tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241908479908385117.post4575807202811514719..comments2023-11-22T04:09:54.162-08:00Comments on The Wild Dork: From cows to coalTom Mrotekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14514584875379775097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241908479908385117.post-68917888913338555882012-06-16T04:46:21.477-07:002012-06-16T04:46:21.477-07:00It's like John Prine wrote:
Then the coal comp...It's like John Prine wrote:<br />Then the coal company came, with the world's largest shovel,<br />And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land.<br />Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken.<br />Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.<br />And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg county,<br />Down by the Green River, where Paradise lay.<br />"Well I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in askin'."<br />"Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away." <br /><br />Even so, there is a lot of beauty to be seen in Kentucky. Tell John and Ginny Hi for me. If I remember correctly, as you head west from Berea, you will be getting into thoroughbred country, where the hills are more gentle. Keep on freewheeling. - MikeMike Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12983280102149301802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241908479908385117.post-41091565213195287132012-06-15T05:40:52.598-07:002012-06-15T05:40:52.598-07:00Not a sheep to be had, but "Bovine Mist"...Not a sheep to be had, but "Bovine Mist" will do in a pinch.Ievahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741672196881628577noreply@blogger.com