Home & Away: A Professor's Journal

SINCE 2005, readers of the Murray Ledger & Times have been privileged to enjoy the reflective insights of Professor Duane Bolin, a teacher and historian at Murray State University in western Kentucky. These delightful essays recount themes well known to us all…memories of friends and family, thoughts of home and small town living, travel adventures both far and near, and school life both as a student and teacher, just to name a few. This weekly column, “Home and Away”, is also featured in the Danville Advocate-Messenger, Providence Journal-Enterprise, Sebree Banner, and Winchester Sun.

While these essays are based upon Bolin's real life experiences, readers will find comfort in how familiar the stories seem as they trigger thoughts of similar events and casually prompt deeper study on life and living.
Home and Away: A Professor's Journal brings together some of Bolin's most favorite essays from over ten years of writing—may they provide encouragement and inspiration for many years to come.