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have ravaged the forests, fouled the coastal waters, failed to control the drug problem and let our great cities yield to social rot. Ours is the wealthiest nation on Earth, and we cannot provide affordable medical care.
Douglas got a surprisingly good education, considering the shortcoming of a rural county. In the fall he will go on to Clarkson University in New York, fairly well-equipped to study higher mathematics and space engineering. But my grandson will be heavily taxed to retire some part of the mountainous debt his irresponsible grandparents have piled up.
There is another side. Douglas also will inherit a written Constitution that protects his liberties. He inherits a supple and beautiful common language that will benefit him around the world. He has loving and interesting parents who have supported him all the way. He has a nice sense of the absurd.
After a year’s absence, this expatriate found Rappahannock unchanged. The farmers had a fine first cutting of hay. The deer population grows. Grape and apple prospects look excellent. Clifton Clark died a few months ago. He raised foxhounds. One of the Fannon girls got married. The churches are making big plans for the Fourth of July.
On Sunday afternoon a thunderstorm blew in. The sky turned the color of a bad bruise, but it was only *shower. This was a pity, for this summer the farmers need rain. In Rappahannock County they generally do.
(Copyright 1991, Universal Press Syndicate.)
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