By Laura McAlister Journal Editor Claire Datnow has been writing most of her life, but it wasn't until retirement that she decided to make a career out of it.The South African native who’s now a Hoover resident retired from teaching about 10 years ago. Since then, she's had eight books published. Her latest, an eco-mystery series, is for middle school-aged … [Read more...]
Just Getting Started
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorHe's dedicated his life to two very different professions, and at age 77, Charles Denaburg has no plans to give either of them up.He's not even really planning on slowing down.Denaburg has been an attorney for some 60 years, and to mark the milestone, the Birmingham Bar Association recently honored him with a … [Read more...]
Casting Their Purls
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...]
Back in the Game
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorRuss Arthur has been retired for years. But about once a week come spring, he gets to feel like a kid all over again.That’s when he meets up with fellow senior citizens to play softball with the Central Alabama Senior Softball Association’s daytime league.“I used to play Little League,” … [Read more...]
A New Stage of Life
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorJust because Rick Rivenbark is retired doesn’t mean he can’t pursue his childhood passion.Rick, 74, first got involved with theater when he was in the third grade.“I was in some school plays,” he said. “Then I got to be in a Stetson University play because they needed a child part. We … [Read more...]