Winter in Kentucky is a wet and muddy mess. States further north get snow to hide their naked winter selves and states further south get spared some of the cold. Kentucky just gets long, cold, soggy winters broken up by snow and ice that melt back into the mud.

But it’s home and I sure do love it.

I’m sticking around for just a couple more days before heading back to DC, and I already have that “Kentucky lump” forming in my throat, despite my love for DC and the excitement I have to get back to James, who went back yesterday.