Blogging Melodrama

I'm in love with the Allegany mountains all over again.

If you'd like to read a fantastic book? Read " Wish you Well" by David Baldacci.
I'm in love with the Allegany mountains all over again. Those same hills run through my home state of Ohio; where I was born and raised, both on the farm and in the city. I have and had family throughout the hills from Pennsyltucky to Flordy n'back; my best granny cum from West 'By God' Virdinia. That's the way she said it. She was the Mama of my Father; Sina Grimm/Myers The matriarch of the Pennsylvania Dutch and German side of the family.
I had a once removed granny; my Mother's step-mother kinda. Grandpa's first wife was arrested for bootleg beer during prohibition. LOL My Irish side again

Some old farmer's advice I grew up with.

*If you can't find something to do; I'll find some work for you.
*There's no reason to be bored, OR lonesome.
*Don't pee in the wind or eat yellow snow.
*Don't eat the strings of string beans unless you want to choke.
*The best place to find help is at the end of your own arm.
*Don't do anything you wouldn't want put on the front page of the news paper.

And here's some others just as good today.

*Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

posted by Jan myrz @ 11:30 PM