Sunday Night In Uncle Walt's Vault: The China Plate

 

Blue Willow Doves
Image courtesy/Embroidery Library

 As a long-time collector of antique blue and white Willow Ware, I love
 this whimsical short cartoon based on the enchanting old Asian fairy tale,
 "The China Plate" also known as "The Willow Pattern Story".

Upon its release on the big screen in movie theaters across America,
in May, 1931 a reviewer for The Film Daily said:  "Entertainment for
both juvenile and adult audiences is to be found in this Walt Disney
Silly Symphony.  Novelty rather than humor is the keynote.
It's real and different entertainment all the way." 

The China Plate
(1931)
Walt Disney Productions
Uploaded by Old Disney Shorts
(January 10, 2012)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pastor Jack Hibbs: The Truth About UFOs and UAPs

 

 

 

 

 Pastor Jack reacts to Vice President J.D. Vance, who, in a
recent interview, declared that aliens are actually demons.
Are UFO and alien encounters real?  How should Christians
view this mysterious topic with a Biblical worldview? 

 

The Truth About UFO's And UAPs
Real Life With Jack Hibbs
(April 9, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glen Campbell: What A Friend We Have In Jesus

 

 

 

"Can we find a friend so faithful,

Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows are every weakness;

Take it to the Lord in prayer." 

 

What A Friend We Have In Jesus
(1989)
Glen Campbell
Recorded Live at the North Phoenix Baptist Church
Uploaded By Dave Simpson
(September 1, 2015)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Charles Stanley: Overcoming Loneliness

 

 

 

 "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
(Matthew 11:28)

 

"I Will Give You Rest"
Yongsung Kim
Korean artist
Image courtesy/Yongsung Kim Art
 

 

In the beginning, the first thing God declared bad was loneliness and it
still plagues humanity today.  In this classic teaching, Dr. Charles Stanley
lays out a clear-cut path to overcoming this involuntary solitary confinement. 

 

Overcoming Loneliness
In Touch Ministries
(Uploaded July 6, 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Night Memories With Hee Haw

 

 

 

 Hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark and the whole Hee Haw gang
welcome special guest singers Don Williams and The Kendalls.  

Classic country music entertainment and corn pone comedy at its best!

 

Hee Haw
(1978)
Uploaded by Mic Binned
(December 30, 2023)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Poetry Corner: Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862)

 

 

 "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love
of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
(Romans 8:37-39)

 

Replica of Shiloh Church
Shiloh National Military Park
Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee
Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi
Image courtesy/Wikimedia Commons
 

 

Skimming lightly, wheeling still,

The swallows fly low

Over the field in clouded days,

The forest-field of Shiloh-

Over the field where April rain

Solaced the parched ones in pain 

Through the pause of night

That followed the Sunday fight

Around the church of Shiloh-

The church so lone, the log-built one,

That echoed to many a parting groan 

And natural prayer.

Of dying foemen mingled there-

Foemen at morn, but friends at eve-

Fame or country least their care: 

What like a bullet can undeceive!

But now they lie low,

While over them the swallows skim,

And all is hushed at Shiloh. 

 

Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862)
(1866)
Herman Melville
(1819-1891)
American Renaissance writer and poet

 

The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing 
was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6-7, 1862.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashback Friday: 'Til I Can Make It On My Own

 

 

 

 

 

  " 'Til I Can Make It On My Own" co-written by American country singer/songwriter
 Tammy Wynette, reflected the changes in her life after her bitter divorce from fellow
    country singer George Jones, and the anxiety she experienced performing without him. 

Said to be Tammy's favorite song,  " 'Til I Can Make It On My Own" was her first
 successful solo hit in nearly three years and reached Number One in America on
  the Country Music Billboard chart 50 years ago this week on April 10, 1976. 

'Til I Can Make It On My Own
(1976)
TammyWynettemusic
(Uploaded February 20, 2017)