"I'd rather be a loser with an outstretched hand than the coolest person in the world with a closed heart." ~ Garrett Bucks, via substack I challenge anyone who grew up in the 70s to hear the words "West Virginia" and not follow it up in your mind with " ...mountain mama / take me home / country roads..." John Denver was an absolute staple of my childhood, and I can sing every word to every song on John Denver’s Greatest Hits,  released in 1973. That album (those specific v
