Eastern Kentucky Here We Come!!!

Jill and I leave tomorrow to take a weekend trip through Eastern Kentucky to meet peope and promote the show! Stay tuned for updates and photos from our journey.

Middlesboro, Kentucky

Breakfast at the Cumberland Manor Bed and Breakfast in Middlesboro, KY. Owner and artist, Jill West, shares with us the history of Middlesboro and also gives us advice on promoting the show.




FInding Directions


Local cousins share stories with us about growing up in Middlesboro


54 year old Jim tells us about growing up in Middlesboro, coal and his relationship with his mother who gave birth to 13 children.

Posting the Flyer

West Liberty, Kentucky

Debbie is an artist and owner of a amazing little teahouse in W. Liberty, Kentucky. She paints furniture and reproduction folk paintings as well and grew up in West Liberty.






McKenzie Pool Room

Benham, Kentucky

JIll talks to Haley, an eigth grader in Benham, about participating in the project.

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky

Posting the call at Beauty Shops and Salons

Cumberland, Kentucky

Whitesburg, Kentucky

Our Hotel

Mountains of Scrap. An entire store dedicated to scrapbooking!

Harlan, Kentucky

Harlan County Boys and Girls Club




Picnic time!

Morehead, Kentucky

Mapping out Day 2


Posting the Call in Morehead


Jill and I stop in a Bingo Hall on Friday night to promote the show. Neither of us had ever played Bingo this serious, but luckily Dana, a Bingo Hall Employee, showed us how to play.


Dana


Louis Magda, Artist and Owner of The Artist's Corner, an art store/gallery in Morehead, KY



Diner in Morehead. Jill and I sit below a portrait of the owner's grandchildren.

Lexington, Kentucky

Paintsville, Kentucky

C&O Pool Room where we posted some flyers about the show. It was one of the only places still open when we rolled into town.