Our 2024 fundraising campaign is underway!
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Museum to offer daytime trolley tours
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For years the Bluegrass Heritage Museum in downtown Winchester has offered trolley tours to sites of historical interest during the month of May, which is Preservation Month. In the past, these tours have always been held during the evening hours. This year, however, they are trying something new -- daytime tours.
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Jeff’s Playlist: Rock and Roll
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If you like rock and roll, this is the music for you: John Lennon’s renditions of the classic songs. These are all covers by the late Beatle with an all-star cast of supporting musicians. I have had this music in either vinyl or CD for a long, long time. If you’ve never heard it, you’re…
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Marine Training: Swimming — and tear gas!
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Another part of training consisted of swimming. It may be a bit odd to consider that some young men of our age had never learned to swim. Their trial would be more difficult than for the rest of us. There is a large indoor pool on the base where our swimming instruction took place. We…
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Maybe we don’t need more things, just more important things
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The more complex our world becomes, the more I love simple pleasures. Decades ago, I came upon a small vanity stuck in a corner of an antique mall in Charlotte, NC. I was attracted to its simplicity – clean curves, smooth finish, six dovetail drawers with unpretentious wooden pulls. It didn’t cost much. I bought…
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a part
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On New Year’s Eve, I got the news that a friend died. One of my dearest, closest friends. He died by suicide. It was the first time in my life that I’ve dealt with a loss of such magnitude. And I’ve been haunted by it. I’ve lost people before, don’t get me wrong—grandfathers, cousins, etc.…
