On our recent trip to Cataloochee I fell in love with the old fences that surround both the graveyards we visited. So daintily lovely-yet strong enough to last through the years. The video of the girls is coming along nicely. I’m so excited I can’t wait to share it with you. I will leave you with a nod at what’s to come:
Fairer than the sweetest flowers Restless as a wildest wind Born with a love deep as the ocean This was the boy that I did win.
Tipper
Appalachia Through My Eyes – A series of photographs from my life in Southern Appalachia.
Love it!
You know how I feel about fences. LOL
Can’t wait for the video! And for Charlotte- many old cemetaries are fenced to keep the cows & other livestock out-they can really destroy the beautiful headstones.
Looking forward to the video. Tipper if you have the words to “Glory Mountain”, or if you can send me a link to get them, I’d be most appreciative. My hearing isn’t as good as it once was and I can’t make out a few of the words. Sorry!
Maybe you didn’t write the poem but, you could write one just as good or even better and I JUST KNOW THAT TOO! As for the winning thing; I guess it was a draw!
Bradley
Bradley-no I didn’t write it-but I wish I did : ) I know you’ll love the rest of it too!
Blind Pig The Acorn
Celebrating and Preserving the
Culture of Appalachia
http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com
Tipper,
You know how much I enjoy poetry. You wrote this I just know it!
I SAID ALL ALONG YOU COULD GET IT SAID! Now, what we need is more writing like this. I’m waiting and watching for MORE!
That boy won too!
Bradley
Tipper,
It wasn’t until I was much older that I heard people say cemetary instead of graveyard. I still say graveyard a lot of the time for emphasis! For instance,
“If they don’t quit driving like manics they’ll be at Piney Grove Graveyard before they want to get there!” 😉
I use the term Cemetary when talking to my Grandchildren about where their Great Grandma is buried..
Thanks Tipper,
Tipper,
At the end of Dee from Tennessee’s
comment, I think we all feel real
close to Chitter and Chatter and
all the Blind Pig bunch. One time
I was at one of your concerts and
after it was over, I just had to
go tell Pap how much I enjoyed it.
We talked awhile and as we were
about to part he said those caring
words my daddy always said: “Go
home with me!”
Can’t wait to see the video…Ken
Tipper, I used to hear the expression, “Why does a graveyard need a fence? No one wants to get in and those in, can’t get out.” When I was a little girl there was a small lot with three graves surrounded by a fence, in our pasture. I never understood why it was there.
Hey Tipper,
“Undone in Sorrow” by Crooked Still
Saw this inventive group on our PBS channel I think it was…
Can’t wait to hear the girls sing it…
Thanks Tipper,
Yes, you did win him, heart and soul and I am so very glad!
Beautiful,the girls are so talented. I too love to wander through old cemeteries and read to tombstones. Some are so funny, others heartbreaking, but all are filled with so much meaning,
I love the simplicity of this picture, it says it all. I think there could be no finer place to take beautiful pictures, then in the hills. Ohio is flat but, my heart is in the hills. I enjoyed listening to the girls singing that song, their very talented, i’m anxcious to see the video as well.
Hi, Tipper! Getting caught up on reading your post. I love Cataloochee! It is so peaceful in that little valley. Looking forward to seeing the video.
Patty H.
The girls were GREAT….and I am so so glad that the guitar was carried in! Can’t wait for the video. (While searching youtube for the song “Daniel Prayed” a couple of yrs ago, I stumbled upon a group called The Waymasters. Wow. They had recorded a live album — with only a guitar 🙂 — in one of the lil churches in the Cades Cove part of the Park. Oh my…if I had a dollar for every time I’ve listened to them singing “Glory Road,” I’d be rich. They have a great website, and they are so so nice and generous. I ordered that CD that was recorded live for several gifts.) But I do believe the acoustics where the girls recorded are better than the church they used in the Cove. I always like to explore those old “graveyards” too. Your girls are so so talented in so many ways — you are richly blessed Tipper! Eager to see the video!! I am just so proud of them as if I know them personally…LOL