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Leon Clark retired in 1992 and spends a lot of time "just piddling" and occasionally calling friends. His wife of 53 years, Bertie Jane, works during the day so he's often alone with his cat, Callie. "I wouldn't take nothing for that cat," he said. "She's a lot of company."
Every morning Leon Clark (right) meets friends for coffee at the Culver's Country Kwik Mart. Leon, 73, says the men tell some good stories and can "stretch the truth out way long." Clark has been going to the store every morning for 13 years.
Leon Clark, 73, likes his goats because they give him something to do. He "buys 'em, sells 'em, trades," some of them at the flea market on the weekends and some of them he's had for more than five years. "Yeah, I'd be lost if I didn't have them around here to fool with," Clark said. "They make me happy."
"They're all the time buying me something like that. Something I'll never use," Leon Clark said of all the trinkets in his home. Aside from the watches, Clark, 73, has accumulated a large collection of pencil sharpeners and an assortment of noise makers over the years.
"First one thing then the other," Leon Clark said about his days on his six-acre farm in Nelson County, Ky. "I've got goats, dogs, cats, pigeons," said Clark. "They make me happy. I talk to 'em to pass the time off," Clark said.
Jolie Coates