Houston-Love Library
Dothan Superstar
Talent competition and fund raiser for the Houston-Love Library in Dothan, Alabama.
Contact
Testimonials
Applications and Guidelines
Times for Tryouts/Who is Competing/and Ticket Information
Workshops
Why do we need a new Library?
First Wednesday Speaker Events at the Basketcase
Library Lovers Links
Friends of the Houston-Love Library website    
http://www.newdothanlibrary.com/

Available Now!
Condo in St. Andrews (Panama City, Florida available for lease) Vacation every day.

Recipes
Simply Southern Recipes--many, many from family and friends. You are welcome to share yours.

Simply Southern Christmas These are our Christmas traditions.  Everyone accumulates their own that make their families unique. 

Education
Do I dare speak on an issue so controversial? 
I am so compelled because this is where my heart lies.

****How I Would Fix Our Local Schools
Thank You Whole Language
Why Reading Instruction Must Be Addressed First!
Education An Historical Perspective
What We Must Do to Fix Our Education
Difference Between Whole Language and Phonics
Marva Collins Reading List
An 18th Century Library owned by a Founding Father
My Credentials to Speak on Problems in Education

Short Stories  
Stories one writes are all bits and pieces from here and there.  Sometimes one just "imagines" what must have happened or how it could have been...
Alliwishus  Alliwishus (All I Wish Us)
Biddie's Burden (newly posted old story)
The Man in a Muddle in the Middle of the Mums: A Dirty Story  This was a garden club challenge...romance and gardening?
John Henry  One of the first stories I ever wrote.  My cousin had just such a friend.
Jim Bob
Jean Anne
The Baby Hunt
Magic Pockets
Shadow Waltz
Ashes Across America
In Memoriam:  The Ginny Story
Ginny was our beloved poodle. 
 

Nonfiction Biographies

I Remember Mammy

Poems

American Woman

Gardening
My Garden
Plant a Southern Monet Garden

Our Favorite Places
Taking Tea
Cecily and Lily's Mom and Me Tea
Lily and the Library Card
Bayou Joe's 

Destination Places
Destination St Andrews  This is the REAL OLD FLORIDA with the very best restaurants in North Florida.  The Shrimp Boat returns!  Dock to shop and eat at the Shrimp Boat or Uncle Ernie's.  Or the Granite Cafe, St. Andrews Cafe, Hunts Oyster Bar,  Pappy's German Restaurant or The Captains Table. 
    Shop St. Andrews:  Ken Sizemore (the Old Folkie) Patsy Forrest  Two Sisters  Paul Brent Gallery
Unofficial Website for Harbour Village
Destination Natural Bridge and St. Marks

Things to Do

Croquet

People to Meet

Bellingrath Remembered:  Hank Elmore returns to a place she once knew as a family home  The family is an Alabama dynasty that made an impact in the social, cultural, and political world on a national level. 
A Bunch of Old Broads

Health and Exercise

The Lifestyle (Diet) Plan

Blogging Along (to come)

 

 

Genealogy
Genealogy
In this section you will find information on family lines that I have researched that are pertinent to my family.  I do not have the individual proofs...only the working files that I have made available. 
This chart demonstrates a few of the connections. You will also find genealogies of our branches listed on this website.
Southern Family
This Southern Family has participated in momentous events through history.    There are pictures that may be useful to many. When my children's eyes started glazing over when I talked "genealogy" I decided to write a history/cookbook of our families.  I put these on a CD so that the pictures would not be lost and all who had the CD would have the information and the pictures.  These are chapters from that book.
Chapter One   Wakefield
Chapter Two   Downhome Dothan
Chapter Three Beach
Chapter Four  Children
Chapter Five:  Inspiration (Bloom Where You Are Planted)

Houston County, Alabama
Genealogies of pioneer families of mainly Dothan in Houston County, Alabama
Plus articles on different aspects of life in that area.
Sign up to be on a mailing list for the Houston Heritage Society

Simply Southern Wedding 

Part I:  Simply Southern Wedding
Part II:  Parties and Showers
Part III: The Wedding Raising:
Part IV:  Simply Southern Wedding Mother-of- the-Groom

History
World War II Remembered
Irish Scottish Timeline Comparison
Map of Ireland
Covenenters and Martyrs
Undertakers
Elkanah Burson's Speech on Memorial day 
First Alabama Muster Roll
The Confederate Soldiers with Houston County ties
Wilcox County True Blues the story of a flag and the men who served under it
Wilcox County True Blues Welcome home
World History that we should know. 
Decisive Battles in World History
Women in History a Reflection
Dates We Should Remember
Houston County, Alabama, Heritage Pages  extensive information on Houston County families, their genealogy, history of Dothan with a plethora of pictures
  Including James Drury Flowers Civil War Story 
Oscar Tompkins Wiregrass Sagas                                                                         
William Arthur Wheatley's The Englishman and the Revolutionary  
 

Shawnee Heritage
Shawnee Heritage
Shawnee Recommended Reading List

Reading Lists  
Recommended Book List  for Children
Have you ever wondered what book you should buy for your child or grandchild that stands the test of time?  Marva Collins list of books used at her Westside Preparatory School in Chicago should help answer that question.

Reading List for Adults
What books did our founding fathers read that prepared them for writing the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution?  These were books in a frontier library listed in Benjamin Hawkins Estate in 1816.  Hawkins corresponded frequently with Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.

Southern Cottage Industry
The Old Folkie

Patsy's Embroidery
 

Manners and Etiquette

Southern Mothers Lessons

Essays

"68" Retrospective

Words to Remember
Quotations for the Wise

About Us  
Andrew Ramsey's Resume