Epicurean Kentuckian: Accommodating breakfast makers 2013-01-13 - 104 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. This breakfast was to me liking, may not be to anyone else's But that's not the point. The point is how accommodating sincere local restaurants are. Not so many rules around here about when you can get the food, or how, so custom is customary, whether at Betty's OKCC, Circle R, almost any country deli in the 7-county area, or here, at Tap's Diner. This one probably may never be repeated by anyone else, but I was glad to get a dreary January morning off to a promising start. After seeing Pen's avocado and scrambled eggs with sesame seeds meal, I asked for the same in a downtown Columbia restaurant - almost in jest. They had avocados in stock, not because of an attempt to satisfy every errant whim of a customer, but because TaP's Gary Paris is partial to them. It was written down with the apology that there wasn't any sesame seed in the house. Much of the rest. Much of the rest I expected to get - the creamy white gravy, the breaded okra, and the canned diced tomatoes (prefer them to all but the peak fresh ones), but was surprised to get those little sandwich sized pancakes they fry. Pam Miller cooked it just right, to specs, down to the melted butter on the soft scrambled eggs. Of course there was fresh hot coffee, too. It was a feast. Didn't eat it all, all, now that I've found out, late in life, that the human race won't improve by my obesity, and that cleaning my plate does alleviate starvation in the world. This surprise was at TaP's Diner, 104 Public Square, Columbia, KY, and similar delightful surprises are available in the regions plethora of one-of-a-kind restaurants. - EW. Paired photo See also Epicurean Kentuckian: Scrambled Eggs and Avocado Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: The Barn, up close, Old Grey Homestead 2013-01-13 - Old Gradyville Road - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. A closer look at the old barn Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Intriguing barn, Old Grey Homestead 2013-01-13 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. I have been intrigued with this old barn, visible from the high point of our corn ground [the north field] and suspected that lurking behind it would be the remains of a house and outbuildings. - SHARON WHITEHURST Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: The house, Old Grey Homestead 2013-01-13 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. I look at these old places like this one as go past and try to imagine smoke from a supper fire feathering out of the shattered chimneys, windows gleaming and decked with crisp curtains. I wonder about the families who lived there, their names and their stories. - SHARON WHITEHURST Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

As 1st Birthday nears, Hailey's getting hang of soccer 2013-01-13 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. Hailey's first birthday is still a few days off, but she's already mastering the game of soccer, coached by older brother Graham. At right, she savors the athlete's reward for a great day of training. That birthday is January 25. She's the granddaughter of Ed and Linda Waggener of Columbia, and great granddaughter of Geniece Marcum of Columbia and Edmonton. - Granddad Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Green Co., KY: The Woodson Lewis Building 2013-01-13 - Greensburg, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg, 99.9 FM. Larry Smith took this photo of his favorite birthplace, Greensburg, Green County, KY. He says the building has always figured in a big way in his life, a part of the scenery while he was getting a dual education: High School at Green County High during the morning and early afternoons, then OJT learning for his passion, broadcasting, at WGRK on top of Buckner Hill. It was a walking world. The whole town was a campus. In the afternoons it was down the hill across the footbridge and across the Square, with a fueling station stop off at Model Drugs before the climb to the studio and transmitter on top of the world. There was even a lot of etiquette taught and discipline was maintained by clerks and store owners downtown. To a large degree, maybe more than anywhere else, Greensburg is still that way. - CM. Photo by Larry Smith. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Wet Hawk on Greenbriar Ridge 2013-01-12 - Greenbriar Ridge Road, South Adair County, KY - Photo by Kay Haupt. Breeding, KY, naturalist Kay Haupt caught this bedraggled hunter still at work despite the rain. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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