Here Is To You Woody…
The source of this post has been on my Mac desktop for as long as I remember, so I thought I would use the Saturday post to show it to you. Continue reading Here Is To You Woody…
Tag: Woody Guthrie
Mosaic of Life #133 – Sniveling Babies??
I think the internet is making us sniveling babies when it comes to hardships. Now days if you want a job all you have to do is get on line and search for likely possibilities. One hundred years ago during the Great Depression, the above mosaic was just about the only path to employment. Continue reading Mosaic of Life #133 – Sniveling Babies??
Mosaic of Life #99 – National Railroad Museum – Green Bay Wisconsin
I was definitely impressed with the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin a few years ago. My in-laws are in that part of the country, so I have been to the area many times. I don’t know how I … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #99 – National Railroad Museum – Green Bay Wisconsin
Life Is Tough…
Life is pretty tough. You’re lucky if you live through it. Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie is a hero of mine. He directed his life toward the common man. He seldom parsed his words when he had something to say. In … Continue reading Life Is Tough…
My Heroes In Life Say Something About Who I Am
I was barely a teenager when I discovered several of my fundamental lifelong heroes. They were people who spoke to me at a very deep level. Their words moved me. I’m sure my early infatuation with them drove me to … Continue reading My Heroes In Life Say Something About Who I Am
I’m Dreaming About … Folk Music
I guess you could say that folk music is an acquired taste and it seems to have fallen out of favor these days. In my earlier hearing years I almost lived and breathed folk music. One of the original founders of that music genre was Woody Guthrie and one of my favorite museums is the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa OK. The museum is small but packed with the archive of all his music. His most famous song “This Land Is Your Land” should be our national anthem. It relates more to the character of America than a naval … Continue reading I’m Dreaming About … Folk Music
Woody Guthrie Center – Tulsa OK
I was so excited to see that Woody Guthrie finally had his own museum I couldn’t wait to visit. Here is a gallery of pictures for … Continue reading Woody Guthrie Center – Tulsa OK
One Big Soul…
I’lI try not to do it too often but I am gonna get kind of philosophical here. I ran across the following quote from my hero Woody Guthrie a while back. Ever’body might be just one big soul. Well it looks that a-way to me. Woody wrote thousands of poems in his life. Some he called lyrics and some he didn’t. This one, whichever it is, got me to thinking pretty deep. With ISIS and all that other terrorist stuff going on it seems like a big part of the world problems today is one religion fighting against another or … Continue reading One Big Soul…
Bound For Glory
I can’t get very far along with this new blog before I bring in the folk music category. Folk music, particularly Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, PP&M, is what formed many of my attitudes toward life and made me realize that I am to some degree an empath. But it was not until I discovered Woody Guthrie that I came to see the true origins of folk music. When I recently visited the Wood Guthrie Center in Tulsa Oklahoma I was totally struck by the breadth of his talents. I am now reading a book entitled Bound For Glory which is … Continue reading Bound For Glory
Brady District – Tulsa OK
The main thing that brought me to the Brady District in Tulsa OK was the Woody Guthrie Center. I’m glad I found it. Neat stores, restaurants, museums. Continue reading Brady District – Tulsa OK
This Land Is Your Land…
This Land Is Your Land Song by Woody Guthrie This land is your land This land is my land From California to the New York island From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made … Continue reading This Land Is Your Land…
From The Redwood Forests..
Sequoia National Park, CA – The Mighty Redwoods Until you have been up close and personal with a mammoth redwood tree you just don’t understand the majesty of them. My most recent encounter with them was in the Sequoia National … Continue reading From The Redwood Forests..
Our National Anthem….
Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? I don’t imagine there are many citizens of this country who don’t know the words above by heart. They are … Continue reading Our National Anthem….
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 