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[pe2-image src=”http://lh3.ggpht.com/-agnIMl3Ksbw/VR8eykEVyZI/AAAAAAAADEA/BQrb7IYAV6s/s144-c-o/IMG_20150402_095651725_HDR.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/118152253666588425720/20150403?authkey=v1dSPtwsfeU#6133655071526078866″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”IMG_20150402_095651725_HDR.jpg” ] It is said that horse racing is the sport of kings. I myself am well schooled on the subject, having learned to read a racing form when I was 8 years old. (There are benefits to being raised in a family whose members include degenerate gamblers and assorted … Continue reading »

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[pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_tn5Smn8Lcc/VRh3H5E2q9I/AAAAAAAACt8/ku96kbEfIkc/s144-c-o/IMG_20150329_150643606_HDR.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/118152253666588425720/20150401?authkey=AsHdLrWLhCQ#6131781870128901074″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”IMG_20150329_150643606_HDR.jpg” ] It was slow going for us this morning after yesterday’s busy agenda. We had planned to spend the day back in the downtown Nashville area and had booked seats on The Redneck Comedy Bus Tour. A camouflage painted school bus with 2 bull horns mounted on the hood … Continue reading »

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[pe2-image src=”http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5P6eXqefGss/VRsDLbcOfKI/AAAAAAAAC3s/7vt-Q1rANdY/s144-c-o/IMG_20150331_094443529_HDR.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/118152253666588425720/201503312?authkey=2Ltl7XLCK60#6132498812474653858″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”IMG_20150331_094443529_HDR.jpg” ]  When I was growing up in The Bronx I never knew anyone who listened to Country music. I will admit that I was slow to get on the bandwagon. It took countless hours driving in cars with Don to allow me to develop an appreciation of it. (Don … Continue reading »

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[pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AOx8KeeOnd0/VRm7hMSIe9I/AAAAAAAACzo/BlVV91hnw6A/s144-c-o/IMG_20150330_115720174_HDR.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/118152253666588425720/20150330?authkey=D2jlB6I5VGw#6132138546548997074″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”IMG_20150330_115720174_HDR.jpg” ]  Don loves to sing the song, “The Battle of New Orleans” which tells the tale of Andrew Jackson’s stand against the British during the War of 1812. General Jackson (as he preferred to be called) lived on a large parcel of property in Nashville known as The Hermitage. … Continue reading »

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[pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BHohkWZw-BQ/VRhzoRVoi6I/AAAAAAAACsA/3ip_gD2DPuc/s144-c-o/IMG_20150329_144831154_HDR.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/118152253666588425720/20150329?authkey=w3aTk9bmNq4#6131778028351032226″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”IMG_20150329_144831154_HDR.jpg” ] On the banks of the Cumberland River on Christmas Eve in 1779 Nashville was founded by James Robertson & John Donelson. The city soon became an important port, cotton center and later on a railroad hub. Of course the history changed when in the 1950s country music came … Continue reading »

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