The official total (so far) as I type is 7″ in Huntsville and 8″ in Madison, and it just started snowing again. The shallowest depth I could find was right at 7″, in the middle of the backyard. The boys and I threw snowballs for a little while, and now Lea’s distributing hot chocolate as … Read more
Now this is one of my favorite kinds of times ’round these parts. My cozy abode in northern Alabama is about to get slammed with a winter storm. I’ve mentioned before that this far south, winter precipitation doesn’t have to be very heavy at all to have a debilitating effect on the community. See, our … Read more
At least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a meeting U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding at a Tucson grocery store this morning. Multiple others are injured, some critically. Giffords was shot through the head—in one side, and out the other—from a distance of four feet, if I understand the doctor … Read more