I was brought up in a small farming and coalmining community in Harlan County, Ky. My mother and my nephews and I worked our small mountain farm. When my dad wasn't at work in the coal mine or if the mines were on strike, he worked in the garden with us.
My parents would always talk about the future and what it would bring. They would tell us, “Take care of this land, and it will take care of us now and
