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
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
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
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
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
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’
‘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
As an author and longtime keeper of books I forgot I even owned, bookends are necessities in my house. And what’s crazy is I don’t even have real bookends. You … Continue reading Bookends on 2020
TRUSSVILLE — If I had been any closer to Pinchgut Creek, the water that runs alongside the railroad tracks at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and South Chalkville Road in … Continue reading A Fine Line
I’ve heard Pulitzer Prize winner and renowned Alabama author Rick Bragg speak several times about “the muse,” that source of creativity a writer relies on to put words on a … Continue reading Making sense of the muse
TRUSSVILLE — Gary Lloyd has launched a new podcast, called the Books, Babble & Ball Podcast. The podcast will feature topics such as writing, journalism, history, news, interviews, sports and … Continue reading New podcast launched