When Jimmy’s aunt, Cecelia Elder died the family had an auction sale to dispense with the belongings of her estate. That included items that also belonged to her late husband, Fred. The family really didn’t divvy them up, there were so many kids and grandkids and great-grandkids. So the decision was made to have … [Read more…]
This picture is of the Pierceall Family of Fancy Farm. Their descendants came to town back in 2013 to do a little research and see where they came from.
I am fortunate to live in a community that is full of history. Everywhere you look you can put your hands on things that are 200 years old or more. There are many places where we know our great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents lived or farmed. History is everywhere we look. And our community is more than … [Read more…]
I was out shopping one day, minding my own business, when this woman I know came up to me and called me a dirty name. She immediately started laughing. Now, I didn’t take offense to this; personally I took it as a compliment. I know others who would have taken offense. But I didn’t. But … [Read more…]
Yep, I just came home from fish fry Friday. You’re jealous, right? You should be. I was raised eating fish. As a Catholic, growing up in the 1960’s, you had to eat fish every Friday. Most of the time we ate tuna. We had tuna salad, tuna casserole, sometimes we had salmon patties. Those were … [Read more…]
Years ago Jimmy got with a couple of buddies and they decided they were going to cure country hams. They each put down two hams. They actually bought a whole hog each, got it processed with the hams, pork chops and sausage. They were so very excited about it. And before they went through the … [Read more…]
One of my first outings when I moved to western Kentucky was that I drove up to the lake near Aurora, Kentucky. They had an arts and crafts festival in the fall. One of the exhibits they had was cooking sorghum. I watched for a while. I might have even bought some sorghum. I’m sure I … [Read more…]
Several years ago I went to the funeral of one of the matriarchs of Fancy Farm. Someone made this comment about her speaking to us with her life and I thought that was one of the best compliments anyone could be given. I went to the funeral of another matriarch in our community today. She … [Read more…]
If Fr. Darrell was here right now he would say “How’s Your Lent Going?” And I would tell him today that my Lent is going great! Okay, I haven’t been great at reducing carbs but I have quit playing computer games and other than today I have eliminated sweets from my diet. But one of … [Read more…]
Living in a small town it makes sense that some people marrying into the same family as their siblings. Let’s face it. We’re a small town full of large families. For years no one interacted outside of the community. Everyone went to school in town, went to church in town, worked on farms or in town. … [Read more…]