by Tina Neeley | Mar 27, 2025 | Feature
ON THE beach of Playa Junquillal, Costa Rica, Makayla Martin gently releases baby sea turtles one by one onto the beach. The tiny creatures, no larger than the palm of her hand, instinctively scuttle toward the crashing waves. Each hatchling represents a fragile hope...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 27, 2025 | Feature
BILL SMITH broke the surface of Tims Ford Lake, his uncle, Bobby Smith, in one numb hand, and his 3-year-old son, Jess, clutched desperately in the other. The 48-degree water bit into their skin through their soaked layers of clothing, dragging them down despite their...
by Amanda West | Feb 19, 2025 | Feature
Open the door at 1622 Huntsville Highway and step over the threshold into Kaylee’s Korner. Vintage olive green stemware, opaque carnival glass, depression glass, teapots, coffee mugs, and snow-white hobnailed milk glass line the shelves. Hardbound books in muted grays...
by Sara Hook | Feb 19, 2025 | Feature
The house was set way back from the road, old, run-down, and covered in weeds and poison ivy. Its roof had holes, the floor had deteriorated, and the basement was full of trash — but Keith Syler and Becky Priest saw something beautiful. For the past 2 1/2 years, they...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 11, 2025 | Feature
With the morning sun and the center’s associates peeking over their shoulders, the senior adults gathered at the tables work intently on the day’s craft project. Their conversation is lively, punctuated with laughter, paint brushes pausing in mid-air as they stop...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 11, 2025 | Feature
His smile fills the brightest scenes in the film of her life’s memories. When Beth Andersen’s wobbling bicycle steadied, and she rode independently down the driveway, it was there. When she told him about her first day of kindergarten, it was there. It’s in the photos...
