Blake EllsBlake Ells is a freelance writer. His work has been published at AL.com and in the Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham News, Weld: Birmingham's Newspaper, Birmingham Magazine, Good Grit, Leeds Tribune and Over the Mountain Journal, among many others. lake has served the Literacy Council of Central Alabama, where he was a past chair. He also served Alzheimer's of Central Alabama and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He is a proud alumnus of Auburn University and was raised in Rogersville, Alabama, but he currently resides in Birmingham. Follow him @blakeells. Read More Read Less