SURROUNDING FRANKLINVILLE It's not really there, at the junction of the Middle and North Forks of the Kentucky River. Nothing but soybeans, Kentucky jungle, and muddy water. But I have [...]
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Kentucky’s Little Switzerland?
KENTUCKY'S LITTLE SWITZERLAND? In the Commonwealth of Kentucky? Am I kidding? About the mountains, the forests, the people, the water? The gravel? And what about Abraham Lincoln's grandmother? [...]
Surrounding™ Dismal Rock
SURROUNDING™ DISMAL ROCK Mammoth Cave is a world-class attraction, worthy of your immediate visit. May you soon enough wander within its dark passage! But we are headed aboveground today. Into [...]
Surrounding™ Glasgow
SURROUNDING GLASGOW Glasgow, Kentucky. How to reach this hidden oasis? I recommend this route for your driving pleasure, riding down Highway 31 East in Central Kentucky. So get off Interstate [...]
Songs from “Jubilee Barndance” and a “Horsefly” essay!
Songs from our new musical, "Jubilee Barndance" (Wann and Van Stockum, Jr.), and a short essay entitled, "Horsefly" from my new journey book, "Surrounding Mammoth Cave!" Sung and [...]
“Surrounding Brandenburg”
SURROUNDING BRANDENBURG Meade County, Kentucky is like a pirate's treasure. A golden chest of hidden history clothed in science and culture, and lying within the ancient coastline of its miles [...]
LITHIUM, THE THIRD ROCK FROM NOTHING!
LITHIUM, THE THIRD ROCK FROM NOTHING! "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" [Genesis 1, KJV]. But what is that stuff made of? Well, to start from [...]
BATHSHEBA, ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S GRANDMOTHER
BATHSHEBA, ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S GRANDMOTHER One of them. Lucy Hanks, from Virginia, is the other [more on her family later]. Bathsheba Herring Lincoln was the wife of our Abe's grandfather. He [...]
The Other Abe and his son Mordecai
THE OTHER ABE AND HIS SON MORDECAI History lies just down the road. The turnpike of rolling time that runs right through your own lifeline. The one right there in [...]
George Washington’s Religion
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RELIGION So many of us want to believe that the great man thought as we do. That Washington believed in the same things as you. A belief [...]