You Will Have That: 03.2010

3.22.2010

Just ordered the "woodie" platforms for spring, because...Duh, my others are worn to the bone.
NEED/WANT those denim slip-ons for days when my toes need a break from my clogies!!!!

i went to a country line dancing place an hour outside of pittsburgh. it was like being in the deep south. boys our age wearing overalls, cowboy hats, guns,etc. it was called ghostriders. here are a few pictures. i cant get the video to upload, but you gotta search "cheater, cheater". its a great country song they played there last night. these pictures are foggy because of all of the thick smoke. and ghosts of linedancers past, as you can see from that ghost ring behind the cowboy.

3.15.2010

dolly's letter to her mom and dad

his is the first letter that I wrote back home to Momma and Daddy a few days after I'd moved to Nashville:

June 2, 1964
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Momma and Daddy,

I hope this letter finds everybody well and happy. As for me, I'm fine I guess. I'm just a little lonesome and a whole lot homesick. I got to Nashville okay and I thought I'd better write and let you know cause I knew you'd be worried about me and I don't want you to be worried about me cause I'm gonna be alright once I get settled and used to being away from home. I didn't realize how much I loved you and all them noisy kids until I left and I didn't realize how hard it was to leave home either til I started to leave and everybody started crying, including me. I cried almost all the way to Nashville and I wanted to turn around a few times and come back but you know how bad I've always wanted to go to Nashville and be a singer and songwriter and I believe that if I try long enough and hard enough that someday I'll make it. Don't worry about trying to sending me any money or anything cause I've got a job singing on the early morning television show here called the Eddie Hill Show. A couple of folks already told me that they might record a couple of my songs so I'll be making enough money to get by and I don't want you worrying about me being hungry or anything. Nashville is not exactly what I thought it was gonna be, but I believe I'm gonna like it here once I get used to it. And I don't want you worrying about me getting in trouble either cause I'll be good just like I promised you I would when I left. Well, can't think of anything else to say. I guess I'd better close for now. You write me real soon. Tell everybody I said hello and I'm gonna be real anxious to hear from you cause I sure miss you and I love you an awful lot.

With love as always,

-Dolly