Welcome
Have a good summer ... and a good vacation ‘2’ D
iane, my wife, and I have a trip planned for this fall, but I always think of summer as vacation time. You probably do, too. I remember as a kid being thrilled about going to Panama City with my parents and brother Danny (before Richard and Billy came along). We stayed at Porter’s Court, which has long since gone the way of sandcastles built by the sea; it disappeared in the waves of development. Dad would rent a cabin
between Porter’s motel on the beach road and the ocean below. Danny and I wore matching red and white striped bathing suits. After a few days our white bodies were matching red, but it was all part of the adventure. I don’t know why I remember this, but at a little souvenir store I once read a postcard with a dizzy looking rabbit on it and these words of wisdom ... Vacation consists of 2 weeks which are 2 short after which you are 2 tired
2 return 2 work and 2 broke not 2. I hope you and your family have a great summer and a nice vacation somewhere ... one that’s fun now, generates future memories and doesn’t leave you 2 tired and 2 broke, 2.
David Moore Publisher/editor
Contributors Deb Laslie at Deb’s Bookstore tears through towering stacks of books like Bo Jackson once tore through towering linebackers. She’s completely undaunted by the toughest of reading assignments. “I’m not ‘skeered,’” she says. “I’ve had twins.” Patrick Oden pays a visit to The Hutch Restaurant in Fairview. No guarantees about next issue, but he wonders how his fixed-up truck might do one night at a certain drag strip. FYI, if you need a pro photographer, drop him a line: patrick@odenimaging.com. You see the artistic work of Sheila McAnear in every issue of GLM. She creates nearly all of the good looking ads in the magazine. This time, to complement Dr. David Cline’s story, she also shot photos of Alena Cook’s ornamental pond at Crane Hill.
6
MAY | JUNE | JULY
Steve Maze writes about Minnie Pearl’s connection to Baileyton. He says they have lots in common. “We’re both country bumpkins and spiffy dressers. Fortunately, we’re both good looking ...” Call him if you find a hat for sale with a price tag dangling from it. David J. Cline, Ph.D. knows all about ornamental ponds. He’s an aquaculture specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Auburn University’s Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures Department. (Plus, he has an ornamental pond in his yard.)
It’s no big deal to anyone else, but this June marks the twoyear anniversary since David Moore left The Arab Tribune to publish Good Life Magazine. Again, no big deal to anyone else, but despite losing a little hair, he’s still having a blast.