Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

For those of you who are Facebook friends – my Facebook account has been hacked.  FB has disabled my account, so that not even I can reach it at the moment.  A good blogging friend of mine had the presence of mind (and know how) to contact FB and tell them my account had been [...]

I last left you with a question about the Legion Hall in Yellville, Arkansas and what that had to do with the three Andrews boys and their cousin, Oliver.  We’ll let that hang just a bit longer.  First, you need to be properly introduced to the really yucky – ugly – tacky – interesting town [...]

Resuming our Arkansas Memories tour the next morning, Monday, November 2, 2009, we started off the morning early (well, some of us – I was still down in bed) in our rental house, where the Andrews/Jolly clan gathered on the deck:

Dickie, Jimmy, “Tommy,” Debbie and cousin, Oliver looked bright and happy.  The day was gorgeous [...]

If you remember my last installment of the Andrews family Arkansas Memories Tour (I know, it’s been a couple of weeks), we spent a long afternoon in downtown Cotter (pop. 921) listening to “the boys” reminiscing about their years there as youngsters as we went around town.  We then piled in the van to roam [...]

Tom gave me a diamond solitaire engagement ring on Valentine’s Day the winter we were married.  Those were happy days nearly 19 years ago, but today is even better!!  Here’s a photo of how we looked then:

We may have a little more gray in our hair these days (at least one of us – ha!), [...]

THE CHURCH WHITE LIE CAKE

Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love this, especially all of the ladies who bake for church events:

Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church Ladies’ Group in Tuscaloosa, Alabama but forgot to do it until the last minute.  She [...]

Before we get to today’s short post, here’s what the business was in the other side of the building housing McClain Furniture Store, founded 1905:

We all thought it was funny and couldn’t quite figure it all out.  Maybe Greg would like to enlighten us as to why a furniture store and embalming company would occupy [...]

Who’s watched “Cinema Paradiso” yet?  Anyone?  If so (& when so) you must comment on what you think about it!!  Please.
I’ve seen it probably 10 times and still cannot keep from bawling my eyes out at the end when . . ..  Nope.  You’ve got to see the movie.
I especially think of Tom when I [...]

If I tried to show you photos of all of the different places the Andrews boys lived during the 8 years they were in north central Arkansas, I’d have to do a large photo album.  And, it wasn’t just during those years.  Between the three of them (not counting their oldest half-brother, long dead) and [...]

Have you watched Cinema Paradiso yet?  Or John Goodman’s “Matinee?  You gotta go get ‘em!!
Here’s a good reminder.  Before we continue our story, here’s one last look at the Paradise Theater today in it’s sad state, although still loved by the guys:

You can see why Tom couldn’t find it his last trip to Cotter.  He’d [...]