RABBIT HASH - What was one of the biggest adjustments for Jim and Jeanne Sheridan when they decided to move to Rabbit Hash from Los Angeles almost two years ago?

The weather.

"It's pretty much just sunshine or smog," Jim said of his former home, where he and wife Jeanne lived for 18 years. "That's about all you get (there). It was interesting getting through our first hot, hot summer and cold, cold winter."

The Sheridans, former rock musicians, own and operate Worldwide Telenet, a Web site design and development business. Two years ago the couple, looking to remove themselves from the hustle and bustle of L.A. and move closer to family, found Rabbit Hash online.

"We were looking for property within maybe a 3-5 hour drive from my hometown (in West Virginia), preferably with very few neighbors, somewhere in the country," Jeanne said.

Los Angeles offered the Sheridans a number of things not available in Rabbit Hash. But Rabbit Hash offered the couple something L.A. couldn't: peace.

Jeanne said there are no noisy neighbors and sounds that may cause problems for other residents, like motorcycles, are mild in comparison to L.A.

"L.A. is a young person's town," Jim said. "If you're 20 and think you're going to get famous, go there. If you're a little older and settled in life, come here."

The transfer to Kentucky has had very little effect on their business. Jeanne said there is very little worry over location when everything is virtual.

"It doesn't matter where you are to do Web sites or anything online," Jim said. "For us it was 'why are we living in L.A. where it's kind of invasive and not exactly pleasurable?'...Why not live in a beautiful place to do the same thing?"

After the Sheridans grew accustomed to the small-town way of life, they offered their services to a local landmark; the couple revamped the Rabbit Hash General Store's Web site.

"Rabbit Hash is precious to us," Jeanne said. "The reason why we donated what we did is basically because we support this. I didn't know it still existed, this kind of stuff. When you live in L.A. you forget what it's like to live in America."

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