Category: observation and opinion
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Loved Justified, but it could do much better at representing Kentucky.
Earlier this year, we wrapped up watching Justified. I know there are people that recommended it to me…
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The Manly-Yet-Enlighted Rednecks
I’ve been thinking a lot about the men friends in my life that I’ve had since grade school…
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Results of Geneology Research To Date
No royalty among my ancestors. No community or social rabble-rousers. No poetic rogues. No great historic figures. No…
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Enslavers in My Family
I’ve added a new goal in my genealogy explorations: identifying the enslavers among my ancestors and, if possible,…
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But does it really matter?
I’ve been studying Spanish off and on since 2002 – I don’t count my time in high school,…
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When were humans NOT mixing things up?
When I was in grade school back in Kentucky and learning the history of Western Europe, what I…
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The gravy boat of happiness
I’m sure that this gravy boat cost more than what my grandmother and her sister paid once upon…
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What the loss of the CPB means.
I am a child of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It molded my characters and my values. It…
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Are the Bad Guys happier than me?
Are the people who delight in seeing people deported and families torn apart happier than me? Are the…
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Good riddance, 2025
For me, 2025 has been mostly miserable. Not entirely miserable, but far from what I would say was…
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