“ATHIAMIOWEE, A CIVIL WAR JOURNEY HOME” It was 1865, and the Civil War was over. The Confederate soldier had been released from an Ohio prison. “Go away,” they said. “We are done with you.” Being finally free,…
“ATHIAMIOWEE, A CIVIL WAR JOURNEY HOME” It was 1865, and the Civil War was over. The Confederate soldier had been released from an Ohio prison. “Go away,” they said. “We are done with you.” Being finally free,…
Three years of travels to out-of-the-way places, finding oases of wonder along Kentucky River reaches! 415 pages of…
July 10, 2025The Second Highest Rock in the Red River Gorge! Reggie Van Stockum with Skip Johnson on the ridge…
May 12, 2025Reggie Van Stockum and Skip Johnson at the 1830’s Cottage Iron Furnace on Cow Creek in Estill County,…
May 8, 2025I am proud to be part of Tom Martin’s team of guests on what will be a continuing…
April 7, 2025“Surrounding™ Kentucky, Select Essays,” is the second volume of my “Surrounding™ Series.” The first volume is entitled “Surrounding™…
February 10, 2025Jimmy Cornelison, sixth generation Cornelison family potter. At the 200 year old Bybee Pottery Barn in Bybee, Kentucky.…
February 6, 2025BYBEE MASTER POTTERS It began two million years ago. Actually, much earlier, if you consider the pallet…
January 20, 2025SURROUNDING FRANKLINVILLE It’s not really there, at the junction of the Middle and North Forks of the Kentucky…
December 30, 2024KENTUCKY’S PILLARS OF HERCULES Irvine and Ravenna? You think I’m kidding? Again? True, this is not the Mediterranean. …
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