Mylee's Corner: Hocking Hills Book Fair Author Podcast ALLISON KENNEDY

   

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Hello, book lovers, wordsmiths, and unapologetic hoarders of half-read novels! Welcome to the Hocking Hills Book Fair Author Podcast—the one place where southeastern Ohio’s literary charm gets amplified through your headphones. Whether you’re tuning in from your favorite reading nook, your car as you dodge potholes, or your kitchen while waiting for your coffee to brew, we’re thrilled to have you here.

This podcast is your backstage pass to meet the brilliant authors who grace the Hocking Hills Book Fairs with their wit, wisdom, and occasionally questionable coffee habits. These fairs are more than just about books—they’re about community, creativity, and perhaps an unspoken competition to see who can entice the most readers.

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Milliron Monday: The Journals April - June 1982

 

Abbott "Pete" Smith D.V.M.:  

June 16, 1938 - February 22, 2010

Virginia Joyann "Jody" Haley Smith: 

April 2, 1938 - May 9, 2021

Welcome to Milliron Monday where every Monday we celebrate 

the legacy of Milliron Farm and Clinic, 

Dr. Pete and Jody Smith.

A continuation of Jody’s Journals.

        April 1982

·        To barn, new black ewe lamb (large), white face, looked for little chicks in haymow > Pete to Charleston > sorted out newspapers > worked at clinic briefly, cleaned barn > UPS man, took Puff, rode around meadow, took Streak, Puff

·        To barn/clinic > rode Junie, J rode Eric’s horse, Eric, Pete rode around thru Phillip’s Place, saw deer > Streak climbed out of pen > CJ’s, movie “On Golden Pond” excellent

·        Christian Ed Class, showed Stanley Green Urantia book, to Church > buffet Old Coach Inn with Pat, Brent > Pete worked in garden > Streak jumped out of yard > Pete checked trailer > read by fire, kept falling asleep

·        Pete, Eric here for lunch > fixed roof on barn, wind damage, turned sliding gate over, bent hydrant back > napped

·        Up 4:45 am, worked at desk, wrote letters > worked at barn > borrowed Volkswagen (Pat’s friend), small claims court no show, ran errands > Chamber music, harpsicord, CJ’s

·        Worked at barn > Annie S. rode Junie, I rode Apple > Mr. Fryman at clinic > napped

·        Up early, read Urantia book > cleaned out dog pen, worked at barn > Pete worked in garden > Pete on calls > Gazette called > Uncle Bill died this morning > read briefly

·        Worked at barn, black ewe lamb had black ewe lamb > got driver’s license, took Eric, social security office, picked up birthday cake for Pat, took Eric to barn, then home > Pete and I sunrise and moonlight ride

·        Marshall here for breakfast, took dogs > used Pat’s car, drove to Mansfield, took Puff > Dick, Evelyn Haley, Gary, Aggie, Uncle Bill’s funeral – Marion, Aunt Clara’s house, Gretchen, met her new husband (1 year), 2 girls visiting from Australia > Gary check my teeth > drove home, stopped at doughnut place/Lancaster > Pete, Pat, Brent, CJ’s, movie

·        To barn, turned ewe out (took dead lamb back up), wether ewes in barn > Festal Evehorst [?], incense, etc., dropped tax info off to Stan Jones > dinner, watched end of “Gigi” > Gary fixed Pete’s teeth > watched TV Nighthawks

·        Barn/clinic > Choral Vespers, Lutheran, Episcopal reception > on 2 farm calls, Dishon’s’, Fokes

·        Barn, Dr. Littler’s eye exam > long dress left to be shorted, ran errands, filled Pat’s car > Pat helped feed at barn > rode Junie, took Streak > put Lucas' 30 or so cows back in > looked for Pete's bridle > read by fire, fell asleep while reading more of Urantia book

