By Laura McAlister Journal EditorWhen Roz Feigelson helped start a knitting group at Levite Jewish Community Center, she was doing it more to help herself. But five years later, she and members of the Circle of Life Knitting Society have helped countless others.The Circle of Life meets once a week at the LJCC in Mountain Brook to knit scarves and shawls for cancer … [Read more...]
A Shore Thing
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorMost anyone who’s traveled Northwest Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A knows there’s just something unique about the area, and it goes beyond the beautiful sugar-white beaches. It’s also the communities and the people and their homes.The distinctive style of those 30A communities and homes has been captured in a new coffee table book, … [Read more...]
A Walk to Remember
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorEven though Cindi Routman has three children, Mother’s Day isn’t about her. It will always be about her own mother, the late Loyce Dunn Caughlin.Loyce died of ovarian cancer in 2006 at the age of 76. Since then, Cindi has pledged to honor her mother’s memory by raising awareness about the disease, the fifth leading cause of cancer death … [Read more...]
It’s a Small World
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorTom and Charlotte Laggy have learned a lot from their many travels. For instance, if something looks good, that still doesn’t mean you want to eat it, and air conditioning really is a commodity.But perhaps the greatest lesson they’ve learned is that to really understand different places, you have to immerse yourself in that culture. … [Read more...]
Lenten Labor of Love
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorFor many Christians, Lent is the season to give something up, but some Over the Mountain area churches are using it as an opportunity to give something back.Lent is the period between Ash Wednesday and Holy Week that prepares Christians for Easter. It’s a time of reflection and self-denial, as well as a time of almsgiving or giving … [Read more...]