Groundhog Day, Superbowl and Winners Too

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 8 Comments

Here where I grew up in Kentucky, groundhogs weren’t the most loved animal. They burrowed under barns and sheds and made worrisome holes in and around the fields that could cause damage to a workhorse or a farmer if he wasn’t paying attention. And they ate corn and other crops. Farmers and farmers’ sons used them for target practice. They …

Groundhog Day in Hollyhill

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, Heart of Hollyhill Leave a Comment

February 2, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky on Groundhog Day. Too bad the powers that be don’t think that’s a day we should get out of school. Sigh. But no, I had to get up before the sun, catch the school bus and spend most of the day sitting inside at a desk instead of hunting down …