Recollections

Old Cars It’s kind of a funny thing, you know. I have never seen myself as a ‘car guy.’ What I mean is cars to me were always just a...

First Date! First Date? I mean a ‘real’ date! Oh, we all had those little ‘pretend dates’ where parents set up preschoolers to go to a movie together. Those were...

LABOR DAY A year ago I wrote this history of a day that was more of a mystery. That is, not too many folks understood the origins of Labor Day....

Tin Roofs If you’ve never heard the sound of rain on a tin roof, you probably didn’t grow up before the end of the twentieth century. Metal roofs were all...

Huntington, the Big City When I was growing up I was reminded many times that I had been born in Huntington rather than in Louisa. My mother lived in Louisa...

County Schools A few years ago a reader suggested that I write about one-room schoolhouses. Since I was a ‘town boy,’ I have always thought that since I didn’t have...

Community Schools I’ve been busy behind the scenes researching all I can on the subject often called, “One-room Schools.” The first problem I discovered is that despite their classification, they...

Wrapping  An archaic word that was often used back in the day came to my mind recently. We hardly ever, and maybe never, see the ‘old ways’ once used to...

" Never Leave A Man Behind " Frank Kincaid (Commander)  American Legion Post # 89 Louisa, Ky   James Barnette (Commander) VFW Post #6103 Louisa Ky   Writen By: Commander...

On September 6, 1875, two men walked into the Bank of Huntington with their revolvers drawn. Two others kept guard outside. The four men left the bank with $20,000 and...

Living Green    Before this ‘throw-away’ generation arrived, I remember when people did things much differently than do many today. Some of those differences have led to an improved quality...

Flat Irons I was watching a movie on TV the other night when the camera panned and showed various points in New York City. One struck my attention, not because...

Premiums – Marketing A marketing ploy of the mid-forties, fifties and into the sixties frequently involved an idea that would tempt people to choose one product over another because of...

Hollywood in the Garden Last week I wrote about television as it evolved in my life and the livers of many others. There was another form of entertainment that came...

Television Back when I was around ten or eleven-years old a new businessman, Mr. C.D. Wells, came to our little town and opened an appliance store. It was located across...

Father’s Day Another year, another Father’s Day. Again, I must review the traditional model of fathers in general.  The trend these days is for children to grow up in split...

Summer Camps The arrival of summer reminds me of the special times I spent at some summer camps. With school out, and the days so hot, life soon needed a...

    This tells it all about the Parade and I hope you like the pictures.  I enjoy being the Net Control station operator there, for 18 years...

Odiferous Memories      There are things from our past that we often don’t think about, or we may push aside until circumstances resurrect memories. They may be absent for...

Memorial Day I finally did it! A year ago when Suzie and I moved into our new home I discovered that our 25’ flag pole had broken off at a...