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Many people in the northern Alabama region have visited Lynchburg, TN, to tour the Jack Daniel’s Distillery. I finally made my trip last summer with my Baby Girl and I really enjoyed the tour (except for the part when we walked through the steam room, where the incredible heat did not combine well with 90-degree… Continue reading A visit to Jack Daniel’s Distillery, downtown Lynchburg and Miss Mary Bobo’s

The story below of the deadly stubbed toe is excerpted from my book “Hidden History of Tennessee.” Jack Daniel is one of the most well-known names in the country. But not as many know Jasper Newton Daniel, which was Jack’s birth name. Jack was famous for the whiskey he created and, even today, Lynchburg, Tennessee,… Continue reading Do you know which historical figure died from a stubbed toe?

Parents, if you have never explained 911 to your children, please stop reading and do so now. If you think your grandmother doesn’t know to use it, please give her a lesson as soon as possible … like today. If you don’t know how it works, I’m about to give you a lesson: 911 is… Continue reading Dear woman in Florida: police don’t make emergency beer runs

I got the most incredible gift this week, y’all: A script from the 2003 movie “Big Fish.” It was sent to me by Tommy Fell of the Alabama Film Office to thank me for writing about movies filmed in Alabama, and as a belated wedding gift. It is special to me because Sweetums and I… Continue reading I got this very cool gift, a memento of the film set town where we were married