i've never whittled.....but i've bought furniture.
never fed chickens.....cooked 'em!
never planted corn.....shucked it, though.
i have never ridden on a tractor.....but i know john deere green.
never made a quilt.....am in awe of them.
never ate at the whistle stop cafe.....but i've had fried green tomatoes.
i've never had moonshine.....but i've had boone's farm.
i have never spent sunrise till sundown doin' chores.....but my daughter has.
i've never played the banjo.....tried my hand at guitar once, though.
never been to the grand ole opry.....except on t.v.
the only one-room schoolhouse i've ever been to was part of a site-seeing tour.....but, i've been to school.
i have never spent an hour or two on the front porch of a country store.....but i have a porch, i've been to the country, and i've been to plenty of stores.
never gone huntin.....but i have a huntin' dog.
never cooked with lard.....but i've used crisco.
i've never lived in a broken down shack on a cold, gray sunday.....but i love the smoke trailing from its chimney.
i've never done a lot of things i love the most. isn't that sad? but, i do them all the time in my mind. isn't that great?
i've never been to a temptations concert.....but i have an imagination every bit as good as theirs.
and that cozy, little home out in the country.
