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My heart lives here.

I came across the below post on Facebook and felt it with my whole being. I didn't use her photo of her holler because it was hers. I searched Google for one that might work and found a beautiful holler. 

My heart lives here

There are tears in my eyes. You can probably see the hurt in my face as I took this picture just a week ago. I said goodbye to the home place for good.

I grew up here. This place called Tan Yard holler. I’m a holler girl like my Mommy was. The house I was raised in sat in the very spot of the old house she was born in! Mom was literally born and raised right here.

The house I grew up in burned in 1998 after all us girls had “married off”

Mom and Dad had to rebuild from the ground up.

This little cabin was built behind their house by my Dad for Mommy. One of her projects she wanted done. She used it for storage but she had her own “she shed” before anyone knew what they were!

My Mommy shared her memories often with me and my sisters.

My own childhood memories hover to this day between two hills in the place of my raising.

I remember the echo of hoot owls at night calling to each other from one side of the holler to the other while we sat on the porch. The creeking of the porch swing, the smell of the night air as I listened to the katydids sing in the background. No traffic, no car horns just silence and the noise of nature all around me.

Oh the days I recall the frogs hollering in the spring time, the clanging of horseshoes at reunion time, the sound of chainsaws cutting brash in the fall, the sound of cousins sled riding in the winter, the sound of roosters crowing in the early mornings of mist. You haven’t experienced life until you have to gather eggs before school and get flogged by a mad hen! Or have to slop the hogs that stunk to “high heaven” before walking out the holler often before daylight to catch the bus! My daughter will never experience that but she’s heard me talk of it.

Some have villages, mountain people have hollers. It’s own culture. It’s own government. It’s own eithics. It’s own rules. Whole families complete with Mamaws, Papaws, sissys, bubbies, cousins, aunts, uncles and yes even an uncle Bobby. I often say, every child needs to grow up with an “uncle Bobby”

Many leave, grow up and “move off” as the old timers would say but the holler life never leaves your heart. It’s embedded deep as the holler itself.

I took the good I was taught and I’ve passed it along to my daughter and to many, many others who watch me cook and hear me share my memories of growing up an Appalachian girl from Tan Yard Holler.

A coal miners daughter in a loving, working poor family who didn’t have many luxuries but we had love and we had Jesus.

I took the bad and I’ve learned from it and became determined not to pass it down to my daughter. No families are perfect. We all have some kind of trauma to deal with but we don’t have to pass it down to our own children.

The mountains are beautiful but they harbor many hurts within those deep hollers. Life can be hard, it can leave scars but we can heal, become stronger and learn to stop the cycles.

In the mountains there are two kinds of people. Those who leave and those who stay. I left. But my heart didn’t.

I’ll always share my stories, my culture, my way of cooking with the world. I’ll tell the world about Tan Yard Holler because my heart lives here

-Missy Jones

Source (Mountain Cookin’ with Missy) https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=921008766737191&set=a.467222085449197

Photo https://www.reddit.com/r/Kentucky/comments/hdtr6a/taking_a_stroll_down_the_holler/#lightbox

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Gary Moore - So Many Roads

Rest in Peace John Mayall. I don't remember when I discovered John, but I will remember him for as long as I live. He has a sound you can't forget and he's one of my favorites.

 

John Brumwell Mayall OBE (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and keyboardist, he had a career that spanned nearly seven decades, remaining an active musician until his death aged 90. Mayall has often been referred to as the "godfather of the British blues", and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category in 2024.

Music group: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

Genre: Blues

John Mayall in 1968

Born: 29 November 1933 - Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Died: 22 July 2024 (aged 90) - California, U.S.

