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Sep 12, 2024 | 
ucumberlands.edu | Kim Richardson
The UC Book Club will next discuss The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson on October 9, Wednesday, at 4 p.m. via Zoom. This popular 2019 book has been listed as a bestseller by The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, PBS, and -- perhaps most compelling of all – comes recommended by Dolly Parton! As historical fiction, the novel is based on the Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project as a WPA program of the 1930s and the blue Fugates of Kentucky.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
newmedia-wi.com | Jan Jones |Kim Richardson
A few years ago, I read Kim Michele Richardson’s “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.” It sketches out life in 1930s Kentucky and relates how the women of The Pack Horse Library Project would ride a circuit into the surrounding mountain to deliver library materials to the isolated homes there. This week I discovered the next book in the series, “The Book Woman’s Daughter.”Cussy Mary Lovet had been one of the pioneer book women.
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Jul 3, 2023 | 
pmg-sc.com | Kim Richardson
Common sense. The Scientific Revolution began with famous individuals such as Copernicus and Galileo and led to the idea of thinking rationally: things should make sense. By the 18th century, many of these rational thinkers began to question whether their governments and societies made sense; the Age of Enlightenment had merged with natural history. If science was good in the natural world, perhaps it could be good in society.
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Jun 19, 2023 | 
pmg-sc.com | Kim Richardson
Monday, June 19, America celebrated our most recently established national holiday: Juneteenth National Independence Day. This celebration has been held since 1865, but it was only in 2021 that it became a federal holiday, celebrating the final emancipation of all slaves in America. Sometimes we remember and celebrate firsts: the first man to walk on the moon, the first birthday of a child, or the first official declaration of emancipation.
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Jun 16, 2023 | 
pmg-sc.com | Kim Richardson
This coming Monday, June 19, America will celebrate our most recently established national holiday: Juneteenth National Independence Day. This celebration has been held since 1865, but it was only in 2021 that it became a federal holiday, celebrating the final emancipation of all slaves in America. Sometimes we remember and celebrate firsts: the first man to walk on the moon, the first birthday of a child, or the first official declaration of emancipation.
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Jun 6, 2023 | 
pmg-sc.com | Kim Richardson
Lancaster resident Jeremy McLemore, 18, is one of the newest graduates of the seminary program with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is an intense, four-year program of Scripture study that includes annual focus on the Old and New Testaments, the Book of Mormon and doctrine and covenants. Not only did McLemore receive his seminary diploma last month, but his high school one as well, through the Palmetto Homeschool Association.
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Jun 5, 2023 | 
pmg-sc.com | Kim Richardson
June 6 marks the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. On that day, over 6,000 Americans lost their lives to establish a beachhead and push back Nazi tyranny. “Freedom from Fear,” so adequately painted by Norman Rockwell and preached from the Halls of Congress by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, gained momentum that day. We must never forget the sacrifices given by our soldiers to establish our true freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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May 30, 2023 | 
tngs.org | Kim Richardson
Spotlight on Brick Wall Strategies-Proving Theories, Thinking Critically and Writing to Solve Genealogy ProblemsTHIS IS PART 4 OF 4-PART SERIES ON BRICK WALLSWe will review nine ways to solve tough genealogy problems and brick walls in this series. There are four sessions. Each session is about an hour long. Session 1 is an overview and introduction. Each of the other sessions will introduce three strategies and give examples of each strategy. Each session in the series can be viewed by itself.
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May 22, 2023 | 
pmg-sc.com | Kim Richardson
This month marks the anniversary of Buford’s Massacre, which took place on May 29, 1780. This is one of the most important battles of the American Revolution and occurred right here in Lancaster County. This was the Battle of the Waxhaws, also known as Buford’s Massacre. I recently had an opportunity to take a youth group from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here to take advantage of the new walking trail and experience first-hand where this battle occurred.
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May 18, 2023 | 
camelsandchocolate.com | Gillian McAllister |Kim Richardson
April may very well have been the greatest month ever (more on why below). The month kicked off with a solid week of being on the road, but of course I made it back in time for Easter with the kids. There’s pretty much no occasion I’ll pick traveling over being with my niece and nephew on holidays or banner events. My April highlights were many as I spent 18 nights away from home in hotels and vacation rentals.
