Category: Alabama

  • Silver Liquid Drops (Daily Pic 5/365)

    April Rain Song by Langston Hughes Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk. The rain makes running pools in the gutter. The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at…

  • Volunteers Rallying to Help Tuscaloosa’s Hispanic Community

    From The Tuscaloosa News: Victor Tlapanco set out with a team of volunteers April 28 to find people in Hispanic neighborhoods who needed help. They found homes in Alberta and Holt that had been destroyed. But they couldn’t find any people. “We couldn’t find anybody, anywhere,” he said. Being self-sufficient is part of Hispanic culture,…

  • Pray

    Update: The radio station recorded a message in Spanish to repeatedly broadcast in hopes that someone in their community would hear it. Plus, a nurse called in to say that a medical team loaded with supplies was on its way to help them. Thank you and keep praying. I just heard something terrible on the…

  • Helping children in Tuscaloosa

    Yesterday, I decided that the kids and I would spend some of our afternoon with the children who’ve been affected by the tornado. I had heard that they were needing normal kid stuff to do, like coloring books, bubbles, card games, ball games, etc. Since the main thoroughfare has been opened, I thought it would…