Anne's Blog

The Vine That Ate The South

by | September 5, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I must admit I am fascinated by kudzu.  This confession will make a lot of people laugh, especially those who live in the South and up along the Eastern States. I am fascinated because most of my life, I never knew what kudzu was.  I had never heard of...
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Hotter Than Hornets!

by | July 29, 2026 | Stories From The Road | 11 Comments

It’s been so hot this summer!  All across the states we are experiencing hot, humid weather, and additionally, there are a lot of wildfires burning, adding smoke to the overall miserable human experience.  It got me to...
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How to Get Beads in New Orleans

by | June 12, 2026 | Lessons Along The Way | 2 Comments

Anyone who has traveled to New Orleans knows of its rich history and heritage.  Heck, even if you haven’t visited NOLA, you probably have heard and seen a lot about it.  New Orleans is well known for unique food (creole), music (jazz) festivals and parades...
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The One and Only Lee Holdridge

by | April 7, 2026 | John Denver Tribute, Stories From The Road | 25 Comments

Lee Holdridge is a legend!  He has a wonderful talent for composing music and arrangements for film, television, opera and recording artist.  One of the major stars Lee composed symphonic arrangements for was John Denver.   As life-long John Denver...
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Music To My Ears!

by | February 28, 2026 | Jim Curry Music News, John Denver Tribute | 18 Comments

One of the very best things that can result from a performer’s hard work is a sold-out show! It means that the work we do is still in demand, and that WE are still in demand! Lots of people think that we are the actual ticket sellers, but that is almost never the...
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Confessions of a Dental Chicken

by | January 30, 2026 | John Denver Tribute, Lessons Along The Way | 2 Comments

I am probably not alone when I say that I am a dental chicken.   I am THAT person. I clench my fists, wiggle my foot nervously, and I tighten every muscle in my body into “fight-or-flight” mode.  When I hear the dentist coming into the exam room (they...
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Putting the “Laff” in Lavatory

by | January 3, 2026 | John Denver Tribute, Stories From The Road | 11 Comments

This is a true story.  There are no names to change to protect the innocent.  Any malicious inference to the population living in North Kentucky is unintended and overblown (like most of my stories).  Only one individual is described here with total...
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Karma Kicks My Butt

by | November 4, 2025 | John Denver Tribute, Lessons Along The Way | 6 Comments

If you read the blog last month, you already know that I’ve called attention to the acapella singing group called Home Free.  I criticized them singing the wrong lyrics in the song, “Country Roads”  (they sang “Blowin’ like a breeze” instead of singing the...
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A Huge Mistake!

by | September 2, 2025 | John Denver History | 39 Comments

I’m posting a song below, and I’ll bet in less than 1 minute, most of you will hear a mistake… a HUGE mistake in my opinion! https://youtu.be/UwubhhECksM?si=LnSysvI0jpMSOWQz When I heard it, I was very surprised, I’m not a super picky person, but I do think this very...
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Some Days are Diamonds…..

by | June 28, 2025 | Lessons Along The Way, Stories From The Road | 2 Comments

I’m gonna say, for Jim and I, MOST days are diamonds, but if you are familiar with the song John Denver recorded for RCA in 1981, you know that the song goes on to say, “Some days are stone.” It would be absurd to think everything in life should be perfect and...
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From All of Us to All of You

From All of Us to All of You

Dec 20, 2024 |

From all of us: Dearest Friends, as we near the very end of our 2024 Christmas tour, we wish you all the very Merriest Christmas!  Once again, we’ve been blessed with good health and good weather throughout the tour!  We did encounter some of the white...

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