Harrodsburg – PlayThink
Magic is what happens when you least expect it. It can come from a smile, the glow of a Strawberry Moon, or just about anyplace else. For me, this summer, the catalyst for magic...
Author: Rebecca Hanchett
Kentuckians In Maine – An un-Tucked Special
One mile was the posted length at the trailhead of the Anvil Trail. The hike is actually a little over two miles out and back, but no one taking the trail that day seemed...
Fort Mitchell – Vent Haven
The first thing I noticed when I walked into Vent Haven was the silence. There I was, surrounded by hundreds of jokesters, each looking like they had a story to tell about life back...
Carrollton – General Butler State Resort Park
Any good Kentucky politician knows you never turn down an invite to a barbecue. Speaking on the stump next to a smoking pit is a hardened tradition in the Commonwealth. If you are running...
Georgetown – A Howl Is Also A Prayer
Look at your hands and think about what you see: a family ring, calloused knuckles, a childhood scar. Everything you notice about your hands reflects your personal experience. Maybe only you, or others who...
un-Tucked does the holidays
But say a prayerPray for the other onesAt Christmas time it’s hard” – Band Aid Band Aid was a 1980s charity group that recorded “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” to raise money to fight...
Christian County – Edgar Cayce
It is 2 a.m. and you are cramming for a biology test that starts in seven hours. You’ve known about the exam for weeks but, hey, that football game at the corner hangout wasn’t...
Hopkinsville – Black Patch Tobacco War
My grandparents were Kentucky farmers. They raised Black Angus cattle, hogs, and grew burley tobacco, just like thousands of others across the Commonwealth. You’ll still find burley growing in most regions statewide year after...
Mt. Sterling – The Ghost Walk
It’s a dark and cold October night in Mt. Sterling as the flash of cell phone cameras follow the green dot of a laser pointer along a downtown sidewalk. Those of us snapping photos...
Covington – Devou Park
Work your way up from the interstate, past Covington’s cozy row houses, far above the historic stone benches and 1930s-era band shell of Devou Park. Keep going, all the way to the top. Here...