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This wonderful book is about an Appalachian community in the mountains that experienced the blessing of learning when the Moonlight School came to them. The author did a wonderful job capturing the heart of the mountain people, and the desire of many of them to learn to read and write. (Connie R) I got my edited work in progress …
Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be. ~Edna St. Vincent Millay Here in Kentucky this year we’ve had an interesting up and down March. One week we had snow and single digit windchills. Not that many days later, we had a record breaking high temperature in the 80’s. But that’s March. Spring can come …
It was interesting finding out the story behind “Mary Did You Know” one of the newer Christmas song favorites. Then a reader suggested I look up the story behind the song “O Holy Night.” And what a story that is. It seems that back in 1847 in a small French town, a man named Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure was known …
God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner. Joel Osteen Are you a winner? Well, maybe not when it comes to having your name drawn out of a pot to win a prize. I’m not that. I sometimes joke and say that if there are only two entries in a drawing and one of them is mine, the …
The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success. ~Jack Canfield Everybody loves a winner. Isn’t that some sort of saying? Not even sure it’s true. Not unless that winner is somehow sharing his winnings. And what …
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, ‘Can he name a kitten?’ ~Samuel Butler I’m not exactly sure how naming a kitten can prove you are a literary power, but if it does, many of you have some literary power. And if naming a kitten is good, surely naming dogs …
March 3, 1964 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Main Street, Hollyhill. It’s March. Basketball tournament time. Our high school team out at Holly County High played in the District Tournament last week. We didn’t win. We never win the tournament, but we did win a few games this year. Better than some years. I took pictures for the paper. I …