Genres: British blues blues rock jazz rock

Occupations: Musician songwriter producer

Instruments: Vocals keyboards guitar harmonica

Years active 1956–2024

Source: Wikipedia

How Beautiful Heaven Must Be · Bethany Dick

Lyrics:
We read of a place that's called Heaven
It's made for the pure and the free
These truths in God's word He has given
How beautiful Heaven must be

The angels so sweetly are singing
Betrayals and failures destroyed
All pain and all suffering forgotten
And all tears will be turned into joy

How beautiful Heaven must be
Sweet home of the happy and free
Fair haven of rest for the weary
How beautiful Heaven must be

The children were playing without sadness
The women will dance without fear
The men will walk tall with honour
Only light, peace, and love will be there

How beautiful Heaven must be
Sweet home of the happy and free
Fair haven of rest for the weary
How beautiful Heaven must be

Fair haven of rest for the weary
How beautiful Heaven must be

The First Laugh-In! | Intro | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Sharing the intro to the very first episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. It premiered on NBC on January 22, 1968 after a successful special aired in 1967. Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In Hosted by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, this groundbreaking sketch comedy show was a fast-moving barrage of jokes, one-liners, running skits, and musical numbers. The groundbreaking, Emmy Award-winning show, created by George Schlatter, premiered in January, 1968 and ran until March, 1973. A group of regulars including Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Jo Anne Worley, Ruth Buzzi, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson, Judy Carne, Alan Sues, Chelsea Brown, and Gary Owens--plus frequent guests like Barbara Feldon, Flip Wilson and Don Rickles left a lasting impression on America. Celebrities from tv, film, sports, and politics all made appearances on Laugh-In. Memorable appearances include Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson, Carol Channing, Wilt Chamberlain, Cher, Tim Conway, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Hugh Hefner, Richard M. Nixon, Debbie Reynolds, Don Rickles, Peter Sellers, Dinah Shore, Ringo Starr, and so many more. Never miss a new Laugh-In clip by subscribing here: https://LaughIn.lnk.to/YouTube

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I remember watching Laugh-In (named after love-in, eat-in, etc) many years ago. The show never failed to amuse and sometimes you would LOL at some of the verrry interesting sock it to me craziness. I found a blog post (copied below) that lists many phrases made famous by the show. If you haven't watcched the show, search Youtube and you will find many clips.

Source: https://oblations.blogspot.com/2000/06/laugh-in-catch-phrases.html Blog by Ron Reed

Rowan & Martin's LAUGH IN: Catch Phrases

Memorable cast members/guests and their running gags

Arte Johnson portrayed a number of recurring characters, including:

Wolfgang the German soldier - Wolfgang would comment on the previous gag by saying "Verrry interesting", sometimes with comments such as "...but shtupid!" He eventually would close each show by talking to Lucille Ball as well as the cast of Gunsmoke — both airing opposite Laugh-In on CBS; as well as whatever was on ABC. Johnson would later repeat the line while playing Nazi-themed supervillain Virman Vundabar on an episode of Justice League Unlimited.

Tyrone F. Horneigh (pronounced "hor-NIGH," presumably to satisfy the censors) - A dirty old man coming on to Gladys Ormphby (Ruth Buzzi) seated on a park bench, who almost invariably clobbered him with her purse. Sample exchange:

Tyrone: Do you believe in the hereafter?

Gladys: Of course I do!

Tyrone: Good. Then you know what I'm here after!

(Both the Tyrone and Gladys characters went into animated form in the "Nitwits" segments of the 1977 animated television show "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits")

Piotr Rosmenko, the Eastern European Man - Piotr stood stiffly and nervously in an ill-fitting suit while commenting on differences between America and "the old country," such as "Here in America, is very good, everyone watch television. In old country, television watches you!" This predated a similar schtick by Yakov Smirnoff. Occasionally guest star Sammy Davis, Jr. teamed with Johnson as "The Rosmenko Twins."

Rabbi Shankar (a pun on Ravi Shankar), an Indian guru - Dressed in a Nehru jacket dispensing pseudo-mystical Eastern wisdom laden with bad puns. He held up two fingers in a peace sign whenever he spoke.

