Vovô, Tinkerer, Thinkerer
Sol, Planet 3
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Speaking from experience, when life ends, love remains. Everything else falls away. Happy birthday @DocBrownLloyd.
To the hero who was probably breaking the law by asserting his Second Amendment rights and stopping the madman at the Bend, OR elementary school yesterday I say thank you. God be with you and all the families grieving today.
1/3 - 27 Jan 1986 the day I met Mike Ditka standing in line to speak with the concierge at the Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans. He tapped me on my shoulder and asked if I had matches. I was in a rented tuxedo so I assumed no...
2/3 - I was star struck and couldn't speak so rather than just saying no, I felt my pockets, hoping that matches would magically appear. Lo and behold, there was a book of matches in my jacket pocket...
I made a benign observation about something that was violent on Reddit. I didn't have an opinion except to cite that it was exceptionally sad. Reddit flagged my comment and issued a formal warning. What a bunch of clowns over there. Thank goodness for @X.
No human government has ever demonstrated the qualities that would qualify it to administer the death penalty.
My great grandparents died in the 1970s never knowing the comforts that Dolly gave her parents with her gift. Many people lived this way not too long ago. Wood stoves for cooking. No running water. A true "ice box" that had to be maintained with fresh ice.
Dolly Parton earned her first substantial royalty checks in the late 1960s, but she did not spend the money on cars, diamonds, or designer clothes.
Instead, after gaining national visibility on The Porter Wagoner Show and signing with RCA Victor, she put her savings toward buying a modern home for her parents in Sevierville, Tennessee. The gift answered a quiet promise Dolly made at eighteen when she boarded a bus for Nashville. Her family had spent decades inside a cramped Locust Ridge cabin that lacked electricity and indoor plumbing, relying on an outdoor privy and buckets hauled from a mountain creek.
For years, her father, Robert Lee Parton, had trekked down frozen hillsides in winter storms to carry heavy metal pails of water back to the house, his hands cracking and bleeding from the cold. The new home in town changed daily life completely, featuring indoor pipes, an electric water heater, and a porcelain bathtub.
Walking through the front door, Robert Lee stopped at the threshold of the bathroom. He hesitated to step onto the clean tile, worried his worn work boots would track dirt across his daughter's gift. Dolly took his weathered hand and showed him how to turn the brass handle. Warm water poured instantly from the tap without chopping firewood or waiting over an open flame.
The mountain farmer, known for weathering hard years without complaint, sat down and wept. Those early pay stubs, the deed to the Sevierville property, and the private conversations surrounding the purchase remain the foundation of how that family moved out of the mountain cold.
#drthehistories
I don't remember ever getting a second wave of Hibiscus 🌺 flowers before. What a great, late summer treat.
We simply must cut our dependence on oil. We should be helping friendly nations to do the same. Nuclear power is the way.
One of the greatest films of all time. I didn't buy a DVD player until The Court Jester became available in that format.
Mercy and peace to the people of Nepal and China after the terrible avalanche and flooding. My heart goes out to all the survivors.
