While I was hard at work prepping food for our annual Thanksgiving dinner, I briefly heard the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in the background among the noise of the blender or the repetitive …

The Advocate readers lift my spirits! Without them knowing their continued letters and emails feed my inspiration. Their words help me a great deal to continue to write my column. I pulled this …

As we make our annual preparations for family and friends to come together for an afternoon or evening of fellowship and fabulous food, the Museum Corner thought it might be interesting to see what …

If you feel overwhelmed this week, you are not alone. My husband and I scrambled to the grocery store to get the Thanksgiving groceries and upon returning home, I realized that I only got half of …

Thanksgiving holiday is a time when memories abound as families gather to celebrate their blessings and be grateful. Hopefully the aromas of turkey with dressing, ham, sweet potato casserole and …

If Knox Countians could pinpoint one entity that kept them safe and disease free in the middle of the 20th century, nine out of ten would point to Health Department nurse Mary Browning. We wrote …

I have the birthday blues. I don’t think that I have ever experienced them until lately. Why should anyone be sad about their birthday? I love celebrating and of course, the cake and maybe the …

While thinking about a piece to write….. a photo and a coffee table book kept staring me right in the face when I dusted.  For some time now I’ve encouraged my daughter …

As we celebrate Veteran’s Day this week, the Museum Corner would like to express our appreciation to the Barbourville Tourism for the veterans’ flags that are currently flying all over …

My birthday is quickly approaching, and I’m feeling it this year. If your are between the ages of 35 and 50, chances are, you celebrated a Birthday at Druthers or Hardees. Both were restaurants …

My daughter helped me carry the old Underwood typewriter and set it down. “That’s heavier than it looks” Then she said, “Mom, I had no idea this old relic would interest …

The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore Oh when I was a curly-headed baby My daddy set me down upon his knee Said “Son you go to school, you learn your letters Don’t you be no dusty …

The daylight savings time has done a number on me, I feel like I get up with the chickens and its dark now by 4pm. The colder nights have brought more inflammation back into my joints and the heating …

August 15th 1928 - April 12th 2008 The redbud trees were in full bloom along the interstate leading to Barbourville from Louisville. Their beauty comforted me along the way as we traveled to my …

With the car becoming the primary mode of transportation in the early to mid-20 th century, travelers needed places to stay that were along the highway, easily accessible and reasonably priced. Motor …

I grew up in a household that bled blue. For some of y’all that don’t understand that terminology, it means that you’re a true blue Kentucky wildcat fan! Growing up like that, you …

When I was a child, I could not wait to go trick or treating! There were always great scary movies watch, haunted houses to be feared, and finding the perfect costume. Now without showing my age, I …

Last week the Museum Corner spotlighted the Lawson Building that sits on the north corner of the court square. Adhering to the town’s ordinance that no structure could be more than three …

I remember feeling excited before my first Hammons reunion. Reunions were held each year at the old home place at Turkey Creek. Great-grandfather Thomas Gordon Hammons and Great- grandmother, …

Life has been good to me and I’m mindful of my many blessings, and the sweet memories. Writing some of my memories is as if life‘s pictures are being painted for me. The pictures are so …