·        Barn > Pete to Hartley’s on call, brought home Maine Coon kitten

·        Worked at barn > went on calls with Pete to Charleston, Pomeroy, ate at Duff's in Gallipolis > to Nancy Bonnett’s

·        Worked at barn/clinic > used Pat's car to pay real estate taxes

·        Barn, bedded sheds down, let little goats out of pen > piano/flute concert, last half > CJ’s, saw Fritz, Carolyn there, O’Hooley’s hammered dulcimer

·        Early church > Put new halter/bridle together for Pete > motorcycle run through farm > rode to Dow Lake, ate lunch on the trail: raisin, nuts, apples > rode all through bridle trails, back down old township road Scatter Ridge to Dutch Creek, back around, saw beaver cuttings, grouse several places, deer > barn, put Apple in, Junie out > read

·        Barn, kids out again > to clinic > switched horses > read Urantia book

·        Up at 5:30 am, worked at desk, wrote letters to Mom/Dad > worked at barn > balanced bank statements > Pete, Pat deworm sheep, 5 castrated, 1 Harlequin ram lamb

·        To barn, used Colonel to get lambs in, no herding instincts > to symphony, saw Moore’s, to movies, O’Hooley’s

·        Barn/clinic > Leroy Lewis demonstrated Border Collie “Colonel” tried Colonel to drive whole flock, he drove them away, he tried > went to bed early, tired

·        Up at 5 am, dishes, desk work > worked at barn, worked Colonel with whistle > worked at clinic 11:30 am to 4:30 pm  

·        Church, buffet > rode, took Colonel, Streak, Puff; Colonel chased ewe down the stream > read Urantia Book > Pete very tired

·        To barn, worked Colonel, almost went around sheep > Dad/Mom here, Pete worked on Cuddles/Snoopy; Snoopy surgery > Daddy took in after new glasses, picked up formal dress > brought me back, we fed at barn > dinner at CJ’s with Mom/Dad/family > back to clinic to check on dogs

·        Early deposition > ran errands, went to Landmark

·        Lancaster, lunch at Fish n Chips > to Tina’s wedding reception dinner/dance, Westbrook, Bob Dick Evelyn

May 1982

·        Home 8:30 am > J and I put heavier wire on electric fence, Pat brought up dog cage > Pete on calls > watched Kentucky Derby > took dogs (Sassy) on long line for walk to hay meadow

·        C.E. > Tony Coleman “Chief Seattle” > Church, Old Coach Inn dinner > Pete watered wildlife tanks/garden > I rode Junie, Pete rode Apple > talked to Blockers/new gas road > treated horses, Windy Hills

·        Worked at clinic > Pete up at midnight, cow c-section

·        Worked at barn, Junie in bottom field, didn’t get goats in > D. Smart cut hair/met > met Blocker’s Casa, movie, O’Hooley’s

·        Wrote letters, Mr. Fryman at clinic, Pete on calls

·        Barn/clinic, Pete to Windy Hills, bred mares > ate at Shaw’s, Lancaster > to Charlie Horse

·        Christian Ed > Art Gish speaker/Church > ate big mess of spinach from the garden > Pat and I drove to cabin/Mother’s Day dinner > Pete, J, Gary, Eric, rode > stopped at Gary Aggie’s, snowmobile trailer too short for Pat’s dune buggy

·        Went after grain alcohol for tail blocking > worked at clinic/barn > Joe DeVoss here for dinner/overnight > went to Windy Hills

·        Pete put manure on garden > Pat, I went to see Mom/Dad at motel > Pat, Dad played golf/driving range > Pete came in watched TV, napped > went to CJs dinner

·        Met Mom/Dad for breakfast, Perkins > baby bird by straw bales > looked for kitty, found him in the garden > Brad/Denise H. here > Pete jogged > to barn, blind ewe had twin ewe lambs, 1 black, 1 white > to Windy Hills

·        Up at 5 am, made yogurt > on calls with Pete, to Nancy Bonnett’s > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple > Eric took meds to Wagner’s

