Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by plawsonahf
I was personally delighted when the grants committee of the Alabama Humanities Foundation recently provided funding for a baseball program developed by Vulcan Park and Museum. “From Factory to Field” is an exhibition, opening April 1, 2010, that celebrates the 100th anniversary of Rickwood Field and the history of baseball as a reflection of the [...]
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Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by plawsonahf
Have you met Bud? He is a kind man who is nearing retirement. He also owns some property that is not yielding the financial return he had expected. To double Bud’s trouble, the property is highly appreciated. He would have to pay Uncle Sam a large amount of capital gains tax if he found a [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by plawsonahf
Among my many faults is my love for music. I love sports in a sinful way as well, but that is a story for another day. There is a saying around the Tuxedo Junction section of Ensley: “The man who sings his own praise will usually be singing a solo, and will almost always pitch [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by plawsonahf
A story credited to Mark Twain is that there once was a steamboat on the Mississippi River, which stopped dead still in the water every time its whistle was blown. It couldn’t proceed until more steam was developed. With that thought in mind, we will not blow too much of an AHF horn regarding the [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by plawsonahf
As the story goes…an elderly, die-hard golfer from Fosters passes away from this old world and finds himself at the pearly gates. St. Peter unfolds the Book of Life and tells the old golfer that he has lived an exemplary life and can enter. Of course, the first question the man asks St. Peter is, [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by plawsonahf
There is a saying around Enterprise, Alabama: “If you paddle your own canoe, there is no one to rock the boat.”
Last week I heard a story from a small town, not far from the Enterprise city limits. A farmer used to sit on a stone ridge that crossed his land and mourn over the lack [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by plawsonahf
Ever tried doing something for the first time? Change a flat? Fix a leaking faucet? Ride a bike? Paint a wall? Hit a baseball? Dive off the high dive? It is unusual for someone to do an outstanding job of something they undertake for the first time. And, when such an exception occurs, all are [...]
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Posted on July 20th, 2009 by plawsonahf
A service station attendant in Bessemer was swarmed with last minute customers at the start of a long holiday weekend. He shook his head in disgust as he said to a preacher next in line, “It’s funny to me that people always wait until the last minute to prepare for a trip they knew they [...]
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Posted on July 10th, 2009 by plawsonahf
At the age of 57, Eleanor Roosevelt looked back on her life and wrote, “Somewhere along life’s way we discover what we truly are, and then make real decisions for which we are responsible.” The same is true about an individual’s will.
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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by plawsonahf
My AHF duties took me to Demopolis on June 1. I have lived in Alabama all of my life, but until Monday I had never been to Demopolis. It’s a wonderful town in a beautiful Alabama setting–passed a lot of people on the highway going and coming and made some new friends once there.
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