WHEN RADIO RULED When I came of age, television had invaded our lives. Ed Sullivan showed us the Beatles, and the nightly news showed us the daily body counts [...]
Jubilee Barndance: the Making of a New Musical!
JUBILEE BARNDANCE: THE MAKING OF A NEW MUSICAL "They had to come from somewhere ... maybe it was from Jubilee!" Those are the words of Dr. Jack Wann, playwright, written [...]
Jimmy Cornelison, Bybee Master Potter, a video (part one)
A video of Jimmy Cornelison, sixth generation Cornelison family potter, part one. At the 200 year old Bybee Pottery Barn in Bybee, Kentucky. December, 2021. copyright 2022 by RVS all [...]
Bybee Master Potters
BYBEE MASTER POTTERS It began two million years ago. Actually, much earlier, if you consider the pallet upon which it was drawn. For Kentucky is an old place, with [...]
Surrounding™ Boonesborough
SURROUNDING™ BOONESBOROUGH We follow the route leading down to it, cut by Daniel Boone's 30 axe men in 1775. They were developing a trail wide enough for a packhorse, and [...]
“The Streets of Paris,” A song for hope during our second Covid Christmas.
https://vimeo.com/494484135 The "Streets of Paris." Written and played by Tommy Hynes. Written and sung Reggie Van Stockum. Part of the 2020 Shelby County Community Theatre's "Home for the Holidays" video, [...]
“The Streets of Paris,” A song for hope during our second Covid Christmas.
https://vimeo.com/494484135 The "Streets of Paris." Written and played by Tommy Hynes. Written and sung Reggie Van Stockum. Part of the 2021 Shelby County Community Theatre's "Home for the Holidays" video, [...]
SURROUNDING™ THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF IRVINE
SURROUNDING™ THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF IRVINE And many are precious. The people, especially. Friendly faces and intriguing stone facies, abound all about in natural spaces. Some are mysterious, and others, not [...]
Surrounding™ Livingston and the Rockcastle River!
SURROUNDING ™ LIVINGSTON AND THE ROCKCASTLE RIVER There are places that just seem to be near the center of all things important. Livingston, located on Roundstone Creek where it breaches the [...]
Tanks, Tanks, Tanks! Somewhere on the Fort Knox Army Reservation in Kentucky.
Tanks, Tanks, Tanks! Somewhere on the Fort Knox Army Reservation in Kentucky with historian Gary Kempf on December 4, 2020. copyright 2021 by RVS all rights reserved
Crossing the Rockcastle River on the Wilderness Road!
Crossing the Rockcastle River on the Wilderness Road just south of Livingston, Kentucky, with John Graham on December 2, 2021. 300,000 pioneers crossed this Ford after 1796 when the Wilderness Road [...]