Shelbyville – Gallrein Farms
Gallrein Farms outside of Shelbyville looks like any other family farm from the main road. A small white board that reads Pumpkins hangs under the farm logo sign off the roadside. Three hay bales...
Category: Bluegrass
Clermont – Bernheim Forest
Little Nis is a troll made of wood that spends its days peering into a pond at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont. Unpainted angular planks from the troll’s head to its toes...
Millersburg — Christmas at Mustard Seed Hill
Military cadets have long disappeared from the grounds of the former Millersburg Military Institute on Main Street in this Bourbon County town. But the pomp and circumstance once seen here still lives — this...
Lexington – Waveland State Historic Site
“Arsenic and Old Lace” is a black comedy about two murdering aunts and their arsenic-laced wine that’s been performed and shown the world over. It might be the one tale that made arsenic poisoning,...
Frankfort – Cove Spring Park
Black cherry, boxelder, and sycamore call Cove Spring Park home. So do Ohio buckeye, sugar maple, cottonwood, and a forest of other beauties rooted in this central Kentucky public park and nature preserve. Hikers...
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...
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...
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...
Richmond – White Hall Historic Site
It’s said that every picture tells a story. But sometimes pictures are lost, or missing, or were never taken in the first place. That leaves only part of the story on display. And at...
Frankfort – Josephine Sculpture Park
It looks like any other family farm at first glance: a narrow gravel lane, fields of tall grass, a weathered barn, a farmhouse. But look closely. Soon you’ll see the sculpture. It’s all around...
