February 23, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill. Not much happening around here. The snow melted. We went back to school. I guess I’m glad. Nobody wants to go to school all summer. Better to just get it over with in the winter. And school’s not all that bad. One of those necessary things and I like learning stuff. …
Starting 1966 Off with a Whisper
January 5, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Can you believe it’s 1966? Wow! In a few years we’ll flip the decade and then it’ll really be hard to write the right date for the year. I’m getting fairly good at changing a 5 into a 6 on my school papers. Yeah, it didn’t snow, so we had …
Loving December and Christmas on the Way
December 15, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. About Christmas. Don’t you just love December? Christmas comes in December and there is so much to love about Christmas. First no school for a couple of weeks. All right, that shouldn’t have been first. Jesus being born should have been first. But He knows I’m ready for a break …
Old Houses and Hometown History
Do you like old historic houses? I put this link at Old House Dreams about a Georgian style mansion up for sale in my town on my Facebook page and it’s grabbed a lot of views and interest. Actually a writing friend I met at the Writers Retreat I recently attended in Monterey, CA posted the link on my Facebook first. Internet is …
Storms and School and Stories
September 8, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. We get all kinds of things at the newspaper office and when Zella showed me this, I thought of Bailey and Lucinda right away. I know Lucinda is a black cat and not a white cat and Bailey is a bigger dog than this with bushy fur, but Lucinda …
Back to School with No Curls
September 2, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Don’t have much time. School has started. Sigh! Oh, I don’t suppose it’s all bad. I get to see my friends and Leigh helped me buy some new clothes. I wore one of the new skirts today. It’s a-line and a neat color of green and it doesn’t look half …
Barefoot Days are Almost Here Again
Photo Courtesy of Anita Peppers May 26, 1965 Jocie Brooke reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. A very excited Jocie Brooke because in three days – three short days!! – school’s out for the summer. Yay!! It’s not that I don’t like school. At least most of the time, but in May, I hate school! Nobody should have to spend all of …
Scent of Lilacs and News from Hollyhill
April 14, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Not much to report this week. Dad says that’s good because it means nothing bad has happened. And I say why can’t something good happen that we can report. But in the newspaper business, bad sells more papers. Like the wind blowing the roof off of Mr. Dexter’s barn last …
Kids are Just Kids
Photo credit: The Roanoke Times, file photo, 1960. January 13, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. We had to go back to school after Christmas last week. The snow kept us out a couple of days but then it was back to books and teachers. School’s not so bad. Not now that I’m used to high school and …
When Time Stood Still
December 23, 1964 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky on Christmas Eve Eve. How do you like our tree. I needs some strands of popcorn. As soon as I get my homework done, I’m going to help Aunt Love with stringing the popcorn. I’ll probably sneak a few bites too. Nobody could have a bowl of popcorn in her …
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