The Twist from a Twisted Sister!

I've always had a love for bridges especially covered ones... Maybe I got it from my Dad who loved bridges or maybe because it was my favorite place to play under at my Grandma's house. Who knows. But perhaps it's because I won my first and only art contest at 9 years old with this charcoal drawing. In retrospect, I'm surprised it won because the perspective is all wrong on the wall. Today Travel Trivia had this article on 16 of the Most Beautiful Bridges in the World and I thought you might enjoy seeing them. (Click Pic) I was disappointed my fav the...

My Mom insisted she could not sing... Yet when most people would hum, she would be yodeling. The yodel would always start the same. I Dee A Dee (Yodeling). I thought it was beautiful and I would asks her why she thought she couldn't sing? She said yodeling was not singing it was for calling the cows home. What? See Mom was the youngest girl of 10 and her job on the farm was at the end of the day she was to yodel to call the cows home. I never thought much about it and it never dawned on me...

Who could forget Mel Blanc? Mel Blanc, the Man of a Thousand Voices, who gave his heart and soul to many beloved cartoon characters. During the Golden Age of American Animation, he voiced such icons as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Woody Woodpecker and so many more, as well as several Hanna-Barbera characters in the later years of television. Today, he is considered one of the greatest and most influential voice actors in history. Mel died in 1989 at the age of 81 and per his instruction is buried at Hollywood's Forever Cemetery with the the tombstone epitaph -...

Last week we celebrated our 34th Wedding Anniversary.... Hubby and I know we are blessed to have been together this long and honestly it doesn't seem that it has been this long. Yet a very strange thing happened. Before we went out to dinner, we exchanged cards.  Hubby opened his card first and an expression I have never seen before came onto his face. I wish I had taken a picture. Then all he said was, "Your turn." I couldn't believe my eyes! (Click Pic) I took the time to make this video because I know many of you would...

Today started out great and then I got this email from a friend's 25 year old grand daughter. First off in the title of the Email I saw the words Baby Boomer. For a half second I thought why is she sending this to me? I had a brief brain cramp thinking my parents were BB instead of The Greatest Generation. For you youngsters BB were born between 1945 and 1964. OK I qualify. So then I read the full title with more comprehension. "40 Things You Won't Believe Baby Boomers Still Do". The day is starting to slide south.  You...