Well, actually, it was so fracking hot, we moved into the nearly finished living room on South 8th. The camp chairs seem to work fine there. As a special treat, I opened my box of Outback pins to let everyone grab their favorite. Never got to the Roman Candles, as a big rainstorm came up and kept us from the yard.
That’s (l to r) Amber, Kate, Stacy & Jenn.
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on July 21, 2005. View the original page.
Jerry Katz is the creator of Opelika Daily News. A former broadcaster, he has been writing about Opelika for more than twenty years — first as a blogger, now as the one-person newsroom behind this site. He curates the region's local news daily, writes the Katz Ramblings column and the weekly From the Archives look-back, and maintains an archive of more than 3,200 posts reaching back to 2002. He lives in Opelika. Reach him at jerry@opelikadailynews.com. View all posts by Jerry Katz
