Whoever heard of Muscle Shoals Alabama?

Not me...until recently.  How could I have 

missed this important place in the history of 

music?  I guess I was distracted by life?

I have heard of it now.  If you haven't, then 

check out the DVD, "Muscle Shoals",  from your 

local library...or buy it from Amazon.  

'Definitely Watch' or 'Do Not Miss' Movie!

SONGS FOR SUNDAY

#1 Pin on My Pinterest-OKLAHOMA wins!

Oklahoma, my very first pin on Pinterest was to my 'Sound of Music' 

Board.  It has been my most popular pin to date!

I still loved it in the 7th grade:)

My first 'live' theater 

experience was

 "Oklahoma". 

My Mom and Dad took 

me to see it when I was 

in the 5th or 6th grade.  




When I saw the movie with Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, I was 

hooked.  My Mom's family was from Oklahoma and I visited there 

many times as a kid...where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain! 

I love Oklahoma!  So do a lot of other people. So far, 537 have repinned 

it, 63 'heart' it, and 5 have made comments.  (Probably not a record, but 

still a lot of people).  Every morning when I check my phone, someone 

will have repinned or liked it.

FOR THE FOURTH

While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,

Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,

Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,

As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.

God bless America,

Land that I love,

Stand beside her, and guide her

Through the night with a light from above.

From the mountains, to the prairies,

To the oceans, white with foam

God bless America, My home sweet home

God bless America, My home sweet home.

Memorial Day 2014

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

  That mark our place; and in the sky

  The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead.  Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

  Loved and were loved and now we lie 

     In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;

To you from failing hands we throw

  The torch; be yours to hold it high.

  If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow 

   In Flanders fields.

Lieut.-Col. John McCrae
John McCrae was a member
of the First Canadian contingent.
He died in France on
January 28, 1918, after four years
of service on the western front.

A Look Back to 2013 in Pictures

Happy New Year!

My New Toy

Who remembers this????

A Portable Olympia

I remember learning to type on a typewriter several years older than this one.  I could actually type 60 WPM and that was slow.  Some "women"* could type over 100 WPM.  If we wanted a copy, we would put carbon paper between the original and a second sheet...usually yellow low quality paper. Sometimes we would have multiple copies.   We called them carbon copies and at the bottom we would put a cc: and list who had received one. (When we made an error, we would have to erase the original and all copies and type the correct letter again.)

Oh, those were the days...

I can hear you asking: "What is she going to do with that?"  Answer: "I do not know."  It just called to me one day when I was browsing in the Etsy Shops. When you click on the line and search on 'Esmee Lynne', you will see my shop.  Come on in! Browsing will be great! Buying something will be even greater:)