My writing residency at airstudiopaducah* is coming to an end. I fly home on Halloween, not on a broom!
The National Museum in this UNESCO City of Creativity has a collection of 700 original quilts drawing in visitors worldwide. These are so exquisitely crafted that each qualifies as a work of art. See if you can pick out the one that is not a quilt.
A labyrinth in the public square invites everyone to the center.
Chief Paduke Chief of the sub-tribe of Chickasaw Indians, who lived and hunted in this area until the Jackson Purchase, 1818. General William Clark (of Lewis and Clark fame), who founded Paducah, named it in honor of the friendly chief.*
Lowertown Historic Arts District is a study in contrasts.
An oil icon and art as the cornerstone of my neighborhood; barges and cruiselines docked in port; hand painted murals on engineered floodwalls built to hold back the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers; the popular county library and well-attended churches on every block are open Sundays while shops and restaurants are closed.
Hospitality and friendliness toward the stranger is a way of life.
Thank you, Paducah and Alonzo and Kay Davis. C.M.L. Vincent, Writer in Residence
*Kentucky Historical Society
Thank you, Charlene! Your retreat is an inspiration on so many levels. Ann Browning Masters