I am an ex-urbanite who escaped the city life and has lived for the past 28 years in a rural, mountainous area of Virginia that in colonial and early-American times was part of the "Backcountry." This is the true melting pot of the U.S.A., its culture and traditions dominated by "born fighting" Scotch-Irish immigrants and enhanced by German, Highland Scot, Dutch, Welsh, and yeoman English settlers. Having absorbed and inculcated the history, values and views of the Backcountry, I would like to share insights, information, and viewpoints from the place where America began. - - Jay Henderson
"My weariness amazes me . . . ." - - Bob Dylan ("Mr. Tambourine Man").
“The law often allows what honor forbids.” - - Bernard-Joseph Saurin, French lawyer, poet, and playwright.
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 08:56AM ;)
Wally, our "Tree Cat," has decided that the top of the refrigerator is no longer high enough. He has taken to perching on top of the kitchen door -- and is downright smug about it.
I suppose I would be, too.
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Reader Comments (3)
you can not get much higher!
Does this have anything to do with the new member in the house.
Are we planning a surprise for the dog?
Not the dog; he keeps a lookout for those ladybugs which come in the house when the weather turns cold.
Watch out. The next stop is upstairs from which he'll dig a hole through the floor. If memory serves that means you need to be especially careful when stepping out of the tub. ;^)