An unnamed man in a yellow raincoat and hat, riding a tricycle. The image of him pedaling, then tipping over and falling, was frequently used between sketches. (Judy Carne was once reported to have said that every member of the cast took turns riding the tricycle at one time or another.)

Announcer Gary Owens standing in an old-time radio studio with his hand cupped over his ear, making announcements, often with little relation to the rest of the show, such as (in an overly-dramatic voice), "Earlier that evening..."

Ruth Buzzi in many roles, including:

Gladys Ormphby - A drab, though relatively young spinster who was the eternal target of Arte Johnson's Tyrone; when Johnson left the series, Gladys retreated into recurring daydreams, often involving marriages to historical figures, including Christopher Columbus and Benjamin Franklin (both played by Alan Sues).

Doris Swizzle - A seedy barfly paired with her husband, Leonard Swizzle, played by Dick Martin.

Busy Buzzi - A Hedda Hopper/Louella Parsons-style gossip columnist.

Henry Gibson as:

The Poet - The Poet would hold an oversized flower and read offbeat poems. He pronounced his name "Henrik Ibsen".

The Parson - A character who made ecclesiastical quips and, in 1970, officiated at a near-marriage for Tyrone and Gladys.

Lily Tomlin in a Laugh-In publicity photo.

Lily Tomlin as:

Ernestine/Miss Tomlin - The obnoxious telephone operator with no concern for her customers ("'Fair'? Sir, we don't have to be fair. We're the phone company.").

Edith Ann - A child who frequently said, "And that's the truth", followed by "Pbbbt!" . Tomlin performed her skits in an oversized rocking chair that made her appear small.

"Tasteful" society matron Mrs. Earbore. Mrs. Earbore would express quiet disapproval about a tasteless joke or remark, and then rise from her chair with her legs spread, and sometimes got doused with a bucket of water.

Lily Tomlin later performed Ernestine for Saturday Night Live, and Edith Ann on children's shows such as Sesame Street.

Judy Carne in two robotic speech and movement roles:

Mrs. Robot in "Robot Theater" -- The female companion to Arte Johnson's "Mr. Robot", both equally inept

The talking Judy Doll, usually played with Arte Johnson who never heeded her warning: "Touch my little body, and I hit!"

Henny Youngman telling one-liner jokes for no reason. Often, corny one-liners would be followed by the line, "Oh, that Henny Youngman!"

Alan Sues as Big Al - A clueless and fey sports anchor who loved ringing his bell, which he called his "tinkle", and as hungover children's show host "Uncle Al, The Kiddies' Pal"

Goldie Hawn was the giggling dumb blonde stumbling over her lines, especially when she introduced Dan's "News of the Future".

Jo Anne Worley sometimes sang off-the-wall songs using her loud operatic voice, but is better remembered for her mock outrage at "chicken jokes." Many times, during the Cocktail Parties, she talked about her boyfriend Boris (a married man).

Barbara Sharma as the dancing meter-maid who ticketed anything from trees to baby carriages, and often praised vice president Spiro Agnew, calling him 'Pres-ee-dent Agnew.'

Flip Wilson, whose character, the cross-dressing Geraldine, originated the phrase "What you see is what you get". Another catchphrase was "The devil made me do it". Wilson and his alter ego had their own variety show in the early '70s.

Dan Rowan as General Bull Right - A far-right-wing representative of the military establishment and outlet for political humor.

Richard Dawson as Hawkins the Butler - Would always start his piece by asking "Permission to...?" and proceed to fall over.

The Judge. Originally portrayed by British comic Roddy Maude-Roxby as a stuffy magistrate with black robe and powdered wig. Each "Judge" sketch would feature an unfortunate defendant brought before the court. Guest star Flip Wilson introduced the sketch with "Here come de judge!," the venerable catchphrase of black nightclub comedian Pigmeat Markham. Markham was surprised that his trademark had been appropriated, and he petitioned producer George Schlatter to let him play The Judge himself. Schlatter complied and Markham sat atop the bench for one season. The sketches were briefly retired until another guest star, Sammy Davis, Jr., donned the judicial robe and wig. Davis immediately made The Judge his own, using a drawling dialect reminiscent of "Kingfish" Tim Moore, and enthusiastically playing every courtroom scene broadly. Davis even introduced his own sketches, strutting across a bare stage in Judge regalia and chanting in couplets ("If your lawyer's sleepin', better give him a nudge! Everybody look alive, 'cause here come de judge! Here come de judge! Here come de judge!").

