Butterflies, fireworks, lots of sunsets, smiling children, purple skies and puffy clouds – all these and more were submitted for Alabama Living’s annual photo contest. Each year, we ask you in the May and June issues to submit your best photos in different categories; this...
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During Alabama’s Sea Turtle Nesting Season By Katie Jackson While Alabama’s busy summer beach season may have come to an end, fall is actually high season for someparticularly adorable little ones who are busily digging out of the sand and racing into the surf. These...
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State’s diversity attracts filmmakers By Marilyn Jones H ollywood has called Alabama “home” hundreds of times when it needs the state’s diverse landscape, rural communities, vibrant cities, beaches, and famous landmarks as a backdrop for its productions. “We are blessed with geographic diversity,” says Brian...
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Hank Williams is Born He was born in Butler County on September 17, 1923. His father was a train engineer, his mother a church organist

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West of Ground Zero

It’s been almost a quarter-century since our generation had its own version of Pearl Harbor: 9/11. Every American will remember it as long as they

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The Place We Call Home

Alabama provides a sense of place for ‘Big Fish’ author Daniel Wallace Position: Award-winning Alabama-born writer, illustrator and educator whose very first book, the best-selling

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Cook of the Month Gayle Fowler, Joe Wheeler EMC A few years ago, Gayle Fowler’s neighbor had an abundance of apples and shared them with her. Looking

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Electric Cooperatives

Since 1936 electric co-ops have built 2.5 million miles of power lines across rural America – long enough to reach from the earth to the moon five and a half times.

From booming suburbs to remote rural farming communities, Alabama’s electric cooperatives are energy providers and engines of economic development. Statewide, electric cooperatives serve more than 1 million Alabamians in their homes, businesses, farms and schools. Their coverage spans approximately 70% of Alabama’s landmass.

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Fall Herb Gardening in Alabama Made Simple By Vikki Moran There’s something undeniably satisfying about stepping outside, snipping a sprig of fresh basil or rosemary,

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