Emily Kennedy Author

Adjusting to Almost-Fifty

Emily — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:00:20 +0000

This essay was prompted by actress Ashley Judd. She ignited a national conversation recently when she took umbrage at comments …

Emily — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:15:28 +0000

She is a stray if there ever was one. My daughter, A, found her in the middle of a country …

Emily — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:56:48 +0000

We call them treasures. The old glass medicine bottles left in burial “mounds” all around the farm, some tiny, some …

Emily — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:12:12 +0000

Ever get into an argument with someone, say your spouse, and you are hit with “You always leave your shoes …

Emily — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:52:49 +0000

They married sisters. The doctor with the craving for farming and cattle and the injured machinist whose gardening and shooting …

Emily — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:54:34 +0000

Note: This Opinion Editorial (Op-Ed), adapted for the blog format, was published in The Lawrence County Advocate on May 23, …

Emily — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:04:06 +0000

Jimmy Fallon’s late night game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon connects the actor to any other actor in six …

Emily — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:51:54 +0000

He scared me the first time he called me out of his class. With this coke-bottle-thick glasses and booming English …

Emily — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:03:27 +0000

I wondered how long I could go without posting about religion. I hoped Barack Obama would not evoke it in …

Emily — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:22:37 +0000

So, as I’ve mentioned in an earlier blog, being a dog parent is definitely an experience. For all you out …