Tag: Delta Dawn

I’m Holding Out for a Gyro

We are on day 203 of 15 days to slow the spread. Random thoughts on a Wednesday. As I’m writing this, I got the news that Eddie Van Halen has died of cancer. He was 65. That’s a lot younger than it used to be. I know we’ve talked a lot about the bad news …

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Country Roads, Take Me Home

  Take the back roads instead of the highways. American entertainer and philanthropist, Minnie Pearl, was born on this day in 1912 (died 1996). Known professionally as Minnie Pearl, Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon, was an American country comedian who appeared at the Grand Old Opry for more than 50 years and on the television show …

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