·        To barn, ewe off food > Hugh Downs lecture, autograph > rode Junie, to Windy Hills, rode around Phillip’s Place

·        White lamb dead, ewe off food, Pete shot ewe > worked at clinic > TV no good > Windy Hills, Andy Merrill, banjo/guitar, BBQ, watched reruns of Preakness

·        Worked at barn, feed black lamb goat’s milk > to church, Bishop Black reception > Rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, Eric met us at Wagner’s, Pete/Eric rode, I came back, fed lamb, etc., Apple fell in ditch

·        Worked at barn, herded sheep down, Colonel helped drive, H. Strode sheared sheep, 10 black, 16 white, 1 died (heatstroke?)

·        Apple lame, left hind swollen > worked at barn, put goats in chicken shed > tired

·        Rain, worked at barn, ran errands > Pete/Eric here late for dinner, Blaze got away with pack saddle

·        Worked at barn/clinic, to Albany on calls with Pete > CJs with Hartley’s, O’Hooley’s, Steve Martin movie

·        Church early, Quaker Bruce Ergood > Old Coach Inn > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, light rain, took Colonel, met Eric, talked to Carol G. at covenant

·        To clinic, people here to look at black ewe lamb > cleaned dog pen > walked fence line, took Streak, Colonel, to woods/hay meadow

·        Barn > shop/ran errands, took Colonel, Ruff, got flowers at greenhouse, saw Jan/Leroy Thompson > Pete fixed fence to hay meadow, took Ruff, Colonel > planted window box/stumps > barn penicillin, lamb

·        To clinic, typed Pat’s resume > to barn

·        Pat off for interview, Pittsburgh (Your Father’s Mustache) > trial > lunch at CJs > trial > Pete clinic surgery

·        Trial > CJs lunch w J Branner > trial > barn, sold black ewe lamb Dougan's Albany

·        Worked at clinic 11-4, Pete on calls, rain

·        To Church > C&E > Pete work at clinic > Pete, Pat hauled old hay from Windy Hills > I rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, took Colonel, Streak, picked up shovel in trail/road

·        Worked at barn, turned little goats out

June

·        Tire repair C&E > on calls, Christy Lash’s > ate at Sizzler’s > to Charleston on calls with Pete, Nancy Bonnett’s, home 1 am

·        Work at clinic, went after yogurt > barn, put kids back in chicken yard > rode Junie, took Colonel, Streak, rode around thru trails in moonlight

·        Took dog books into J for speech, copied articles, talked w K. Foster, lunch at CJ’s > clinic – Pete, Apple, Eric, Colonel

·        Took car in for repair, took Colonel, Puff > taped Prince Caspian

·        Clinic helped Jan balance in > Dr. and Mrs. Frandson’s daughter, son-in-law here, looking for relatives graves, went to graveyard by big elm > lunch at CJs > I went with Frandson’s to old graveyard near The Plains, drove by OU campus, Good Shepherd church > watched Belmont at clinic with Pat, Brent, Carl L. > Pete read rest of Urantia chapter

·        To church > look at Mary D’s Navajo rug exhibit at Alden Library > lunch at OU Inn, talked to Mrs. Marshal, Pat/J’s teacher at Fed Hock > Pete weeded strawberries > Elvira, nanny goat kid dead, broke neck (?), fell off ramp, caught head in barn > I rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, took Colonel, Puff > Pete trimmed Persimmon, Sassy’s feet

·        Wrote Frandson’s > Marshall here briefly > bedded down sheds, turn out, cleaned dog pen, groomed Colonel, Ruffian, Puff

·        Ran errands > went on calls with Pete, took Colonel to Leroy Lewis’, went over his training > dinner at Fryman’s, fell asleep again

·        Worked at clinic, paid bills > put out trap for groundhog at barn > put piece of wire on top of dog pen

