McEldowney Madness in Winchester!
Downtown visitors on Saturday had an opportunity to see a prancing baby camel, view an art exhibit, listen to live music, take part in a scavenger hunt, and tour Winchester’s Beaux Arts masterwork, the McEldowney Building.
The 120-year-old, five-story structure, which three young cousins are restoring, is home to an eclectic mix of businesses, ranging from a fantasy bookstore to a...
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Spring events bring new energy to Legacy Grove
Legacy Grove is welcoming spring with a full month of community‑centered events, from stargazing and science activities to volunteer planting days and sustainable fashion. The season opened with a Star Party featuring the Pinnacles Astronomy Club and the Clark County Public Library, followed by hands‑on programs like Rockets in Winchester and Blooming Buddies. Volunteers also planted new perennials that will brighten the park by summer. April’s biggest celebration — Earth Day — returns with free...
Tending the garden of a good life
Drawing on the familiar wisdom of “you reap what you sow,” this essay explores how the energy we invest in others shapes the lives we ultimately harvest. Some people cultivate kindness, friendship, and community, weathering life’s storms with grace. Others nurture grudges, suspicion, and hurt, creating a self-fulfilling cycle of disappointment and isolation. Through vivid garden imagery, the piece argues that while we all encounter weeds and storms, we choose what grows in our personal...
False Spring: Kentucky’s little winters
Early spring around these parts still brings bone-deep cold mornings. It’s dark after breakfast. The trees are starting to green up, but brown dominates. Cows steam in the fields, and the creek on my property runs clearer than at any other time of year. And if the sun does shine, it’s usually hand in hand with wind gusts that send you back in the house. This is not the bitter, punishing winter of March, nor...
Jeff’s Playlist: ‘Hawks and Doves’
This is the next recording in my Neil Young lineup. It’s pretty good. Give it a listen, I think you’ll like it.
All tracks are written by Neil Young.
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When war starts sounding like a sermon
I was raised in a place where faith wasn’t loud.
It didn’t need to be.
It lived in quiet things—folded hands at the table, the hush before a storm rolling over the hills, the way my Great Gran spoke about God like He was close enough to hear but never something to be used.
Back home, faith wasn’t a weapon.
It wasn’t something you strapped on like armor and marched into battle with.
And it sure as hell wasn’t something you used to sell a war.
Spirit of 1776
Across America, on Saturday, eight million people took part in a peaceful revolution against President Donald Trump and his policies, including inflationary tariffs, undeclared wars, authoritarian acts, and apparent efforts to disenfranchise voters.
It was the largest demonstration in the country in more than half a century. The Winchester rally was one of 3,300 in 50 states.


