>>WayfaringDispatches
April in Alabama
(Apr 23rd, 12:36 pm)
Nothing could be more beautiful than April in Alabama and, in my case, nothing could be more exciting. I recently returned from the read more...
The Day The Music Died
(Feb 3rd, 11:37 am)
The day was February 3, 1959. At approximately 12:55 AM, Buddy read more...
Lest We Forget: Four Spirits
(Jan 30th, 5:14 pm)
January 30, 2008, marked the 60th anniversary of the assassination of India’s political and spiritual leader
The Best of All Possible Worlds or Is There Balm in Gilead?
(Jan 23rd, 11:45 am)
I live in the boonies, the hinterlands of Northern Alabama. For years,I made do with erratic reception from local television read more...
Picture of the Day
>>Wayfaring reviews
Review of: Logan Smalley
Darius Goes West
“Something’s gonna happen like…Just spark the whole world,”exclaims Darius, the star of the award-winning read more...
Review of: Various Artists
Song of America
Song of America Various Artists 31 Tigers Records By James Calemine This 50-song, 3 CD read more...
>>Wayfaring Features
New York City Southern Style: Alabama Studio Weekend in the Shoals
by Penne J. Laubenthal Imagine starting off your Saturday morning with the perfect Bloody Mary, garnished in typical southern fashion with pickled okra, and served to you by one of the country’s foremost clothing designers, Billy Reid, in his boutique housed in the historic and elegantly appointed Pickett Place read more...
Widespread Panic: On The Beach
Widespread Panic: On The Beach By James Calemine “I seen your sister naked, It was nothing I tried to see…” Widespread Panic “Ribs & Whiskey” The Gulf of Mexico’s blue water read more...
>>Wayfaring Conversations
Deryle Perryman and Dangerous Highway, a Film About Eddie Hinton
by Penne J. Laubenthal Dangerous Highway is an amazing documentary about the life and music of the incredibly talented and tragically fated Eddie Hinton, called the "greatest unknown musician you have ever heard." The film was made by read more...
Logan Smalley: Creator and Director of Darius Goes West
In 2005 Logan Smalley, a special education major at the University of Georgia-Athens, undertook a venture that would change his life, not to mention the lives of those who view his amazing film.Smalleyrented a handicapped accessible RV, recruited ten
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>>Wayfaring Poetry
Hunting the Cotaco Creek
by Charles Ghigna His hand in hold so trigger tight even its blood believes in ghosts. It clings with set finger on steel and waits inside a dream of ducks. The twilight gives into a rise of eastern sky as sun reveals herself too proud and instantly receives full face a splash of mallard flock. A shotgun blasts the read more...
The Alabama Wiregrassers
by Charles Ghigna Dry rooted in penny coated clay, the wiregrassers come suntan tamed in drawl through the mire faster. Machetes high aimed for home, they carry the clues of day across their open, flying clothes. Blade for blade, steel for grass, they flog the wire with a hungry denim run.