Roger Cook – This Old House

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management and conservation law but his passion for he decided to pursue a career in landscaping.

Roger Cook, the beloved landscape contractor known for his long tenure on PBS’s This Old House, was born in 1954 and raised in Massachusetts, where he developed a deep love for the outdoors and gardening at an early age. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management

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Patsy Cline – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

Mother loved Country Music and Patsy Cline was one of her favorites.

Patsy Cline, born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932, in Winchester, Virginia, remains one of the most revered voices in American country music history. Raised in a working-class family during the Great Depression, her early years were marked by hardship. Her father, Samuel Hensley, left the family when she was young, leaving her mother, Hilda, to support Patsy and her siblings.

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Stacks of 45’s – If You Wanna Get to Heaven/Spaceship Orion

If you want a drink of water, You got to get it from the well.
If you wanna get to heaven, You got to raise a little hell.

When I was young before I had cassettes, the only good way of making a playlist of songs was to stack 45s on the turntable. I would arrange them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.

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