"Verrry Eeen-ter-es-ting!" (said by Arte Johnson as Nazi soldier Wolfgang spying from behind a potted plant)

A six-note pattern preceding a code-word or punchline to an off-color joke, such as "do-doo-doo-da-do-doo ... smack!" or "... family jewels!" (sometimes extended to 18 notes by repeating the GGGDEC pattern two more times before the code-word). This same musical phrase had been used as a "signature" at the end of many pieces played by Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

"I didn't know that." (Dick Martin's occasional response to what happened on an episode)

"Easy for you to say!' (Dan Rowan's reply whenever Dick Martin tripped on his tongue during a joke)

"Ohhh, I'll drink to that." (Martin's response to something Rowan said that he liked.)

"I was wondering if you'd mind if I said something my aunt once said to me." A phrase that Dick Martin would always say to interrupt Dan Rowan's announcements on what would happen during their next show; this phrase was followed by a story about a bizarre situation that his aunt went through.

"Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls!"

"Go to your room."

"Uncle Al had to take a lot of medicine last night" (line by Uncle Al, the Kiddies' Pal, played by Alan Sues)

"You bet your sweet bippy!"

"Here come de' judge!" (reprising comedian Pigmeat Markham and further popularized by guest stars Flip Wilson and especially Sammy Davis Jr.)

"'Ello, 'ello! NBC, beautiful downtown Burbank" (the response to calls received by a switchboard operator played by Judy Carne). When the series was syndicated in 1983, the NBC logo and the network's name were edited out.

"And that's the truth." (Edith Ann, summarizing whatever she just said, and capping it with a juicy razzberry)

"One ringy-dingy...two ringy-dingies..." (Ernestine's mimicking of the rings while she was waiting for someone to pick up the receiver on the other end of the telephone lines)

"A gracious good afternoon. This is Miss Tomlin of the telephone company. Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?" Ernestine's greeting to people whom she would call

"I just wanna swing!" Gladys Ormphby's catchphrase

"Is that a chicken joke?" Jo Anne Worley's outraged cry, a takeoff on Polish jokes

"Here comes the big finish, folk!" (usually before the last of a series of a star's bad puns)

"Sock it to me!" experienced its greatest exposure on Laugh-In although the phrase had been featured in songs like Aretha Franklin's 1967 "Respect" and Mitch Ryder's 1966 "Sock It To Me, Baby!"

"Oh, that Henny Youngman"

"Marshall McLuhan...what're you doin'?" (Henry Gibson)

"I don't know. I've never been out with one!" (First introduced by guest star Marcel Marceau, this catch-all punchline would be uttered by any guest star. Goldie: "Are you of the opposite sex?"

Tiny Tim: "I don't know, Miss Goldie, I've never been out with one.")

"Blow in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere."

"Now, that's a no-no!"

"Tune in next week when Henny Youngman's wife burns Jell-o!"

"If [so-and-so] married [what's-his-name], divorced him and married {etc.}" The purpose being to try to set up a tongue-twister, involving the last names of celebrities. Example: "If Rosemary Clooney married Regis Toomey. divorced him and married Mickey Rooney, divorced him and married Paul Muni, divorced him and re-married Regis Toomey, she'd be Rosemary Clooney Toomey Rooney Muni Toomey!"

"Morgul the Friendly Drelb" (a pink Abominable Snowman-like character that appeared in the first episode and bombed so badly that his name was used in various announcements by Gary Owens for the rest of the series (usually at the end of the opening cast list, right after Owens himself: "Yours truly, Gary Owens, and Morgul as the Friendly Drelb!") and credited as the author of a paperback collection of the show's sketches)

"That's the most beautiful thing I ever heard."

