Places I've Lived

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03da11c3.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="06f8c690.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Places I've Lived</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="placles_m.htm#murfreesboro" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Places Ive Lived"><U>Murfreesboro, TN</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="placles_m.htm#woodbury" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Places Ive Lived"><U>Woodbury, TN</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="placles_m.htm#lexington" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Places Ive Lived"><U>Lexington, KY</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="placles_m.htm#louisville" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Places Ive Lived"><U>Louisville, KY</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="placles_m.htm#paducah" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Places Ive Lived"><U>Paducah, KY</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Burton's Nightmare 2000" ><B>Michael W. Thompson, Ph.D.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael W. 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HREF="http://www.ci.murfreesboro.tn.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ci.murfreesboro.tn.us/"><U>Murfreesboro</U></A> is my current home.  Murfreesboro was the original state capital of Tennessee, and is also home to <A HREF="http://www.mtsu.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mtsu.edu"><U>Middle Tennessee State University</U></A>.  The city has grown substantially in the past 25 years, now boasting a population of nearly 70,000.  I actually don't live within the city, but I live within a couple of miles of the city limits.  There's lots to do in the area, including the <A HREF="http://www.ci.murfreesboro.tn.us/svc-parks_rec-parks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ci.murfreesboro.tn.us/svc-par"><U>Stones River and Lytle Creek Greenways</U></A> (scroll down the page), which together span about 7.5 miles.  Rutherford county is home to part of middle Tennessee's unique cedar glade communities, which are home to a large number of federally threatened and endangered species.  A couple of good places to visit in the area to see this habitat are <A HREF="http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/tennessee/preserves/art230.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nature.org/wherewework/northameri"><U>Flat Rock Cedar Glade</U></A> and <A HREF="http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/cedars/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks"><U>Cedars of Lebanon State Park</U></A>, which is in Wilson county, to the north.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Woodbury, Tennessee<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="woodbury"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://oseda.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/get2sas.pl?p=xtabs3&st=47&pl=1555&fo=html&eod=y" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://oseda.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/get2sa"><U>Woodbury</U></A> is the county seat of Cannon county, Tennessee, and is situated at the eastern edge of the Highland Rim of central Tennessee.  It's about 20 miles due east of Murfreesboro and about 60 miles southeast of Nashville.  It's a small town with a population of around 2,500.  I lived about a mile north of town on top of a big knob that had an eagle's eye view of Highway 70S.  I lived here for about nine months after finishing my Ph.D at the University of Kentucky.  However, commuting to Nashville became a major inconvenience, so reality set in and my wife and I moved to Rutherford county.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="860" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 234 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06118d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Barn, Cannon county</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="426"><div> <IMG SRC="06218d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Hayrake, Cannon county</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Lexington, Kentucky <A NAME="lexington"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> The second largest city in Kentucky, <A HREF="http://www.lfucg.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lfucg.com/"><U>Lexington</U></A> is home to the <A HREF="http://www.uky.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uky.edu"><U>Universitiy of Kentucky</U></A>, where I attended graduate school and earned my Ph.D. in <A HREF="http://www.mc.uky.edu/biochemistry/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mc.uky.edu/biochemistry/"><U>Biochemistry</U></A> in the fall semester of 2000.  It's the county seat of Fayette county, Kentucky, and sits in the Kentucky river valley in the heart of the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.  This region of the state is home to Kentucky's signature thoroughbred industry.  Lexington is home to <A HREF="http://www.keeneland.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.keeneland.com/"><U>Keeneland</U></A>, which, in my opinion, is the most beautiful of Kentucky's horse tracks.  Lexington is a very friendly city, and although it has a population of nearly 200,000, it is not hard to navigate and has relatively few traffic problems when compared to most other cities.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="869" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 234 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05e18d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sunset over Jacobsen Park, Lexington</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="431"><div> <IMG SRC="05f18d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sunset over tobacco field, Woodford co.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Louisville, Kentucky <A NAME="louisville"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> The largest city in Kentucky, <A HREF="http://www.louky.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.louky.org/"><U>Louisville</U></A> is situated along the Ohio river at the <A HREF="http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/"><U>Falls of the Ohio</U></A>, which is a very unique geological formation that shouldn't be missed if you're in the area.  I attended the <A HREF="http://www.louisville.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.louisville.edu"><U>University of Louisville</U></A> while I was here.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="868" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 234 WIDTH="425"><div> <IMG SRC="05b18d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Railroad bridge over the Ohio River</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="424"><div> <IMG SRC="05c18d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Louisville's skyline</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Paducah, Kentucky <A NAME="paducah"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> Last, but not least, is my hometown.  <A HREF="http://www.ci.paducah.ky.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ci.paducah.ky.us/"><U>Paducah</U></A> is the county seat of <A HREF="http://www.co.mccracken.ky.us/county/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.co.mccracken.ky.us/county/"><U>McCracken county</U></A>, Kentucky.  <A HREF="http://www.aboutpaducah.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aboutpaducah.com"><U>Paducah</U></A> has a population of about 25,000, and is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, about 30 miles from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.  There are lots of recreational opportunities nearby, including <A HREF="http://www.lbl.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lbl.org/"><U>Land Between the Lakes</U></A>, <A HREF="http://aboutpaducah.com/photogallery/thepaducaharea/slideshow/photo/00312.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://aboutpaducah.com/photogallery/the"><U>Whitehaven</U></A>, and the Paducah riverfront, which is now decorated with a number of murals on the floodwall commemorating the city's history.  Don't miss the <A HREF="http://www.aqsquilt.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aqsquilt.com/"><U>Museum of the American Quilter's Society</U></A> and the numerous antique stores in the riverfront area, either.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="866" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 264 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04840f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sunrise over the Tennessee River</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="422"><div> <IMG SRC="05718d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Old Train at the Paducah Floodwall</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 234 WIDTH="425"><div> <IMG SRC="05818d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Downtown Paducah</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="422"><div> <IMG SRC="05918d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Murals on the Paducah Floodwall</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>