Saturday, June 20, 2026

Saturday Night Memories With Hee Haw

 

 

 

 

 Buck Owens and Roy Clark and the whole Hee Haw Gang welcome
special guests Loretta Lynn, The Sons of the Pioneers, Ernest Ray Lynn,
(Loretta's son), and Russell Knight. 

 Great country music and comedy at its best!

 

Hee Haw #214
(1977)
 REAL COUNTRY MUSIC &
OTHER GOOD STUFF
(August 13, 2025)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I Grew Strawberries In Plastic Bottles And Harvested An Unexpectedly Bountiful Crop And More!

 

 

 

Wow!  The gracious and frugal host of Terrace Garden shares his unique,
 money-saving method for growing a bumper crop of beautiful strawberries! 

 

 

I Grew Strawberries In Plastic Bottles And
Harvested An Unexpectedly Bountiful Crop
Terrace Garden
(June 20, 2026)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday Poetry Corner: A Summer Day

 

 

 "I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June."
-Anne Of The Island by L.M. Montgomery

 

 
 

Anne and Diana 
Kindred Spirits
Artwork by James Hill
Image courtesy/Shop At Sullivan

  

 

 The dawn laughs out on orient hills

And dances with the diamond rills;

The ambrosial wind but faintly stirs

The silken, beaded gossamers; 

In the wide valleys, lone and fair,

Lyrics are piped from limpid air,

And, far above, the pine trees free

Voice ancient lore of sky and sea.

Come, let us fill our hearts straightway

With hope and courage of the day. 


Noon, hiving sweets of sun and flower,

Has fallen on dreams in wayside bower,

Where bees hold honeyed fellowship

With the ripe blossom of her lip;

All silent are her poppied vales

And all her long Arcadian dales,

Where idleness is gathered up 

A magic draught in summer's cup.

Come, let us give ourselves to dreams

By lisping margins of her streams. 


Adown the golden sunset way

The evening comes in wimple gray;

By burnished shore and silver lake

Cool winds of ministration wake;

O'er occidental meadows far

There shines the light of moon and star, 

And sweet, low-tinkling music rings

Above the lips of haunted springs. 

In quietude of earth and air

'Tis meet we yield our souls to prayer. 

 

 

"A Summer Day"
Lucy Maude Montgomery
(1874-1942)
Canadian writer and poetess
Author of the "Anne of Green Gables" Series of novels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, June 19, 2026

A Must Watch! The Wisdom To Go Out & Come In - Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches

 

 

 

 

💓 Shabbat Shalom, Eretz Israel!💖

💖Sabbath Blessings & God's Peace To All💓

A special weekend message from brother Zev Porat in Israel.
Please pray for the continued success of his street ministry,
bringing the message of salvation and eternal life through 
the Lord Yeshua Ha'Mashiach to the people of Israel. 

🙏Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!  Maranatha!🙏

 

The Wisdom To Go Out & Come In
Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches
messiah ofisrael
(June 18, 2026)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Flashback Friday: Oh! My Papa (O Mein Papa)

 

 

 

 

"O Mein Papa" a nostalgic German song, was recorded in English as "Oh! My Papa" by
several singers, however, the most familiar rendition in America was sung by Philadelphia
native son, singer/actor and television host Eddie Fisher.  His deeply moving version of this
beautiful song debuted on the Billboard chart on December 12, 1953 and became a Number
One hit on the US Billboard chart in 1954.  "Oh! My Papa" sold over one million copies
and earned Fisher a gold record.  It also set an all-time record in the label, selling
over 250 copies in one week.



Oh! My Papa
(1954)
Eddie Fisher
 Uploaded by The 78Prof
(May 9, 2019)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

America At 250: The Best Mac & Cheese You've Never Made (And The Surprising Story Behind It)

 

 

 

 

Although credit for introducing Mac n' Cheese to the nation is often
given to President Thomas Jefferson, America's favorite cowboy cook
Kent Rollins brings us the story of James Hemings, a Virginia-born slave
 and French-trained chef who actually created this classic American comfort food.

 

The Best Mac & Cheese You've Never Made
(And The Surprising Story Behind It)
Cowboy Kent Rollins
(June 17, 2026)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Thursday's Thoughts: The Old Eagle Tree

 

 

 

"But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up
with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint."
(Isaiah 40:31) 

 

 

American Eagle And Eaglets
Image courtesy/Pinterest

 

 

In a distant field, stood a large tulip tree, apparently of a century's growth,
and one of the most gigantic. It looked like the father of the surrounding forest.
A single tree of huge dimensions, standing all alone, is a sublime object. On
top of this tree, an old eagle, commonly called the "Fishing Eagle" had built
her nest every year, for many years, and undisturbed, had raised her young.

A remarkable place to choose, as she procured her food from the ocean, and
this tree stood full ten miles from the seashore.  It had long been known as
the "Old Eagle Tree".  On a warm, sunny day, the workmen were hoeing corn
in an adjoining field. At a certain hour of the day, the old eagle was known
to set off for the seaside, to gather food for her young.

As she this day returned with a large fish in her claws, the workmen surrounded
the tree, and by yelling and hooting and throwing stones, so scared the poor bird
that she dropped her fish, and they carried it off in triumph. 

 The men soon dispersed, but Joseph sat down under a bush near by, to watch,
 and to bestow unavailing pity. The bird soon returned to her nest, without food.
The eaglets at once set up a cry for food, so shrill, so clear, and so clamorous
that the boy was greatly moved. The parent bird seemed to try to soothe them;
but their appetites were too keen, and it was all in vain.

She then perched herself on a limb near them, and looked down into the nest
in a manner that seemed to say, "I know not what to do next."

Her indecision was but momentary; again she poised herself, uttered one or two
sharp notes, as if telling them to "lie still," balanced her body, spread her wings,
and was away again to the sea.  Joseph was determined to see the result. 

His eye followed her till she grew small, smaller, a mere speck in the sky, and then
 disappeared. What boy has not thus watched the flight of  the bird of his country!
She was gone nearly two hours, about double her usual time for a voyage, when
she again returned, on a slow, weary wing, flying uncommonly low, in order
to have a heavier atmosphere, to sustain her, with another fish in her talons.

On nearing the field, she made a circuit round it, to see if her enemies were
again there. Finding the coast clear, she once more reached the tree, drooping,
faint, and weary, and evidently nearly exhausted. Again the eaglets set up
their cry, which was soon hushed by the distribution of a dinner, such as,
save the cooking, a king might admire.

"Glorious bird!" cried the boy, "what a spirit!  Other birds can fly more swiftly,
others can sing more sweetly, others scream more loudly; but what other bird,
when persecuted and robbed, when weary, when discouraged, when so far from
 the sea, would do this?  Glorious bird! I will learn a lesson from thee today. 

I will never forget, hereafter, that when the spirit is determined it can do
almost anything.  Others would have drooped, and hung the head, and
mourned over the cruelty of man, and sighed over the wants of the
nestlings; but thou, by at once recovering loss, hast forgotten all.

I will learn of thee, noble bird! I will remember this. I will set my mark high.
I will try to do something, and to be something in the world; 
I will never yield to discouragements." 

 

 "The Old Eagle Tree"
Selected from McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader
Copyright 1879 Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.
Copyright 1896 by American Book Company.
Copyright 1907 and 1920 by H.H. Vail

 

Throughout the Holy Scriptures, the majestic eagle serves as a powerful reminder
of God's strength, protection, wisdom, and judgment, while providing profound
 spiritual truths into the nature of God, and His relationship with those 
 who place their hope and trust in Him.