Columns
Barbara and I frequently drive up to Natural Bridge State Park at Slade and dine at the huge buffet dinner at Hemlock Lodge. The food is usually sumptuous and the atmosphere is good. Often the dining hall is packed on the weekends.
Over the past several years Natural Bridge State Park and the Red River Gorge area has begun to attract increasing numbers of people to their campgrounds and to their rental cabins. Many of these cabins are privately owned. 
In an article a few weeks ago, Bobby stated that our present lifestyles are as near a utopia as it can possibly get. In last week’s article, he talks about how the liberals have spoiled as many as three generations with their attempts to make life better for the less fortunate. Have these attempts aided the efforts toward this utopian society of which he speaks? Bobby speaks of those who packed up and went north where the jobs were and made a new life for themselves. He also speaks of those who stayed behind and became welfare-dependent.
I’ve always heard that you don’t really appreciate something until it’s gone. I used to not believe that because every time I heard it I could always come up with a list of dozens of things I appreciated that I still had and had never lost. The older I get though, the more I’m starting to understand what it means to truly appreciate what you’ve got, and not just take for granted that those things are always going to be there.
If the foundation is not strong, then the rest will not be strong either. However, how many people take the time to get the foundation right before wanting to see the walls come up? Some people sit on the church pew for 30 years and don’t grow in the Lord past the first year. Is it that there is nothing new to learn or is it that the foundation cannot sustain new growth?
What I want to know is, is this Dogwood Winter or Snowball Winter? Both are in bloom and the redbuds still are too! Maybe we’ll get these over at once, leaving Blackberry Winter still to come. Hopefully, we’ll survive them all. One plant frost/freeze doesn’t seem to affect is poison ivy. Recently I cleared some land that was overrun with it. I say “cleared” but I don’t know if that’s really possible.
Last week at school we had CATS tests. We finished ours on Thursday. Friday we got to have a pizza party in our classroom because our bulletin board won for a contest we did. I am glad we are finished with our tests.
Saturday I had another soccer game. It was fun. I blocked a lot of balls.
What are you to expect this week in this column? Seether, Breaking Benjamin, Never Set, Rodney Atkins, and Sugarland. Obviously, I’m behind telling everyone about these concerts because as many of you know, Seether took place almost a month ago and Sugarland took place over three weeks ago! Being a college student and working is a little more hectic than it looks, but thankfully it’s good to break away from it all, at a concert.
Once again springtime has come to the mountains of Eastern Kentucky! The redbuds are in their full glory and the most beautiful year ever. Dogwoods, Cherry, Apple, Pears, Service Berry (Sarvis) and everything that blooms in April are now in full bloom and worth driving from other states and areas to see. Morris Fork, Longs Creek and all of Breathitt County, also surrounding counties are making their contribution to Mother Nature’s Display. All you misplaced Kentuckians should come, of only for a day, to visit your homeland.
Girls In Research Graduation
For the past three years I have participated in a program called Girls in Research sponsored by the University of Kentucky. The goal of this program was to introduce girls in Eastern Kentucky to classes and careers in science, math and technology. Several times I have written about the classes I have attended and the interesting things I have got to do. I just recently completed the program.
Hello friends, we here at HHCR hope that you have had a wonderful week. We are very pleased at those who have come in recently and noticed our changes. We have worked hard over the last weeks to make improvements so that we can serve you better. We want to be the most efficient that we can be.
