It is not the least of this world’s wonders that it’s been nearly half a century since Ellen Ripley, in the person of ...

About Ellen Skrmetti Ellen Skrmetti was born in Mississippi and raised in a little  Alabama town called Ripley, though she’s now a neighbor to Southern Living here in Birmingham. She’d just started to ...

When Sister Cities of Greenfield sought an artist to create a mural depicting its ties with Kakuda, Japan, board members had to look no further than their own backyard.