America’s war for independence wasn’t a knee-jerk, emotional reaction to British overreach. Rather, a series of events over many years...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to announce that today is a BIG DAY for me! My first ever book is being released by Level Best Books! I have...

I love bourbon. Ironically, I rarely drink. And though I love the taste of bourbon (straight, neat), and the various foods flavored with...

In my last blog, I wrote about the Dancing Plague, a mass psychosis of mysterious origin. Since then I’ve become fascinated by other...

No, we're not talking about the David Bowie song here (though the song is now stuck in my head.... "Put on your red shoes and dance the...

Cynthia Ann Parker’s story is a tragic one. She was born to Silas Mercer Parker and Lucinda Parker (née Duty) in Crawford County,...

I became interested in learning more about Quanah Parker after discovering the book Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise...

In April, on one of our many trips to Louisville for my husband’s medical concerns, the headstones and American flag on the side of the...

D-Day in WWI is commemorated every June 6th. An unknown number of thousands of men died that day when U.S. soldiers with other allied...

I have just a few more Kentucky-related posts and I swear I’ll move on because there’s a whole world of Mystery and History out there to...

Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., also known at "Lutie" among his friends and loved ones descends from American "royalty," so to speak. His...

Widely known as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” because of its approximate duration, The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held...

I know I recently promised that I’d stick to Louisville-related posts for a few entries, however I fell down down a rabbit hole, so bear...

After writing about the famous Kentucky candy, Modjeskas, I became curious about the woman who inspired the caramel-covered marshmallow...

I was planning on writing about writing with this blog, but life offered up another plan and another idea. So my next few posts will be...