Please Don't Quote Me Finally, in 1903 they had a song, "Navajo," accepted by a stage show, "Nancy Brown" and it became a hit. That breakthrough opened some doors to the future and they sold more. At the time "cowboy" songs were the fashion and their "Cheyenne" became a hit also despite the competition. It was the beginning of a popular songwriting team who together wrote over three hundred tunes.
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Hot Flashes - Giving Thanks To The Turkey In Your LifeBy Sue Langenberg With bad news getting worse everywhere, most of us can still eke out something to be thankful for. If there's still an un-foreclosed roof over your head that hasn't fallen in yet, then that's a good grace opener before a Thanksgiving feast. If you still have a job, then never mind the abusive boss or unpleasant co-workers, bend down at the workplace entrance today and kiss the ground before you enter. It might not be there tomorrow. Then looking around the Thanksgiving table, be thankful that the turkey didn't flap its wings and flee from salivating dogs staring through the oven window or the official serrated knife zeroing in. Most importantly, be thankful for the other turkeys in your life. There's got to be at least one at your Thanksgiving dinner. It might be a mother-in-law who insists that the dressing is not within the official approved family heirloom list. Or a father-in-law that comes harummphing through the door and remains toad-like in the chair snoring too loud. It might be the pregnant daughter who found the last living doctor in the world to approve of pre-natal cigarettes. Or the son-in-law that suddenly wears a food critic hat and says there's too much vanilla in the sweet potato recipe. It might be the glaring rest of the table that disapproves of one lump found in your mashed potatoes. Another turkey in your life might be a sister-in-law who gets a migraine headache at the mere sight of your table wine and insists that she must have a brain scan before dessert is served. She might be the one who attempts to garner family support to boycott your next holiday dinner. But then, she might be severely ill by then. Which brings to mind a favorite turkey that a classmate and I have to reminisce and snicker about. The ultimate hypochondriac in question lives on medical disability with a rare disease and resides in a wheelchair as we speak. She probably puts on theatrical makeup to feign hopelessness as she collects her check from the mailman. My favorite turkey that we must discuss every year is the cousin who showed up drunk and wearing pink spandex at her father's morning funeral service. It's a holiday ritual not to let that one go by the wayside! But there would be no fun in life if we couldn't cackle and be aghast at how ridiculous some people are. Another turkey in your life might be a son's girlfriend who is severely allergic to a single dust mite and cannot make it through the front hallway. Then once recovered from a sneeze attack, she stiffens into an icy glare at a possible future mother-in-law who refuses to put the wine glass down long enough to hang her jacket. And the turkeys go on. As quickly you meet and befriend people or marry others, the more turkeys in life there are to acquire. My ongoing personal turkey happens to be an ex-husband that never seems to be absent from a holiday gathering. While many don't speak to exes, I still notice mine when he roars through the back door like a balding boomerang whose beard gets whiter each year. He hum-drums into the room with the same commanding nervous habits he always had. Soon the cupboards open and slam with rhythmic annoyance as he complains about ex-wives who don't organize properly. "Where's this?" and "Where's that?" while he worries that there is probably dust under the refrigerator. But I'm still thankful to have this turkey in my life. Can you relate? If you would like to comment on Hot Flashes, Sue can be reached via E-mail at thewritehag@yahoo.com, or pa@prairie-advocate-news.com.
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