In this Lamplight Stories episode, Tracey Campbell shares “A Shutter of Time” — a tender, fictional story inspired by her great-grandmother Eva Mae, her granddad Billy, and a vintage camera resting on an old Kentucky desk.

Set in Livermore, Kentucky, around 1915, the story captures a family’s quiet faith, everyday work, and the moments of light that hold a lifetime together. Though imagined, it honors real love, heritage, and the beauty of remembering where we come from.

🎧 A story for autumn evenings and the glow of lamplight.

On an October evening in 1912, Nora Whitlow finds a forgotten crate of glass bottles — and within one, a message that softly whispers through time.

A story of memory, gratitude, and the light that never fades.

🕯️ A Lamplight Story by Tracey Campbell.

In the winter of 1917, Charles and Caroline Whitmore faced more than cold winds sweeping across their Kentucky farm — they faced an empty coal bin and the fear of how to keep their children warm. With only lamplight for comfort, Caroline leaned on old wisdom and quiet faith, finding a way to keep the stove alive through the night. This story is more than one family’s struggle against the cold; it is a reminder that true warmth comes not from coal or cobs, but from the enduring flame of love, perseverance, and faith. Join me, Tracey Campbell, as we step back in time to a farmhouse kitchen where a mother’s steady hands kept both fire and hope alive.

In this episode of Lamplight Stories, Tracey Campbell shares the tale of a simple yellowware mixing bowl that quietly shaped mornings in a Kentucky farmhouse. From biscuit dough stirred under lamplight to the tender moment of a father holding his sleepy son at the breakfast table, this story is filled with the warmth of family, the strength of tradition, and the quiet faith that carried generations.

The Mixing Bowl at Sunrise reminds us that the ordinary pieces in our homes—bowls, quilts, chairs—are often the keepers of memory. They’ve seen laughter, prayers, and everyday moments that never make the history books, yet they are history all the same.

Join Tracey by lamplight for this nostalgic story of food, faith, and family—one that may inspire you to look more closely at the heirlooms of your own home.

In this episode of Lamplight Stories, we travel to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, where a weathered blue cupboard stood at the heart of Willow Brook Farm. From baskets and crocks to bundles of Sweet Annie, it held more than food—it held the story of Anna and Samuel Miller, a love that endured through the years. By lamplight, their cupboard became a keeper of family, memory, and devotion, whispering of bread broken, prayers spoken, and love that lingers still.

In this episode of Lamplight Stories, host Tracey Campbell takes you inside Whitaker’s General Store in Maple Hollow, Kentucky, where a single black candlestick telephone carried the voices of an entire community. Farmers ordered seed before the rains, mothers called the doctor when fevers rose, sweethearts whispered across county lines, and families shared both joy and sorrow through its crackling wire.

Through Depression years, wartime calls, and everyday conversations, this simple phone became more than a machine — it stitched lives together, one voice at a time. Join Tracey as she reflects on how the smallest objects — a stove, a store, or even a telephone — once bound neighbors and families with threads of connection and hope.

In this very first episode of Lamplight Stories, Tracey Campbell takes you back to a small Kentucky town in 1938, where an ordinary trip to town turns into something unforgettable. When Margaret Whitlow catches sight of a simple oak desk glowing in the window of Dawson’s General Store, she feels an instant connection — as though the piece had been waiting just for her.

Brought home to rest beside the west-facing window, the desk becomes far more than furniture. It quietly bears witness to grocery lists, children’s first letters, folded notes, and evenings spent in the soft glow of lamplight.

This tender, nostalgic story reminds us that the beauty of everyday life often rests in the simplest things — and that some objects become part of the very heart of a home.

Welcome to Lamplight Stories with Tracey Campbell — a podcast where the glow of a farmhouse lamp guides us back to the beauty of simpler times. Each episode shares a gentle, nostalgic tale inspired by timeworn treasures and the everyday lives that once surrounded them.

These are stories woven with memory, history, and imagination — of family and friendship, love and loss, ordinary workdays and extraordinary moments. From porches and kitchen tables to quiet evenings under the lamplight, each story invites you to pause, reflect, and feel the comfort of home.

If you love the charm of farmhouse life, the comfort of storytelling, and the steady glow of lamplight at dusk, you’ll feel right at home here. Subscribe and join me each week — I’ll be here, keeping the lamplight burning for you.

~Tracey