"Ring my chimes!"

"Want a Walnetto?", was a pick-up line Tyrone would try on Gladys, which always resulted in a purse drubbing

I’d rather sit alone.

Let me assure you, I will unapologetically remove myself from any table that doesn’t have a “come sit with us” vibe. 

We’re too old for the mean girl stuff, and we’ve all been the one rejected before. We’ve all been the one left out and we’ve all been the one who was the topic of conversation when we weren’t there to defend ourselves, and it hurt us deeply. 

I know I’ll say the wrong things sometimes, and I know I’ll mess up and act out of character on occasion. I’m a mess of a human and I realize that but I refuse to knowingly inflict pain on another human being at this point in my life. 

I’d rather sit alone.

Source: Facebook - Sister I am With you

Here’s the truth:

You can be a really good friend, and still not be liked. You can hold someone dear and still not be valued. You can say all the right things, and still have someone twist your words, brush off your words, or worse—use your words against you. You can give it your absolute best, and still have it not work out. 

You can be straight-up sunshine in the flesh, and still walk into some heavy rain clouds. You can play your heart out, and still lose the game. You can place the highest bid, and still walk away empty-handed. 

You can be pure as humanly possible, and still be painted as the bad guy. 

After years of work, these are some things I’ve learned: 

1. You can’t control other people. Not even in the slightest, and it is a complete waste to ever assume you can. It will make you angry, and exhausted, and chasing something you don’t have a chance to catch, so switch gears and control you. Control your mouth. Control how you treat people. Control your attitude. Guard your heart, and keep it genuine. Keep showing up, and let that be enough. 

2. Other people aren’t you. They don’t think like you, or feel like you. Their experiences belong to them alone. They approach situations differently, and their outlook is nothing like yours. Don’t expect them to handle things exactly like you do. They aren’t you. They’re them. Do your best to love them for it. 

3. Some people are never going to like you, and there isn’t necessarily and a rhyme or reason. Your life will improve significantly as soon as you learn this. 

4. Sometimes you’re actually the bad guy. Sometimes you’re the one acting foolish. Sometimes you’re the one with the toxic trait or two. Check your own heart. Clean out the junk, and grow from it. Apologize, and now that you’ve learned—take that wisdom, do better next time, stay humble, and give others an awful lot of grace along the way. 

5. There is a purpose to it all. There is beauty everywhere. That failed friendship will teach you how to do the next one better. That heartache will remind you to be gentle with other people. That loneliness will help you appreciate connection when you do find it—and you will find it. Not every season lasts forever, but every season does produce something precious eventually, even if it’s just a fresh perspective. 

So sleep well, my dear friend. 

Life is a long series of letting some things go and holding others close—a catch and release sort of cycle. Let go of needing approval. Let go of bitterness, and resentment, and any of that junk. Let go of insecurity. Let go of guilt. It will keep you shackled like nothing else. 

Hold close to your family and the people in your life who have stuck around. Hold close to your morals and your integrity. Hold close to your light and your joy and your hope. Hold close to today. Believe in tomorrow. Hold closest to love. At the end of the day, it’s all that really matters, and as long as you have it—you have more than enough. 

Love, 

Amy

Source: Facebook - Sister I am With You

Corner of my garden with my Potentilla, orange Marigolds, and mixed Portulaca (moss roses).

HOW TO ROCK A HEAD SCARF THIS SUMMER

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1990 Live Video

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2 years ago

If this doesn't give you chills all over, you don't understand music!! These two are unmatched in talent!!

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Cosmos

I. love. Cosmos. They are the most beautiful flower in my garden. I love how they sway in the breeze and look so delicate while they move. Next year I will have much more Cosmos in my gardens. I will have enough to gather some for a beautiful bouquet. No, I love them too much to cut them. I will contine to admire them in my gardens.