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Story teller, retired journalist, author, folksinger, folklorist, gardener.

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Hollywood Forever

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May 30, On The Road With Blackberry Winter (via Moonmooring)

May 30 2011; Day 2 on the road. 9:30ish  – Mountain Time Zone We just left Colby Kansas where we spent the night at the Quality Inn on South Range Avenue. Yesterday was a lovely day, warm – almost hot … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly U.S. World Tour, page 6

We’re two days into the trip and I’m nowhere near the end of the story about how we got here, so I’m just going to leave you in suspense… not. But here’s the Cliff Notes version. I discovered the movie’s … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour, page 5

I don’t remember much of the next two weeks, because of the drugs for the pain and drugs for the infection (and a couple of drugs for the drugs). But the doctors were good, the nurses were fine, and everyone … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour, page 4

I was two weeks out from surgery, feeling pretty good if a little sluggish and stupid. Anesthesia does that, I was told, so I didn’t worry — just continued coasting along, keeping a sanitary pad between the incision and the … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly U.S. World Tour, page 3

For years, maybe decades, I’d been plagued with a little curse called “cervical polyps.” Wikipedia defines them thus: A cervical polyp is a common benign polyp or tumour on the surface of the cervical canal.[1] They can cause irregular menstrual bleeding (and it did) but often show no symptoms (other than the damned bleeding, of course). … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly U.S. World Tour, page 2

She said, “We just can’t get that one song out of our heads. We’d like to use it in the movie.” What movie, I was thinking, and then I remembered. The crew that came to Rick’s house said they were … Continue reading

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