HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBIN!

Here's a link to Josh Grogan singing "To Where You Are". Katherine Jenkins danced to it on Dancing With The Stars Monday night in memory of her father.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNeZ-1ExZdQ

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVE!

Don't know how many of you I've told about a song I heard my father sing. Must have heard it more than once, because I remembered the words. Couldn't even guess how many times I sang it to Mom in the last few years - many, many times as I was leaving her side, morning, noon and night. Don't know why it never occurred to me to Google it. Probably thought it was too old. But I did today - just the three words, dear old girl, brought up two You Tube versions. One is by Jimmy Roselli. It's one of two "Saloon Songs", along with "Girl Of My Dreams". The other is a very old recording by Richard Jose and includes a long verse. I haven't been able to pick up all the words of the verse, but I'll keep trying.

I had read that Steve Martin had been playing the banjo. That seemed a little out of character. But last night on the country music awards show there he was, one of the banjo players with Rascal Flatts. No funny stuff - just straight playing. Sure something different for him. The singer of that group, by the way, is from Columbus. I wonder how he and Steve got together?

I don't hear many jokes here at Summit's Trace, especially one liners. Here are a couple I saw in today's Dispatch:

"A termite walks into a bar and asks,"Is the bar tender here?"

"I am an archaeologist. My career lies in ruins."

Bob Jurgensen, an All Saints friend, forwards a lot of stuff to me. This one might be something Maureen will find intresting as she starts work on her new job.

The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at
the last minute. The substitute wanted to know what to play. "Here's a copy of the service," he said impatiently. "But, you'll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances." During the service, the minister paused and said, "Brothers and Sisters, we are in great difficulty;the roof repairs cost twice as much as we expected and we need $4,000 more. Any of you who can pledge $100 or more, please stand up." At that moment, the substitute organist played "The Stars Spangled Banner." And that is how the substitute became the regular organist!