We wave in Fancy Farm. We do. It’s a fact of life. A lot of people wave to each other as they pass by in rural America. Whether you’re meeting on the highway or driving past someone’s home, you wave. No one pays much attention to it. It’s just something you do. Unless you don’t. … [Read more…]
There isn’t anyone that you talk to in the last couple of days that isn’t tired. We are worn out. Done. And we don’t know when we’ll get rested. That’s just the next phase to the world-famous St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic. It takes a lot out of you to put on that Picnic. There’s … [Read more…]
Fancy Farm, Kentucky is a community located in Graves County. It used to be an incorporated town but years ago it reverted to just being a community, governed by Graves County Fiscal Court. It’s not a real political place. There is one polling place. The people there vote like a lot of other people in … [Read more…]
For generations the Elder’s have been boning out meat and chopping meat and selling meat by the pound. Oh, I’m sorry. When I say meat I mean barbecued pork and mutton. And for at least 4 generations the Elder family has been selling meat at the world-famous Fancy Farm Picnic. We all have our jobs. … [Read more…]
Today officially starts the St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic. Most people know this picnic as the Fancy Farm Picnic. We are world famous. A lot of people don’t have clue that this is a picnic put on by St. Jerome Parish and we have been doing that for 134 years. I love it when people … [Read more…]
I’m not a runner. And until last July I wasn’t even a walker. For almost 20 years I have been Co-Chairman of the St. Jerome One Mile Classic but I never walked that mile. I wasn’t a walker. A mile was too far. I didn’t want the ambulance to ride my tail. Oh, I had … [Read more…]
It’s Picnic Week! It’s picnic week and everyone is as busy as can be. The BBQ pits have been cleaned out, the Bingo stand is getting ready to go up, the new Speaker’s Stand has been spruced and is ready for its baptism by fire come Saturday. Everyone is getting their yard ready so as … [Read more…]
We’re from the country. Not really. We’re from the South. Not really. We were born and raised in the suburbs of Louisville, KY. Now, if you’re in New York they think that all of Kentucky is the country. Louisville is in Kentucky, therefore, in the country. But if you’re in Louisville you know that it’s … [Read more…]
I remember when side-view mirrors came out with that statement: “Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear”. That messed me up. Did they want me to have a wreck? I would, you know. I couldn’t figure out how those mirrors worked. I didn’t want to have to worry about wondering whether or not that … [Read more…]
“Quit that, you look stupid.” “Thanks.” I slowed down to a walk. “I guess it doesn’t matter. You look stupid doing that too.” You know, I really hate listening to myself sometimes. Is it true that we are our own worst critic? Last summer I took up walking. I have arthritis and have found that … [Read more…]