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Where In The World Are You Wednesday Blog Hop

Posted on February 16, 2011

The world has gotten a lot smaller since the birth of the Internet.  Long lost friends or family members are so much easier to connect with now than ever before.  Where in the world are you?

We have lived in East Tennessee for the last 31 years, in the home of the 1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville.  This is our home. However, my husband and I grew up in quaint southern West Virginia in McDowell County which is known by locals as the  ‘home of the Rocket Boys’.

Who are the Rocket Boys?  Homer Hickam, a native Mountaineer, grew up in McDowell County in the 1950s.  He wrote his memoirs of his life growing up in coal mining country and attending high school at Big Creek High where he became interested in making rockets.  The book was turned into a movie in the late 1990s and named, “October Sky”.

I have had the privilege of reading Mr. Hickam’s book. My family and I have seen the movie, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal, as a young Homer Hickam, and Lauren Dern who portrays, Miss Riley, the teacher who inspired Homer to discover more about building rockets.  Truly a wholesome, fun movie for the family to see.

 

Enjoy the fun, tell me where in the world you are? Oh yeah, if you want to link up with Stacie, then kindly click on her web address at the time of my post.

 
 
 
 
 
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6 thoughts on “Where In The World Are You Wednesday Blog Hop”

  1. Cat Chat With Caren And Cody says:
    February 16, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    Michigan here! Was born in NY, lived in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Ohio as well!

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  2. Cathy Kennedy says:
    February 16, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    @JustMarriedwithCoupons…thanks for visiting. Isn’t cool how you can go anywhere in the world from the comfort of your computer? I love it!

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  3. Just Married with Coupons says:
    February 16, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    Hi Cathy!

    Thank you so much for joining us for a little global fun today and for making this awesome and interesting post too! Imagine that, around the world in only a few minutes!

    I need to watch that movie again, thanks for the reminder ;))

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  4. Donnie says:
    February 16, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    That was a great movie.

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  5. Cathy Kennedy says:
    February 16, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    @Margaret…Rent the movie some time, I think you’ll enjoy it. We bought copies of Homer’s books for my FIL years ago. We had Homer autograph them. A bookstore in Alabama carried them at the time and the owner is a friend of Homer’s. Oh get this, the movie October Sky debuted here in Knoxville. Isn’t that interesting?

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  6. Margaret Duarte says:
    February 16, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Hi Cathy. From California, here. I love how you show pride in your state of residence and your state of birth. October Sky sounds like a wonderful movie. I’ve heard of it, of course, but have never seen it. Thanks for the tip.

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