Good Gourds: Priceville woman’s gourd art features necklaces, spaceships and motorcycle-riding snowmen

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Every time Carol Montgomery hears about a local student with art hanging in the Huntsville Museum of Art, at the capitol in Montgomery and in Washington, D.C., a twinge of pride fills her heart. “I like to think that maybe I had a little something to do with that,” the 85-year-old Priceville woman

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Play On: Kathy Silvestri’s love for music continues with big band music and foreign choral works

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus A football gathering and enthusiastic recruiter for the Sophisticated Swingers triggered Kathy Silvestri’s return to music after years of playing only once a year with Auburn University’s alumni band. “I was at a football party at a friend’s house and Jon Sedlak said, ‘Does anybody know anyone who plays saxophone?’ I said, ‘I

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Daisy Chain Brigade: Ministry raises awareness of mental illness, breast cancer and more

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Lucy McCain wakes up each morning and goes through each day with one goal — “Do something to glorify God.” In her 40s and 50s, McCain achieved that goal by writing books. In her 50s and 60s, the Decatur woman sent uplifting handcrafted newsletters around the world and operated a radio program, which

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