You have to penetrate the hard, coarse, protective shell in order to access its rich, textured kernel within. One can, of course, interpret my comparison of upstaters to nuts in other ways. The photos that follow are of many of my friends and acquaintances in the North Country. Many of them, especially those in the bar room photo galleries, appear to be having a good time because they've been drinking some John Barleycorn . When the photos were taken, a long, hard winter had finally passed, the air was redolent of spring, and folks were in a celebratory mood.
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
The New Starlight Inn . Coming soon . Back Belt Bunkum Chuck invites you to send your pictures of merrymaking in the North Country. Drunkenness is not required, though encouraged. Send 'em to Chuck.