by Kevin Banet | Aug 29, 2025 | 60's Boy, Family, Generations, History, Reminisce, Senior stories
Resilience in the Face of Life’s Difficulties The other day while scrolling online, I stumbled across a meme that stopped me in my tracks. It was macabre in design — a grinning skull, dark shadows around it — with the words: “Death smiles at everyone. Only the veteran...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 29, 2025 | 60's Boy, Reminisce
How the Renewal Shaped My Catholic Life There was a song I used to sing with others when I was living at home as a young adult. I can remember the refrain vividly, “Come go with me to that land…” That land, of course, was heaven. And the irony was always there,...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 22, 2025 | 60's Boy, Family, Generations, Reminisce
The Pull of Family Togetherness My recent article on family togetherness in an Appalachian family prompted me to see how similar my own family was years ago. In eastern Kentucky, the Sutherlands — a family of eight adults and their children — pulled together when...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 15, 2025 | Humor
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by Kevin Banet | Aug 14, 2025 | Family, Generations
A Story of Kinship in Eastern Kentucky This is a fictionalized story inspired by real accounts, based on a Louisville, KY Bellarmine University thesis. The research paper was on Appalachian Kinship and authored by Taryn Rollins. Marshall, Kentucky, sits tucked into...
