Lifestyles
Healthy Habits: Miracle Fruit
Miracle Fruit By Jennifer Wimmer Have you ever heard of the plant called miracle fruit? It is a small tree native to the tropical regions of West Africa, and produces small, red berries. These aren’t like any other berries though, they are very unique, mainly due to their taste-modifying properties. Just chewing them for around…
Read MoreNancy’s Notes: The Tree House
When I was a little girl I always wanted to build a tree house, but there was never a tree available. Then, when my kids were young they wanted one. Movies portrayed tree houses as a place where kids could get away from their parents and hang out with friends. They take big trees…
Read MoreNancy’s Notes: My Dad
My dad was a prankster. He especially liked to play pranks on our relatives who came from up North, near Chicago. When they came to visit, the first thing Daddy would do was take the kids to the tobacco patch to help him de-worm the tobacco. Those kids were city kids and had no idea…
Read MoreNancy’s Notes: The Big Old House on the Hill
A lot of people warned Daddy not to buy that old house. They said it was haunted. They said an old man had died upstairs. In the process of trying to get him down the stairs, they had dropped him and he tumbled to the bottom. “At night you’ll be woken up to that rumblin’…
Read MoreNancy’s Notes: Family Gatherings
In early November of 1985, I got a letter from Mama saying, “Your dad is feeling better this year and thinks he can make it to your house for Thanksgiving.” He had not been able to come the year before. Two days before Thanksgiving he passed away. His funeral was on the day he had…
Read MoreNancy’s Notes: The Old Victrola
When Grandma passed, Granddaddy moved in with us. He had his own room across the hall from the rest of the family. In the far corner of the room stood an old Victrola. It was made of heavy stripped oak and stood taller than me. It had a large speaker in front and a…
Read MoreNancy’s Notes: Taking Care of God’s World
Twice within just a little over a month, I beheld the wonders in the sky. Saturday night a call came, “Go down to the river and look at the sky.” When we got there, the city lights made it hard to see anything so we went to the overlook outside of town. There, dancing across…
Read MoreWillow & Pine Market shares important lessons for at-home chefs
“One of the most important lessons a cook learns is “everything in its place” – to streamline organization and enable efficiency, says Anne Higgins, owner of Willow and Pine Market.” “Seamless integration of carefully selected everyday essentials will ensure an at-home chef is set up for success in the kitchen” Kitchen organization Anne says…
Read MoreWinter storm in 1994 paralyzes Hancock
Historical Feature By Sonya L. Dixon, Hancock Clarion Reporter They say crises really pulls a community together and that is just what happened throughout Hancock County after it was covered by 16 inches of snow Sunday night in 1994. Thanks to a county-wide effort many were sheltered from the cold, while others received needed…
Read MoreLandslide Wrecks Train; 1910 Hawesville Kentucky
Historical Feature By Donn Wimmer When I was young I would hear stories of a train wreck just east of Hawesville but could not find anyone that knew much about it. Seems all they had heard was that the engineer was killed. David Taylor, former reporter at the Clarion, was looking for anything about Hancock…
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