Category: winter

• Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 9

  

  Summer of 2025 was my previous visit to 1st Precinct. In August, arriving for the night shift allowed for a couple hours of daylight once patrol started. Not so on the December evening I returned to the same squad. The cold drizzle had the precinct cat hiding in the dark. As officers entered the Roll…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 15, 2026

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• Part Two, The Battle House

  

  This blog series is made possible through a partnership with Historic Mobile Preservation Society (HMPS.) HMPS’s archive collection, housed on the Oakleigh Complex in the Minnie Mitchell Archives building, is a treasure of inspiration and knowledge. Please support HMPS’s efforts in preserving not only the rich architectural legacy of our city, but the documents, literature,…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 9, 2025

  ARCHITECTURE, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, GULF COAST, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Mobile Public Library, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Perilous Confessions, Research, Scarred Memories, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter

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• Part One, A Snowy Day

  

  Fragments Observed:Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era Part One, A Snowy Day This blog series is made possible through a partnership with Historic Mobile Preservation Society (HMPS.) HMPS’s archive collection, housed on the Oakleigh Complex in the Minnie Mitchell Archives building, is a treasure of inspiration and knowledge. Please support HMPS’s efforts in preserving not only…

  Carrie Dalby

  January 20, 2025

  FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, GULF COAST, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Memories, Mobile, Valentine’s Day, winter

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• New Articles for 2025

  To welcome in the new year, I’m happy to share a brief overview of the blog series I have planned for 2025. “Fragments Observed: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era” will consist of ten articles beginning in about two weeks from now and running once or twice a month into the summer months. Broadly speaking, the…

  Carrie Dalby

  January 9, 2025

  AUTHORSHIP, Betrayal, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile’s Historical Facts, READING, Research, Short Story, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter

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• Closing Out 2024

  This year has been full of highs and lows. I choose to focus on the positive, so I’ve highlighted a good portion of my research when sharing “author news” on my blog, in my newsletter, and on my social media accounts. But I haven’t disclosed everything. Though my focus has shifted between several topics, my…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 21, 2024

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