Jess, I too enjoy your stories. I never lived in Ky. but my parents were both born and raised in Clay county. My oldest brother was born there too. Then my folks moved to Ohio so my dad could find a better job. My sister was born in Ohio and they then moved to Indiana where I was born in 1933. We moved back to Ohio briefly but came back to Franklin county, In to settle for good. We lived on a hilly little 80acre farm until I graduated from highschool. It was the closest thing my father could find here that was like home to him. We didn't have electricity nor water in the house as long as I was home. We also caught crawdads and minnows and thought we were fishing. We picked blackberries and greens and got a lot of food that way from outdoors. We had it hard but I would not trade my child hood for anything in this world. I believe our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren would be a lot better off if they could experience a l ittle of this way of life instead of some of the things they experience today. I can't help but believe it is a l ot of our fault that things have gotten so out of hand. Enough of my spouting. I do really enjoy your stories. You might be interested in knowing that Denver Reese , son of Charles and Sophia Reese is my brother-in-law. Ruby