Anatoliy Voloshyn gives student address at LWC Commencement
2025-05-05 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College
Lindsey Wilson College undergraduate Anatoliy Voloshyn of Cherkasy, Ukraine, gives the student address at the morning spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Biggers Sports Center. Voloshyn, whose family watched his commencement address back in his war-torn country, earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration with a minor in political science.
Lindsey Wilson College will become Lindsey Wilson University on July 1, making this weekend's commencement the final group of graduates awarded a Lindsey Wilson College diploma. Comments | Permalink Judas Ear Mushroom
2025-05-05 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Marie Freeman
Marie writes, "This Jellyfish or Judas Ear mushroom is on the opposite side of the hairy oysters on the same stump. I've always heard it called Judas Ear, which is more common for the United States and the folklore behind. It is fascinating." She also sends this linked info: Wood ears are also known as Judas's ear or Jew's ear - this is a reference to Judas Iscariot. The folklore around the mushrooms say that the fungi are Judas' returned spirit, a reminder of his suicide by hanging (strangulation) on an elder tree. And that the fungi being medicinal for sore throats is not a coincidence.
In Korean, the wood ear name translates to "wood jellyfish" or "tree jellyfish."
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Paired Photo: Hairy oyster mushroom Comments | Permalink Scenic Adair County - view of Clifty Creek Farm
2025-05-04 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Donna Rieder
This is an early spring view of life on Clifty Creek Farm. Bexer the horse is one of her rescues. His friend is a stray-cat-turned-keeper named BlackCat. BlackCat follows Donna everywhere she goes on the farm, just like a dog; he even likes to ride on the side-by-side with her. You can see a video of him riding along, on their Clifty Creek Farm Facebook page. Comments | Permalink Older Photos