The Spirit of the Gift: A Box of ChocolatesTucked in an old trunk, an empty box of chocolates with an inscription, Kenneth’s first box of chocolates given by Uncle Darrel Sept. 7, 1926. The old box is fragile; it was constructed of paper but, it had survived over the course of eighty-eight years! I imagine that…
The Spirit of the Gift: A Box of Chocolates
Tucked in an old trunk, an empty box of chocolates with an inscription, Kenneth's first box of chocolates given by Uncle Darrel Sept. 7, 1926. The old box is fragile; it was constructed of paper but, it had survived over the course of eighty-eight years! I imagine that Kenneth left the box behind when he…
Athens County Fair
Things have changed since the first county fairs in Athens County. Until this century, after the Great Depression, most folks lived in rural areas. Not until the last quarter of the last century did we witness an exodus to the city – people left to find “good jobs.” The pendulum swings again, the “good jobs” have…
Local History – Athens County
Local HistoryI am an historian – a card carrying historian – the post doctorate degree made it official and public. I look at the world around me with a particular if not downright peculiar lens. Every object that I look at tells a story. Recently, I acquired boxes of papers and books left by a…
Athens County Fair
Things have changed since the first county fairs in Athens County. Until this century, after the Great Depression, most folks lived in rural areas. Not until the last quarter of the last century did we witness an exodus to the city - people left to find "good jobs." The pendulum swings again, the "good jobs" have…
Ephemera
Ephemera is one of those words that when spoken sounds like its meaning . . . a soft, wispy sound like whisper and rhymes with chimera. Ephemera are things that last only for a brief moment in time . . . like whispers and chimera, ephemera lack real substance but not necessarily importance in everyday life. You might even say that we…