My youngest daughter got her driver’s license last week. Actually it is her restricted license. Now she can go where she needs to and she can run errands for me. I think she has been to Hobbs Home Center at least twice a day every day. I have been through this before. My two older … [Read more…]
This is a short story I wrote for submission in a Kentucky magazine. It didn’t get in so I thought I would share it here. Before I start, this is based on a story I heard several years ago about a guy who was raised in Fancy Farm. I don’t know if the guy actually … [Read more…]
Some women hate football season, or hunting season, or you name it season. I hate tobacco season. And the problem is tobacco season runs a good 7 months. Tobacco is an extremely labor-intensive crop. You seed the greenhouse by putting this tiny little tobacco seed into this tiny little square on this styrofoam bed that … [Read more…]
There are a lot of reasons to venture over into Hickman County, to visit St. Denis Church. They have the best potluck dinners that double as picnic meals; some Sundays the Higgins family goes to town singing to the top of their lungs in worship; their parish is very welcoming and are truly glad you … [Read more…]
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscalia It doesn’t take much to make me feel good about myself. When I was younger I … [Read more…]