1. Do you believe that the spirits of dead people who died horrifically and left unfinished lives stay with the living to try to make things right?
2. How does the geography of where one grows up—the weather, the plants, the lakes and the rivers and the sky—affect character, or does it?
3. Discuss Honey Bee’s superstitions. Do you have any related notions, wives’ tales, or beliefs that were passed down to you from your family?
4. Production of Kentucky bourbon has boomed, reached its highest peak, and, worldwide, people are trading their other spirits for the native bourbon. Nutrition journals and clinical studies claim bourbon boosts healthy hearts, improves brain function, fights cancer, regulates diabetes, and more. Currently, there are 6.6 million barrels of bourbon in Kentucky, or 1.5 barrels for every person living in the state. How do you feel about the benefits and burdens of alcohol consumption? What’s the place of that industry in the larger economy? In health care?
5. How have midwifery and baby deliveries changed over the years? Has it come full circle?
6. If you are not a twin or a triplet, did you know twins (etcetera) growing up? Discuss multiple births decades ago compared to now.
7. How has police forensics changed since the ’50s? Since the ’70s? What specialty law enforcement units such as the Hostage Negotiation Team, S.W.A.T. team, horse patrol, dive team, etcetera have been created to aid in police investigations and bring swift recoveries?
8. With all the deadly car accidents and other mayhem surrounding high school proms, how can we make that uniquely American celebration safer? Should the event be modified, eliminated?
9. Up until the 1990s, police had their hands tied when dealing with domestic violence. A policeman in Kentucky and other states had to witness the misdemeanor assault, a battering against a woman or child before they could arrest the perpetrator on the scene. How have laws to protect women and children changed in your state? What new laws could be implemented to strengthen the fight against domestic violence?
10. Discuss the treatment of the mentally ill today versus decades ago.