Posts Tagged ‘history’
Visiting the O’Neal Farm
If you exit the interstate near the still-small town of Carrollton, KY and head a bit north and away from the great Ohio, you’ll soon find yourself traversing rolling, wooded KY farmland as pretty as you’re likely to find anywhere. Steep-graded meadows, fresh from the haying, Kelly-green in June morning light. Old wooden fences parceling…
Read MoreFeeling Impatient & Loving the Journey
I’m sitting here tonight listening to Jonell Mosser’s album, “So Like Joy”… full of soulful vibes and great lyrics…. Jonell is an accomplished songwriter and performer- and Larry & Joy’s only daughter. So much of her mother lives on in Jonell’s face, and I’m reading the letters Joy wrote back in 1941 and 1942- helplessly…
Read MoreSave the Rest of Your Life for Me
Hi! I can’t believe that more than a month has passed since my last Larry & Joy post! I say it every year, but time it FLYING. Lest you think that I haven’t been thinking about Larry & Joy over these past weeks- I assure you, I have. I’ve actually been diving into getting their…
Read MoreA Year of New Things
I can’t tell you how excited I’ve been lately! Over the past two years I’ve been thinking hard about what I want to be doing with my life & work, and how fast the years are flying by… In 2023 I started taking more concrete steps in the directions I’ve dreamed of. It’s hard not…
Read MoreWaiting for a Kiss- October 1941
Hi there! Hope you’re ready for the next batch of letters; I’ve added four for your reading pleasure today. There are some great old songs mentioned, and you can’t help but get caught up in the rush of new romance. Check out the playlist if you’d like to listen to all the songs mentioned below.…
Read MoreThe Beautiful Beginning
Here we arrive at the very first letter Larry ever sent to Joy….. on October 1, 1941. After Larry had spoken with Charles about his feelings, and a few days before Charles wrote his last letter to Joy. After just two meetings and only 5 minutes of private conversation, somehow this man was certain…
Read MoreA Summer Sunday- Part II
It must have been a hard conversation, and a VERY long drive. Larry had to tell Charles about his feelings for Joy before things went any further. Larry would have known that Charles was writing to her, and that his feelings were growing. Charles had given her his class pin- that was a big deal. …
Read MoreUpdates & New Discoveries!
It’s Sunday evening and the house is quiet. Cozied up on the couch, I’m looking at Larry’s handwriting on another faded envelope, stamped with a war-era ‘Torch of Enlightenment’, and an entreaty to join the Red Cross Roll Call. It’s entirely possible that I am the first person to open and read this letter in…
Read MoreWaiting for April
Life is full of waiting, isn’t it? … And it’s almost ALWAYS hard to be patient. (How much more so for those young & in love!) In March of 1942, Larry & Joy were waiting eagerly until their next opportunity to see each other. Sometime in April Larry would travel from Alabama to Kentucky, and…
Read MoreAs We Walk Into the Sunset
Did anyone ever serenade you? Send you love songs on cassette tape, CD, or playlist? I received a few of those some decades ago, and those memories are so special. Long before the technologies any of my suitors used, Larry was writing to Joy the names of the lovely-sweet songs that made him think of…
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