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Mark Keathley
Road to Yesteryear is available in the following sizes:
18x27 and 24x36
When I roam the roads of Cade's Cove, I have this longing to go back in
time to those simpler days. Several times I have fought the urge to
cry over what has disappeared from our culture. The simple living and
hard work and true "ownership" of property has been replaced with the
American Dream - somehow now defined as being wealthy, having a dream
home, not having to work much, throw in some fame and a fancy car and
the latest cell phone, oh, and if I can get something for nothing, then
I have arrived. Yes, this is a bit cynical, I admit, but up in these
hills, I feel it the most. There, right in front of me is a community
of folks who worked hard because they had to. A community where each
one provided some important piece to the survival of them all. With no
interference from the outside, they were free to pursue the most
efficient way to improve their life and provide for the wellbeing of
their families and the group as a whole. So walk with me a bit, down
this dusty road, and lets visit the past where there were only two rules
- Don't encroach and Do what you say. With these two rules, folks
can live in peace, plan for the future, and build a dream where no one
can take it away. This is where I want to go, down the Road to
Yesteryear. Not to the old way of doing things, because I do
like my technology, but to the old way of common sense and common good.
~ Mark Keathley
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