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Square dancing and clogging made me move my feet,
To that hoedown sound of that old time fiddle beat.
We moved fast to the fiddle music that sounded so sweet
While having a great time dancing on the balls of our feet. Continue reading
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Today Kristi and Tamara were here with all our grandkids,
Ben, Luke, Sarah and Zack raring to go so very splendid.
We headed out to the Osage Hills Park on an adventure,
And we had a great time in the green Oklahoma Hills for sure. Continue reading
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The day I arrived on Artillery Hill in Vietnam near Pleiku,
I was boldly approached by a Vietnamese lady in blue.
She said some things I could hardly understand then,
But I got that her name was Han Pham as she came in. Continue reading
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It’s been two years since we laid Buffalo Bob to rest,
On July 7, 2015, when we lost one of the very best.
Back about 1993, we spent two weeks at their cabin,
Up in South Fork, Colorado, on the Rio Grande with our kin. Continue reading
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On July 4th, 1776, the United States Of America so free,
Declared Independence from a British Empire, you see.
So July 4th has been a celebrated holiday since then,
Here is a little about how I have celebrated the win. Continue reading
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When we went on vacation to Sulphur Springs in 1948,
We traveled the highways starting early not late.
It was Dad, Mom, JerrylDine and myself at that time.
I will describe a little of our trip that comes to my mind. Continue reading
During my career as an engineer there was one man,
That worked for me and with me off and on over the land.
Doug was an excellent engineer that I rated very high.
That learned so very fast as he reached for the sky. Continue reading
As I was writing the Carl Smith blog the other day,
I listened to some of the old songs I loved all the way,
One of the songs touched my heart deep down inside,
This poem describes why this song gave me a ride. Continue reading
Good country music was Carl Smith’s “Trademark“.
He sang “Loose Talk“on Grand Ole Opry with lots of spark.
Where we often heard “Hey,Joe” so loud and clear,
With the crowd yelling “Go, Boy Go” as they did cheer.
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(I put one of Carl’s songs on every line of this poem,
As I tell what I remember about Carl as I’m a going.
This verse is just for information so it doesn’t count,
As I talk about a country star from my memory account.) Continue reading
Red and Green colors represent many things to us,
In this short poem, these things I do plan to discuss.
As I loved both of these colors over the years, you see,
So I will tell you what these colors represent to me.
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