Sweetums and I have toured three abandoned asylums (actually, Bryce is no longer abandoned and is being renovated) and I have driven through the grounds of a fourth. While it’s true they are creepy, they also have amazing histories. When “insane asylums” were first built, most operated with the theory that the mentally ill needed… Continue reading These photos of nation’s 2nd oldest asylum, now abandoned, will haunt you
A new follower on my Facebook page, Kelly Kazek’s Weird South, told me the most amazing news over the weekend. There exists in this world such a thing as …. wait for it … the World’s Largest Grit! Here I’ve been, lackadaisically wandering through life without this knowledge. When I think of the precious brain… Continue reading How did I NOT know about this artist and the World’s Largest Grit??!
The tale of the man named States Rights Gist is excerpted from my book "Forgotten Tales of Tennessee." On November 30, 1864, several Confederate generals met for breakfast at a Spring Hill, Tennessee, plantation called Rippavilla. According to legend, some of the generals etched their names in window panes at the home with a diamond… Continue reading The strange tale of the oddly named general, States Rights Gist
I am so excited to release the cover of “Not Quite Right: Mostly True Tales of a Weird News Reporter.” I LOVE the fun design. Come see the book and hear me speak on the humor-writing panel April 21 at the Alabama Book Festival in Montgomery. The best part about the festival, in addition to… Continue reading Loving the cover of my new book! Come see it and me at AL Book Fest
Most of us raised in Alabama and Tennessee visited Opryland USA, a theme park that operated in Nashville from 1972 to 1993, when it closed with the exception of holiday shows that continued through 1997. (When I lived in Georgia as a small child, we went to Six Flags over Georgia in Atlanta instead). Opryland… Continue reading About those rumors that Opryland is going to re-open …
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