by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | LOUISVILLE
Standing in a neighborhood hardware store, I happened to overhear a customer talking to the shop owner. The customer was a pleasant, round-faced woman in her eighties who was having a problem with clearing water out of her basement after recent...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | LOUISVILLE
On a trip to mail packages, I passed by Camp Taylor Ball Park on Poplar Level Road near the Watterson Expressway exit. It is still the scene of teams and spectators just as it was when my Uncle George coached young ballplayers during their summer league schedule....
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | LOUISVILLE
When I was a child, we would drive past the Castleman statue on the way to visit relatives during Sunday afternoons. I always looked for “The Man on the Horse” on Sundays. This was a special time for me, looking for that man and that horse. No one...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | LOUISVILLE
Today I sat quietly on my cane chairin front of the Walgreens on Poplar Level Road waiting for Tarc-3. I looked down the hill where the Kernen’s Grocery stood when I was in the first grade at Holy Family School. I was sitting on the spot where our family bungalow...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | LOUISVILLE
There I was. Sitting on my cane chair outside the Walmart Superstore on Bashford Manor Lane, waiting for my TARC3 ride, enjoying the crisp December breeze, and settling into my comfortable people-watching stance. I had been to a Doctor’s appointment...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | LOUISVILLE
Although washing a few clothes by hand may be looked upon by some people as a waste of energy,I have found it to be a relaxing and much-needed time for thinking and planning. It began in my early family-rearing days of “wash one, wear one”. After...
