| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Carol Perkins: Fall Break 'Fall Break is over for some students and just beginning this week for others. Soon Thanksgiving will give a few more days off and then Christmas break. Time waits for no man. How true that is. One thing is for sure, a break revives all of us and causes us to approach our jobs with a more relaxed enthusiasm. I long break to Maui would really inspire me!' - CAROL PERKINS The next earlier Carol Perkins column: Carol Perkins: The search for the next truck. Posted September 29, 2013 By Carol Perkins Fall Break. Only during my last few years of teaching did I have a fall break and I counted down the days. After a few months together every day both teacher and students need a break. Not going anywhere was often as appealing to me as taking off on a trip. Of course, I was older then and being at home was more satisfying than it was when I was younger and the kids were younger and Guy was more willing to load up the car and head out in the wee hours of the night so we could be at the beach by early light. Naturally, we were worn out by the time we arrived and worn out by the time we got back home, but we made many wonderful memories. Fall Break ended here after much celebration with the 32nd annual Pumpkin Festival. Trying to wrap my brain around those thirty-two years is difficult because that means Carla was only eleven and Jon was just eight. By the time they were middle school age, they felt free to "run" with their friends all over the courthouse yard while I volunteered for a booth or sold tickets for some cause. They participated in each costume contest and decorated pumpkins. I miss those days. Fall Break is also a time for decorating businesses and houses for fall. Aren't mums just gorgeous? We revel in these sit-on-the-porch afternoons while it is still light enough to see each other or the squirrels running through the yard sporadically in one direction while a rabbits hops off in another. I'm likely to have a feline visitor rubbing against my ankles during my sit on the porch and this always tears Fluffy a strip! He doesn't get to go outside because he can't be trusted. Fall Break is when many folks around headed for the mountains. Whether to view the changing of the leaves or browse through the hundreds of outlet stores or attend many of the shows and amusement areas, families can never have too much fun in the mountains. Frankly, I can see the beauty on Mell Ridge and have long ago lost my interest in outlets. However, the thought of a cabin overlooking nothing but the silence of nature is very appealing. I don't know why I think I would need to leave home to have that same feel. I can get it on my deck with not a house in sight or the sound of a car, yet I live within the city limits! Fall Break is over for some students and just beginning this week for others. Soon Thanksgiving will give a few more days off and then Christmas break. Time waits for no man. How true that is. One thing is for sure, a break revives all of us and causes us to approach our jobs with a more relaxed enthusiasm. I long break to Maui would really inspire me! This story was posted on 2013-10-06 11:58:15
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic Carol Perkins:
Carol Perkins/Susan Chambers on air live at Pumpkin Festival Carol Perkins: The search for the next truck Carol Perkins: A Matter of Taste Carol Perkins: Edmonton has lost its sense of humor? Carol Perkins: Remember a time when no doors were locked Carol Perkins: Red Solo Cup, a critique of the Toby Keith concert Carol Perkins: Friday night lights! Carol Perkins fan mail: Articles never cease to entertain Carol Perkins: From the Beach House, Part II Carol Perkins: From the Beach House, Part I View even more articles in topic Carol Perkins |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
