It’s surprisingly difficult and dirty work. But it’s also a privilege and an honor to have so much that needs polishing. A few pieces are thrift store finds, but most are hundred-and-fifty-year-old family heirlooms that found their way in to my grateful hands. I take the responsibility seriously.  I was 12 when my only living grandmother […]

Beach Trees. Those are the words my sister and I would call out from the back seat on every beach trip when we saw them lining the median of the section of US 331 that runs through Florala. Incessantly. Excitedly! And I’m sure to the annoyance of my parents, because my now-4-year-old does the same. […]