ON this date in 1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded under a sentence that had been brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple are crouched near me this morning and reading this too (they are so cute when they read from the computer screen).
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ON this date in 1971 - Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, GA.
Bun Man, Mr. Purple and I remember this day like it was yesterday as the Boyz and I had seen Duane the year before in a concert at Shippensburg State College.
Gratefully, the Allman Bros. Band would continue, but sadly, this musical genius and slide master is still missed, but remembered fondly every time we hear that slide solo in Layla or his searing work on Boz Scagg's 'Somebody Loan Me a Dime'...
Be a BOB ROSS...Let your Special Peeps know they are Special Peeps to you
Historybook: Sir Walter Raleigh is executed (1618); "Joy of Painting" host Bob Ross born (1942); Actress Winona Ryder born (1971); Actress Gabrielle Union born (1972); Astronaut John Glenn becomes the oldest NASA astronaut in space at age 77 (1998).
"Don’t forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you."
- Bob Ross
Baseball is LIFE
Ken-Dogger: Dixiee, would you look at Truck sleepin' there...
Dixiee: Now that's cute, tucked in there with his baseball, was a great season
KD: It was Baby Girl...And the best team won, doesn't always happen that way, but this year it did
D: Just shows you what a little bit of chemistry can do huh?
KD: Yep, it does, it's always in the blending that you become better than yourself...
Up from the ground came a bubblin' crude...Shit that is, Russian shit
@yogapaddlerun Reminds me of that scene in The Jackal where Jack Black gets blown away by Bruce Willis with his own manufactured gun.
They do these online interviews as it gives 'em a break from the SUCK/BLOW CHAMBER.
Can Lady G be far behind? (was that a pun?)
Sensual magic...When I was a dating man, she found her way to the turntable.
COSO Meandering Monday Music theme, Sade style
No Ordinary Love
Did a rafting trip up in Potter County back in the 70s, it was epic.
Was he inside Capone's locker at the time?
COSO Meandering Monday Music theme, Sade style
Cherish the Day
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277