Leslie Wiggins

Tag: Alabama

  • this post has no title, just words and a picture

    Running errands today, the suffocating Alabama heat reminded me of childhood summers spent walking from my grandparents’ produce store to the library to my dad’s barber shop for a bottled Coke to home. When Mom or Dad had a break in their workday, they would drive my brother and me over to the country club…

  • Weather Is Good

    I didn’t get much sleep last night. All day long…well, really all weekend, I had been hearing that severe weather was on the way to Alabama. Several people, including myself, were anticipating it with dread because we haven’t had many major thunderstorms since the awful storm on April 27, 2011. I kept up with my…

  • Happy and a Cookie

    First, the happy: ROOOOOLLLL TIDE ROLL! If you and I are facebook friends, then I hope you weren’t too put off by my ridiculous amount of status updating during the championship game. I thought we would win the game, but I wasn’t sure how close it would be. I was prepared for another nail-biter. When,…

  • Photos from another camping trip

    I am home from another camping trip and have a few pictures to share. Camping has quickly become one of my favorite things. A thick layer of leaves covered the ground. Friday night, I enjoyed a cloudless sky. I opened my tent Saturday morning to this sunrise. I have an opportunity to backpack one weekend…

  • 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…