Stories stolen between meetings. The Detour That Wasn’t a Mistake I wasn’t supposed to stop here.This wasn’t on the mission list. I was chasing the ruins of Seneca Quarry—and Murph, ever the chaos gremlin, rerouted my GPS straight toward a safer parking area. I rolled in expecting nothing more than a quick walk through the … Read more
They didn’t just steal the papers.No—Florida’s never been one for subtle crimes. In 1891, under a moonless sky, a gang of Inverness men rolled into Mannfield, Florida, and stole the entire courthouse—records, furniture, clerk, and all. By sunrise, the county seat was gone, and Mannfield’s heart went with it. Today, little remains of this ambitious … Read more
Alabama Road Trip #2 Somewhere off the backroads of Bibb County, Alabama, the woods still breathe heat. You can almost feel it rising from the ground — the faint ghost of a fire that burned for four decades and forged an empire. When Dusty and I pulled into West Blocton Coke Ovens Park, we didn’t … Read more