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This fascinating cemetery has both seashell and cast-iron grave covers

Kelly Kazek

Greenville, Alabama, is home to one of the most unusual cemeteries in the state: Pioneer Cemetery. It not only includes graves covered in seashells – an old southern custom – it has a number of graves with cast-iron covers. Click here to read the history of Victorian-era seashell graves. Click here to learn more about… Continue reading This fascinating cemetery has both seashell and cast-iron grave covers

Southern Thing Columns

Indian doctor has your health drink substitute: cow urine

Kelly Kazek

Following is an excerpt from this week’s column on AL.com. The link at the bottom takes you to the full column. If India, as a country, had a middle and last name, I’d call it by all three because it needs a talkin’ to. You know, like a “Billy Dwayne India, you get in here… Continue reading Indian doctor has your health drink substitute: cow urine

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10 adorably quirky grandparent names & the stories behind them

Kelly Kazek

I didn’t intend to write a blog post about this. I just heard someone say an unusual grandparent name on TV and wondered what kinds of nicknames were out there. So I posted the question on Facebook and got tons of responses. Many people said “MeeMaw” and “PaPaw,” which another reader said are only used… Continue reading 10 adorably quirky grandparent names & the stories behind them

Southern Thing Columns

These Olympians are nuts. Where are their mothers?

Kelly Kazek

Following is an excerpt from this week’s column on AL.com. The link at the bottom takes you to the full column. The older I get, the harder it is to watch the Olympics. And I absolutely love the Olympics. The athletes’ feel-good stories give us hope for a humanity that the internet has totally ruined… Continue reading These Olympians are nuts. Where are their mothers?