·        Ran errands, Landmark > Pete/Pat fixed fence between Lucas’ > worked Streak, Colonel

·        Karl Meeks reset Junie/Apple

·        With Pete on calls

·        Early church > Pete worked on fence, looked for Ruff > found Ruff, caught in fence, hanging by hind leg, Pete had to cut her out

·        Up at 5:45 am > Pete goat show > cleaned pony harness, saddle > steers (oxen) in garden > vacuumed Junie, Burros, Nanette helped > Humane Society people came, Echoing Meadows, no show > cleaned driving harness > Pete, Eric, operated on horse

·        Put mink oil on harness > to church > OU Inn lunch > Pete cleared trail above hay meadow, drove Junie to Dow Lake, gave children rides at Good Shepherd picnic, stopped at Debbie S., gave her boys (one Pam P.) rides > Pete fixed fence by garden > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, took Puff, Colonel, Streak, picked, ate a lot of black raspberries, delicious

·        Milked Faline > Pete operated on foal > lunch at Perkin’s > Pat, Pete, Bernard [?], geologist from Midland, Texas > to Charleston on calls with Pete, dinner at Nancy Bonnett’s > Nancy, Jamie, went on calls with Pete

·        Milked Faline > Mr. Fryman, clinic > Windy Hills, Pete checked horse, swam, hot tubbed

·        To early church > I rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, picked/consumed blackberries

·        Garter snake in garden > barn, bedded down sheds > Pete jogged > at clinic, drove truck, tore corral out by clinic barn > took puppies down to slate roofed barn

·        Dewormed sheep > Pete on calls to Hoon’s, Larry Smith’s 

      

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Milliron: The Biography

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Through captivating, powerful, and emotional anecdotes, we celebrate the life of Dr. Abbott P. Smith. His biography takes the reader from smiles to laughter to empathy and tears. Dr. Smith gave us compelling lessons learned from animals; the role animals play in the human condition, the joy of loving an animal, and the awe of their spirituality. A tender and profound look into the life of a skilled veterinarian. 

Mylee's Corner: Hocking Hills Book Fair Author Podcast CELESTE PARSONS

  

Welcome to the Hocking Hills Book Fair Author Podcast!

Where Books Meet the Rolling Hills of Southeastern Ohio

NEW EPISODE! 

Meet Author Celeste Parsons

SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN! 

Hello, book lovers, wordsmiths, and unapologetic hoarders of half-read novels! Welcome to the Hocking Hills Book Fair Author Podcast—the one place where southeastern Ohio’s literary charm gets amplified through your headphones. Whether you’re tuning in from your favorite reading nook, your car as you dodge potholes, or your kitchen while waiting for your coffee to brew, we’re thrilled to have you here.

This podcast is your backstage pass to meet the brilliant authors who grace the Hocking Hills Book Fairs with their wit, wisdom, and occasionally questionable coffee habits. These fairs are more than just about books—they’re about community, creativity, and perhaps an unspoken competition to see who can entice the most readers.

Find us on Spotify, iTunes, iHeartRadio, and more. Mylee will be hosting a new author every Wednesday! Follow us on Facebook for Book Fair Events and connect with seasoned and new authors. 

Milliron Monday: The Journals January - March 1982

Abbott "Pete" Smith D.V.M.:  

June 16, 1938 - February 22, 2010

Virginia Joyann "Jody" Haley Smith: 

April 2, 1938 - May 9, 2021

Welcome to Milliron Monday where every Monday we celebrate 

the legacy of Milliron Farm and Clinic, 

Dr. Pete and Jody Smith.

A continuation of Jody’s Journals.

