Scenic Columbia, KY - looking down Greensburg Street 2024-04-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Dogwood blossoms decorated the big curve on Greensburg Street. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Yield sign being replaced - thanks! 2024-04-24 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The yield sign on the Jamestown Street entry to the Public Square was being installed again Wednesday afternoon. Traffic will be clearly directed and safer with that addition. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Writer Sandi Keaton Wilson read from her works 2024-04-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Sandi Keaton Wilson, center, came to Adair County's first Writers' Day event by way of Somerset, Kentucky. Her work has appeared in numerous college journals, anthologies, and other national publications. She is a nature lover in every sense of the word and a Kentuckian through and through. In Darlene Campbell's introduction before Sandy read, she said, "The first piece I ever heard from Sandi was about a woman being stuck on an escalator. I laughed so hard that I had tears in my eyes. Then she wowed me with a poem that described Appalachia as a woman. This poem helped inspire a series of paintings back in 2018 that I'm still working on." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

About Adair County writer Darlene Campbell 2024-04-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Darlene Franklin Campbell grew up in wooded areas of Southern Adair County, Kentucky, living in the Gradyville, Flatwoods and Milltown communities. She graduated from Sparksville Grade Center and Adair County High School then received an Art Scholarship to Lindsey Wilson College where she earned her B.A. and M.A. in education. Her writing and art have appeared in multiple publications, both online and traditional. She has attended the Appalachian Writers Conference, WisCon and the Arrowmont School of Arts. In 2010, she won the Reader's Choice Award in young adult fiction from the Predators and Editors organization. In 2012, she won the Mary Ballard Poetry award for her work, Uncommon Clay. She has received multiple awards for her art and writing. Proceeds from the sales of her work have gone to fight mountaintop removal and to assist in finding cures for cancer. Darlene's books include: Dragon's Heir (Virtual Bookworm), Journey to Ak'ras (Virtual Bookworm), I Listened, Momma (Moon Gypsy Press and Old Seventy Creek Press), Touched (Martin Sisters Publishing), And So (Autumn Sky Press), In Mountain Shadows (Autumn Sky Press), When I was a Kid in Kentucky (Autumn Sky Press), Looking for Pork Chop McQuade (Autumn Sky Press), Uncommon Clay (Casey Shay Press) and What Have You Done Now, Rosie Putt (Martin Sisters Publishing). Darlene's Websites: http://www.dardet.com and https://whisperingwind.blog Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Yield sign missing - traffic confused 2024-04-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The yield sign has been missing from the Jamestown Street entry to the Columbia Public Square for several days now. It is unclear to oncoming traffic who goes first. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Spring Plow Day just keeps getting better 2024-04-24 - Taylor County, KY - Photo from HGR. The annual Homeplace on Green River Spring Plow Day gets better and better with each passing, growing, year. There were animals and food, vendors and crafters galore, music and games throughout the day. As manager Lynn says, "something for every member of the family." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Firefly on Daisy 2024-04-23 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Roldcat. Roldcat writes, "On a morning walk I spotted this firefly on a daisy." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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