By Gary Lloyd I have stood inside the ropes at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, among the pink azaleas and tall dogwoods, and played for free at the … Continue reading Home on the range
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Gary Lloyd is the author of five books: "Trussville, Alabama: A Brief History," "Deep Green," "Heart of the Plate," "Valley Road: Uplifting Stories from Down South," and "Ray of Hope." He has been a reporter and editor at newspapers and magazines in Mississippi and Alabama. He grew up in Trussville, Alabama, and graduated from Hewitt-Trussville High School in 2006. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from The University of Alabama in 2009. He lives in Moody, Alabama, with his wife, Jessica, and their two dogs, Abby and Sonny.
That’s news to me
By Gary Lloyd The spine is tearing and the dog-eared pages are beginning to curl, but the words inside still hold together. Well, at least they do for me. It’s … Continue reading That’s news to me
One for the books
By Gary Lloyd On the corner of Washington and School streets in Boston, where the most notable of all American Renaissance authors gathered and discussed their books, you can now … Continue reading One for the books
Understanding a place like Mississippi
By Gary Lloyd I’ve spent quite a bit of time swimming deep in the words Henry David Thoreau penned about Walden Pond, the novella Ernest Hemingway authored about a man … Continue reading Understanding a place like Mississippi
Beginning my travels at home
By Gary Lloyd I’m a sucker for the words of Henry David Thoreau. I consume them like they are Peanut M&Ms, and I love Peanut M&Ms. He wrote in Journal in 1851 … Continue reading Beginning my travels at home
Deer in the floodlights
By Gary Lloyd I have never killed a deer. Heck, I’ve never stared at one through the scope of a Remington or from atop a deer stand strapped tight to … Continue reading Deer in the floodlights
Praise for local leaders
By Gary Lloyd In days as implausible as these, as much as I have tried to avoid the vitriol on social media and television, I still was compelled to write. … Continue reading Praise for local leaders
Baseball in October
I’m writing this in October, because the feelings, the frustrations over base-running miscues and late-inning disappointments, are fresh. Bluntly? The Atlanta Braves broke my heart again. It’s a theme. All … Continue reading Baseball in October
‘You Can’t Beat It’
One-of-a-kind home, property hits market in Alabama By Gary Lloyd SPRINGVILLE — Before the state-of-the-art home can be properly described, it is important to go back to its foundation. Not … Continue reading ‘You Can’t Beat It’
Prank to Praise
‘Memory he’ll have for rest of his life’ for young Bama fan By Gary Lloyd Our paths did not cross in Tuscaloosa, but I met Cody Kirk in the last … Continue reading Prank to Praise
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