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…to be a Kentuckian

Monday, October 29th, 2007

I’ve looked around on the internet for “what it’s like to be a Kentuckian” and can’t really find a good list, so I thought I’d collect a bit here.

For me to be a Kentuckian (or in my case a Central Kentuckian) means:

  • that you feel weird when the road is wider than one lane
  • that green is your absolute favorite color, it is essential to your soul
  • that even if you say you don’t like bluegrass music, you still tap your feet and find yourself humming the tune
  • that you believe horses are people too
  • that even if you don’t like sports, you do like basketball (it’s in a league of its own)
  • that folk art can be fine art; very, very fine art
  • that spring, summer, and fall rain can be refreshing when you’re sitting on a back porch
  • that you’re asked in every other state why you don’t have an accent

A GOOD QUOTE:

Bluegrass music is the sound of Kentucky to me…….from the high lonesome mountains to the rolling horse farms & the endless river towns I feel that it belongs to Kentucky…..and I am so proud to be from Kentucky. – Larry Cordle, Bluegrass Musician