GROWING UP IN LOUISA…After Dinner was Family Time
After Dinner was Family Time Many of my favorite memories of childhood are those very special quiet times when family, neighbors and friends joined together on the front porch after...
Recollections
GLENN MOLLETTE: Surgery, Thorns and Roses
September 21, 2018 Surgery, Thorns and Roses By Glenn Mollette My doctor sent me for a CT scan after I went in to have a couple of lumps in my...
JOHN BUTCH PRESTON: Happy Hollow (An Appalachian Myth)
September 18, 2018 Happy Hollow (An Appalachian Myth) John Butch Preston johnhprestonauthor.com John Butch Preston Ten-year-old Kayla is rushing through the front door waving a...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA — INDOOR GAMES WE PLAYED
September 17, 2018 Indoor Games we Played I wasn’t very old when I saw my first game of checkers being played by some men that were truly wrapped up...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA… Action Games we Played
September 8, 2018 Action Games we Played In my professional career I have had to attend many leadership seminars which almost always had team-building activities. That typically involved the introduction...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA, By Michael Coburn, Sept. 1, 2018
September 1, 2018 LABOR DAY It was back in the beginning of the Industrial Revolution when our nation was struggling to put industry to work. In this new capitalist environment...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: This Time of Year, Back Then…
August 25, 2018 This Time of Year, Back Then… Wait for it! Wait – Wait! Can you feel it? Summer is about to slip away. Next week I’ll be writing...
BSCTC, MAC to host a Night of Appalachian Storytelling
BSCTC, MAC to host a Night of Appalachian Storytelling on September 8 in Prestonsburg PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) and the Mountain Arts Center (MAC)...
The Mountains No Longer Protect Us
The Mountains No Longer Protect Us John Butch Preston wwwjohnhprestonauthor.com “To be born into these mountains is to be born into the shelter of a third parent.” This of course...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA – Superstitions & Hillbillies
August 18, 2018 Growing up in Louisa – Superstitions & Hillbillies Weekly feature . . . by Mike Coburn I don’t know why the good folks from the backwoods...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA…BY MICHAEL COBURN – Influencing others
August 11, 2018 Influencing others I have concluded that most of us can name persons from our past that taught us lessons about life. Some were in themselves living proof...
JOHN HENSLEY: WHEN KINFOLK ‘CAME IN’ TO VISIT
August 5, 2018 JOHN HENSLEY IS WITH MARY ELIZABETH BOOTH Growing up we always traveled to Elk Creek whenever my Aunt Betty and Uncle Jim Booth would come in. They...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Thanks to a Favorite Teacher
August 4, 2018 Thanks to a Favorite Teacher As a young first grade student I wasn’t terribly involved in anything beyond figuring out what school was really about. My toys...
FORT GAY ALUMNI GROUP TO HONOR TEACHER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
July 28, 2018 Jane Matney Powell as recipient of its 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award The Fort Gay WV High School Alumni Association has selected Jane Matney Powell as recipient...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: My most embarrassing moment
July 28, 2018 My most embarrassing moment I recall while growing up: The old Methodist church on the downtown corner of Main Cross and Madison had several features that I...
FORT GAY ALUMNI TO HOST GOLF TOURNEY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIP
July 26, 2018 Group has funded 59 scholarships to 26 scholars since 1999 Joe Damron Memorial Golf Tournament August 31 The Fort Gay High School Alumni Association will host...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA…by Michael Coburn: Town Hill; My Playground
July 20, 2018 Town Hill; My Playground I remember a lazy summer pastime I had throughout my ‘growing up’ years. When my friends were busy and I was a bit...
LAWRENCE CO. AUTHOR TO HOLD BOOK SIGNING AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
July 19, 2018 Press Release Lawrence County author John H. Butch Preston will be having a book signing at the Lawrence County Library on Saturday July 21, 2018 from 11 A.M....
GROWING UP IN LOUISA…By Michael Coburn — Exploring; Dangerous, but Fun
July 14, 2018 Exploring; Dangerous, but Fun Discovery of new places is nothing new for any of us, I would suppose. It has been a part of my life...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA…BY MICHAEL COBURN; Hot Times!
July 7, 2018 Hot Times! As I write this, it is just after the fourth of July. Because the holiday fell on a Wednesday this year, there are those...
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