January 1982

·        Fixed dinner > dewormed horses > Sweeney’s took oxen to blackberry meadow > On calls with Pete

·        Early church > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, took Streak > to Hartley's, vetted horse > watched videotape of QA World competition

·        Work at clinic desk > got groceries > church at 6 PM > prepare oven lamb > twins top of hay meadow, put them in barn between haybales, brought them down cat cage, very muddy

·        To Charleston with Pete on calls, dinner with Nancy Bonnett, Nancy went on calls with Pete > home at 3 am, lamb injured under haybale, kept it by woodstove, tried to feed it, it was dead by morning

·        Mr. Fryman here > very cold, pipes frozen, Pete put wood in woodstove > went to church, OU Inn for dinner > water frozen in barn

·        All faucets, all buckets froze, bad day, try to drive sheep to garage to water them, they wouldn't follow Sassy > Eric was here for dinner

·        To Charleston with Pete on calls, Nancy Bonnett’s dinner

·        Used Puff to bring sheep to water > Pete, Eric put pay bales around side of the house > vet call to Pomeroy Mike and Debbie Jones, horses into grain > CJ's with Eric/Pat > Pete’s car wouldn't start, called Pat to jump > Used Streak to bring sheep down to garage for water, 2 black ewes, 2 sets of twins

·        Will, Pete, put up sliding gate, lambing pens > Pete, Eric, Pat here for lunch, played darts > went to library to make copies of clinic articles, nice talk with Katherine foster, John Johnson brought groceries up the hill for me with his Rover

·        Fed at barn, snow again, beautiful drifts, water to barn, drove sheep down to water with Puff, worked at desk, Pat and I went to lunch at Perkins, saw Paul Lewis > Pete and Jan added insulation under house, haybales around the house

·        On call with Pete to Windy hills > new lamb twins, one male, one female, ears were frozen, brought them down to house

·        10° below at 5 AM, call from Byron Miller about calving case > my ewe had twins, one male, one female, ears frozen, brought them all down to the house and put them in the dog cage by the woodstove > walked down after newspaper, went to bed early very tired

·        Two lambs died, put kids in with ewe, turned Faline out, took nap > lovely ride/snow with Pete, he rode Apple, I rode Junie, took Puff and Streak  

·        Work at barn > Eric stacked wood on porch > Faline 2 qts milk > Eric Pete here for lunch > put lamb suits on little goats > Eric, Pat, Pete here for dinner, fell asleep at table

·        Pete, Tim, worked on logging truck

·        Slept in > milked Faline, helped little goats > worked at desk, wrote letters to mom and dad, Abbott, Betty, ran errands > Pete went to meeting in Marietta

·        J, Gary, Bob, worked oxen, had hot cider > shut up baby goats > went with Eric to Columbus, ate at Roots on way home > milked Faline

February 1982

·        Worked at clinic, took short nap > Pete bought ox sled from John Sheridan > Eric, Pat, Pete here for dinner > Fryman at clinic >

·        On calls with Pete > went to barn, napped, Perkin’s lunch > went to saxophone recital and movie

·        Worked a barn > swept porched, washed off top of freezer, short nap > went to clinic

·        At barn Pete, Eric, bareback pad/hackamore > work at clinic > went to church prayer group > Dave Smart cut hair > caught Pete napping at barn > read by fire > 1:30 AM sheriff's office called about dog

·        Worked at barn > to Thompson's oil/gas, slides of Austria > went to crazy movie, then went to hear music Mr. Bojangles O’Hooley’s

·        Christian education class with Reid Huntley, church buffet at Old Coach Inn > worked at clinic no In week J, Carl and Carol S. here for lunch > tied Junie and Eric’s gelding up

·        Worked at clinic > I rode Junie, Pete wrote Apple around checking lambs, deformed black lamb, huge black ram lamb dead, normal white lamb, put in pen

·        Pete on calls > to clinic, worked at barn > Eric fixed dinner, tofu, vegetables, very good

·        Took school desk to museum, ran errands, got groceries, car wouldn't come up hill > to barn, black ewe/lamb > Catherine Dewitt called

·        Gas well turned off, worked at barn and clinic, potluck dinner at Eric's  

