Recollections

Profiling The whole world seems to know that I am trying to finish moving into another home in another jurisdiction. It’s not that I’m important, or that the paparazzi has...

Nature Strikes Again!! Was I ever this kind of kid? I got a phone call from my honey telling me that I needed to rush home to rescue two of...

New Year’s Eve I don’t know if it’s because of old age or what, but I don’t recall much about New Year’s Eve celebrations before the advent of television. It...

Gifts? Yes, but Much More!! Over the last couple of weeks my articles focused on Christmas gifts given when I was growing up in Louisa. While part of most people’s...

A Favorite Christmas Gift  A special toy was under the tree waiting for Christmas that morning, but I didn’t have a clue. In spite of last week’s confession of a...

Favorite Gifts for Julia When I was growing up, I was fairly typical of kids around the country. The Christmas season meant another day closer to finding those wonderful gifts...

Building the Mood Last week Fred Jones had a photo posted that hits right on one of my memories for this time of year. How exciting it used to be...

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! Harry Matney putting up the Christmas lights acrossMain cross street in Louisa back in the early 1950's. Photo courtesy Fred...

Christmas is Coming!    Black Friday may have come and gone, but the shopping season is just heating up! The interesting thing is that we are in the middle of...

The late Martin Himler, a Magyar (Hungarian) immigrant who came to Eastern Kentucky, affected the region’s economy with the founding of the Himler Coal Company and impacted people’s lives by...

Happy, Grateful Thanksgiving! There are several things about Thanksgiving that I consider important. Which is the most important is more of a matter of perspective. For example, many people see...

Growing up in Louisa – Pride, Honor, and Guilt This title may alert you to my view of this week’s subject. Hey, they taught me in school that is just...

John Hensley I have lived in Eastern Ky all of my life. I have resided in Martin County for most of it. I have traveled all...

To the Roller Rink! As a teenager, I spent a lot of time in a special building just out the Mayo Trail, next to the Flat Top Inn and Pannell’s...

Memories Demonstrate Changes A few weeks ago I wrote about my memories of the corner grocery stores. I recalled how a heavy white waxy paper was used to wrap meats...

An Immodest Proposal John Butch Preston johnhprestonauthor.com The main problem with American democracy, as Ben Franklin once pointed out, is the quality of the leadership we choose as voters to...

Autumn is Back!   I can’t believe how much rain we have received this year. Granted, the bulk of the water has come from two hurricanes, but overall, the summer...

October 12, 2018 Pumpkins Here it is October already and do I ever have a story to tell this time. Back when my kids were growing up I had to...

Salute to Filling Stations This morning I stopped to fill up with gasoline while commuting to work. In keeping with the times, it was, of course, self-service. I thought it...