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Perryville Battlefield: Kentucky’s Bloodiest Day — On October 8, 1862, the rolling Chaplin Hills west of the small town of Perryville, Kentucky, became the site of the largest and bloodiest battle fought in the state during the Civil War. Roughly 16,000 Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg clashed with about 22,000 Union soldiers from the Army of the Ohio under … Read More
Continuing down the road on The Great American Heartland Tour. We rolled into Mackville, Kentucky and settled in at Eddie and Cheryl Young’s place, Andrea’s aunt and uncle’s farm. The pond sits right there with ducks and geese working the water, donkeys and cattle on the grass, and the kind of quiet that makes you notice how close the rest … Read More
Day 2 of the ear seeds, and the day behaved exactly the way she said it would. Read Previous Article on Day One Treattment I did not feel a turn. No clearing. No new appetite for the foods I have kept off the plate since the Lone Star tick rewrote the rules. The tiny seeds stayed where she placed them, … Read More
Greetings, readers. Two days ago I told you I had an appointment with Dr. Malisha Craney, N.D., of Clear Pathways to Health in Martinsville, Indiana, for Alpha-Gal Syndrome. Today that appointment happened. This is the first treatment update. I still live without red meat and dairy. That part has not changed in one afternoon, and I am not going to … Read More
Coming Home to Paw PawA family visit, a festival, and the names that keep coming back Some towns you pass through. Paw Paw is the kind you carry. This past weekend we stood in Wyoming Cemetery under Illinois sky and then walked into the annual Pawpaw Festival like we had been expected. We were. The Prentices who still live in … Read More
Update: First MAP auriculotherapy treatment — Alpha Gal Treatment. Greetings, readers. I’m back on a subject that has changed daily life on the road: Alpha-Gal Syndrome.Many of you already know I was bitten by several Lone Star ticks after leaving Florida. Within a couple of weeks I became severely ill after eating red meat and dairy. Since then I’ve lived … Read More
Personal Introduction from Scott Prentice (Great-Grandson of John Newton Prentice)My name is Scott L. Prentice, and I am the great-grandson of John Newton Prentice, a Union soldier who served in Company A of the 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry from 1861 to 1865.Like so many in our family, military service runs deep in our blood. My great-grandfather answered President Lincoln’s call … Read More
I’m A Cowboy: Songs Along the 6,000-Mile Great American Heartland Tour By Scott L. PrenticeThere’s nothing quite like the open road to remind you how big this country is — and how small we are in the grand scheme of it all. Over the past few months, I’ve put more than 6,000 miles under the wheels of my Entegra Ethos … Read More
Our current Mileage Log and Stops: April 2026 Start Odo: 4168 1-6 Mike and Annie’s 7-11 Oscar Scherer State Park 12 John and Theresa girls 13-17 Myakka State Park 18 Inlets (John Young) Surgery 19-21 Tommy’s (Eustis – Mt. Dora) 22-23 Alexander Springs Ocala State Park 24-25 … Read More
A Keepsake from the Prairie: The Little Book That Found Me and I Produced It Into A Song Many years ago, as a young boy roaming the prairies with my mother, I learned to love the stories hidden in forgotten places. She’d take me antique hunting across the windswept landscapes of Wyoming and later South Dakota—places where time seemed to … Read More
