I haven't been back in about 6 years. My people settled a big chunk of the county in western Kentucky where I grew up.
Then Alben Barkley was chosen to be Truman's Veep and had a big federal atomic energy plant built down there. After that, a bunch of peasants moved in to work at the place and fugged it all up.
By the time my generation came along there was all kinds of "outsiders" running around.
Still, I'm related in one way or another to a *lot* of people who live down there.
I'm going back one more time to roam the cemeteries and pay my respects to the old ones. There's not many of us left who understand their significance to the region.
