Mokelumne Hill

Welcome to the Country- Kentucky Style
So normally, my little humor column would start something like this….
So you’ve decided to move to the country where cows aren’t what they seem….or something as silly as that, but today I’m simply going to tell you of my Christmas vacation…Kentucky style.

Author Charity Maness, photo by Ken Recio Photography

Both Umpqua Bank of Copperopolis and Highland Books of Arnold will be hosting book signing events spotlighting local author

Charity L. Maness

And the release of her latest romance

‘Prince Charming’

Welcome to the Country

So you’ve decided to move to the country where owning a horse is actually the easiest part of owning a horse.

Welcome to the Country
So you’ve decided to move to the country where the advice of old timers is almost always the best advice you can get.
We have all heard the good old advice of ‘don’t squat with your spurs on’ and ‘if it rattles don’t investigate’ but here’s an old timer’s advice that really needs to be heeded in the foothills…if it itches don’t scratch it.

Welcome to the Country
So you’ve decided to move to the country where…fund raisers bring on raffle prizes of all shapes, sizes, and oddities.

Welcome to the Country
So you’ve decided to move to the country where teaching your child simple rules of the road can be a somewhat daunting yet interesting experience.
The first thing you will most likely notice when you move to the country is the obvious lack of sidewalks. We have ‘em, sort of, they just aren’t what you would call planned city type sidewalks.

Welcome to the country
So you’ve decided to move to the country where the language changes with the season.
Yes we have multiple languages up here in the foothills, nothing that is recognized as a ‘real’ language thereby making us bilingual, but a language unto itself none the less.
I am speaking of the language of the season, as in, deer season, turkey season, boar season, etc.

Welcome to the Country
By,
Charity Maness

So you’ve decided to move to the country where “sleeping under a blanket of stars” is not just an expression, but a reality.