·        Wrote letters to mom and dad > worked at barn/clinic, dog and cat surgeries > watched last two selections of brass concert > CJ's dinner, O’Hooley’s

·        Made bank deposit, sorted mail bills > Paul Lewis called > Christian education class at church, coffee hour Croxford’s, buffet

·        Worked at clinic > Marshall, Bob, wife here Tim S. > Pete took a nap > I rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, light rain > read by fire

·        Doctor Fugate treated corn, got new shoes > Caldwell’s at fairgrounds, sandwiches

·        To Amish farm with Pete, two families, beautiful children, vetted Standardbreds > Harry Yoder at clinic with Belgians > 1:30 AM at barn, little goats out

·        Went to church service > Ron Muhn, checked furnace/electric switch breaker > on calls with Pete > to barn, put out extra hay > to movies > back to clinic in the evening and read by the fire

·        Turned “Bobbysocks” little lamb out of pen > milked Faline, left clinic, went to Post Office > worked at desk

·        7 AM left for Columbus OVMA meeting, keynote was by senator > checked into Hyatt Regency, went to seminars, talked to Dr. Sharp, Dr. and Mrs. Akers, etc. > Eric working at clinic

·        Prayer breakfast, Dr. Akers and Lyle spoke about Haiti and OVMAP > Pete introduced speaker > we walked to Trinity church > checked out of Hyatt > Pete seminar > I went to general sessions, saw Sheila/Sam Theiss at Godfather's pizza in Lancaster > home by 8 PM > check the barn, put goats in

March 1982

·        Work at the barn, to lower pasture, walked Billy goat kid > feet and hands sore, allergy (??) > cooked pork roast > Pete in surgery early > went on calls with Pete > went to chamber orchestra concert

·        Worked at barn/clinic, insurance agent here > fixed tie ropes for lanterns above feed bin > Streak out, put him back in yard > went to CJ's for lunch with Gerry > Richard Dreyfuss movie “Whose Life is it Anyway?” excellent movie, then to O’Hooley’s, play darts, listen to music

·        Reviewed notes from OVMA meeting with staff > fed at barn, helped Eric put horse in three times > read by fire, fell asleep

·        Up at 3 AM, worked at desk, wrote letters > sheep blood for OU lab (Dr. Lawrence) > Pete on calls > Phil Henry Toni Clark traded ganders > went on call with Pete to Amish farm, farmhouse cookies, lovely dinner > Dick Betty Friedman here > Pete fell asleep

·        To church, coffee hour > Apple at Windy Hills, crossed highway brought her back, put her in a stall > new lamb with black ewe > car had two flat tires > 1 o'clock attorneys, 2 o'clock court motion for summary judgment

·        Early church, I used Pat’s car > I rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, took Puff and Streak > put blinders on harness bridle > drove Junie, Pete said Eric's horse had knocked him down while checking gate

·        To church, ate an Old Coach Inn with Pat and Brent > worked at clinic, vaccinated Larson's cat > read some from your Urantia Book

·        UP at 5 AM, I did dishes, worked at desk > new lamb from young ewe > Pat helped me feed at barn

·        Went on calls with Pete to Thompson's > went to prayer group > staff dinner at CJ's

·        Worked at barn and clinic > Pete and Eric rode over to dig out bulldozer  tracks > Eric’s mare was out > I rode around, down Hooper Ridge, etc.   

Connect with Gina

Amazon Author Page

Milliron: The Biography

www.gmcknight.com

www.mondaycreekpublishing.com

Through captivating, powerful, and emotional anecdotes, we celebrate the life of Dr. Abbott P. Smith. His biography takes the reader from smiles to laughter to empathy and tears. Dr. Smith gave us compelling lessons learned from animals; the role animals play in the human condition, the joy of loving an animal, and the awe of their spirituality. A tender and profound look into the life of a skilled veterinarian.