My Big O Journey: Growing up in Owensboro, Kentucky

By Shelly Miller

Come along on My Big O Journey to experience Owensboro, Kentucky in the 1970s. A small river town on the banks of the Ohio, the Big O could ass for anyone's hometown. The town's mystical draw and charm pulls you in, almost as if the hills are alive with the sound of Bluegrass music. To the tune of "These are a few of my favorite things," this little ditty about Owensboro is best sung with a tinge of attitude and a phantom banjo. And I'll sing once more:

Big Dipper burgers and mutton with burgoo
Shiny Red Goose shoes and Farrah's new hair-do
The Charley's Chip truck, Windy Hollow soul food
These were the things that we liked to do

Wax Works recordings with eight tracks and albums
Movies at Malco and Lincoln Mall's fountain
Lunch box with thermos, the OTS bus
These were the things that were special to us.

Rash Stadium football, a fat Cabbage Patch doll
Dizzy Dave's straight jeans, Camaros and mood rings
Regattas on river, and Dipper Dan's cream
Add Miller's Lake to my favorite things

Izod sweaters
Stick pin letters
Disco dancing fad
I simply remember what Owensboro has
And then I just feel...so glad

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507697708
• ISBN13: 9781507697702
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"