It’s the home of the Tuskegee University, where Booker T. Washington served as the first president of the historically black university (originally...

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How About Some Civil War History?

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 4 May 23

Since I’m in the “Deep South” there’s no escaping Civil War History. I hope to go see more of it tomorrow in Georgia. Meanwhile, here’s some Alabama history. There were a lot of reasons that the Confederacy lost the war. One...

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I Fall Down and Go Boom

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 3 May 23

As children, we all had those times where we said, “I fall down and go boom.” (Or some variation.) well, here I am, 60 years later, and I fell down and went boom again! And you know what?? It was worth every ache! Look at...

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Bloody Sunday 1965

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 3 May 23

One of the most important sites in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s is in the photo above. It is the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma. On March 7, 1965 an organized protest march was set to leave Selma...

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Highly Illogical!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 30 Jan 23

Dang it, here we go again! There’s a Vulcan and he doesn’t look anything like Mr. Spock on Star Trek! This morning was a little on the dreary side, complete with some fog and drizzle. But it was...

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Obligatory Country Music Stop

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 29 Jan 23

Howdy from northern Alabama! I’ve escaped the area that’s supposed to maybe perhaps have some snow and freezing rain. It was overcast all of the way, and started raining around southern Tennessee. Despite the gloom I made my...

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A REAL Sightseeing Trip

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 7 Nov 22

No, I wasn’t gone very long. And yes, I had a blast. Aside from clearing my sinuses (which happened about 30 miles away from Louisville), the purpose of this little jaunt was to see the fall colors. And see them I did!...

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Meanwhile, Back at the Waterfall….

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 7 Nov 22

After visiting the underground waterfall Ruby Falls I went for the more “traditional” waterfall at DeSoto State Park in northeastern Alabama, not too far from Chattanooga. The area, known as Sand Mountain, is home to some of my...

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Where the Miracle Happened

Four Walls @FourWalls (86891) • United States 6 Nov 22

Perhaps it’s an errant thought, but I would imagine that most people throughout the world have heard of Helen Keller. Her life story is amazing…so amazing, in fact, that the play based on her early life and the subsequent movie,...

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