@ McTell’s Place 

The Road Not Taken

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, 
And sorry I could not travel both 
And be one traveler, long I stood 
And looked down one as far as I could 
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 

       
Then took the other, as just as fair, 
And having perhaps the better claim, 
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go…….

Back to their quiet graves below.

-Theodosia Garrison

One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.

- Emily Dickinson

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.

-Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

When witches go riding, and black cats are seen/the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween.

Unknown……….??

Upon this land of buried and the dead…

Here lies the man,

Mr Johnny Yeast.

Forgive him, I say.

Fore he cannot rise.

A small request.

Just one line

Male Breast Cancer Link……………

Dear God, I pray for the cure of cancer.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost….

Amen 

In 2006 I sold some land, upon it sat a house of mine built by my Great grand father, W.S Mobley, I am named for him, and recall him somewhat.  Instead of letting the house be torn down, my contract allowed me to move the home. And yes, I did just that. Searching for some one who had “The Experience”, I came across a special man, his name? Howard Burnley.

Since 1978 his family had installed 2 septic tanks for me and a Swimming pool, in ground for my sisters family.

I had noticed a few years ago, someone in McDuffie County having purchased 15 acres of Blueberry plants and moving them. Little did me know, it was Mr.Burnley. He and his family live but 5 minutes from my property in East Georgia, about 2&1/2 hours from where me live for the past 31 years in Atlanta.

My sister called me this Sunday. Howard had a heart-attack, in Thomson, GA, off Gilpin Rd, pulled to the side, shut the vehicle down, and discovered deceased, sitting up-right with seat-belt on.

He leaves behind a widow, daughter, son and many grandchildren. Howard was 62, retired from the phone company a decade ago.

Me head is sad and hurts, but my heart rejoices. A man may have many he know, but for some, few friends……….for this I thank Howard.

Me blogged in 2006-2007 about the house move, and the unexpected kidnapping of his grandson, by his grandson’s X father, to Mexico City, Mexico. Thru the drama, his faith, church, and friends and the U.S. Marshalls in Texas were of major support. 

The last time we talked at length, on the site of me house relocation, we hugged, prayed and rejoiced as he and his wife drove to Atlanta to meet the Marshalls and his grandson, rescued, Safe and Sound. 

Please take a moment to see him as follows………….

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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau

Howard checking the location, after Church in Thomson, before clearing and such.

Howard’s best friend and constant companion…….

Shane, his grandson.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money,

but him who does it for love of it.
Quotation of Henry David Thoreau

http://www.myspace.com/swallowatthehollow
15 minutes from here in Alpharetta is SwollowattheHollow
Old timey B-B-Q joint in Roswell GA.  Been there over the past few decades.  Weekends are...."Singer-Songwriter" nights........15$
Tommy Talton and Randell Bramblett from Cowboy., have tickets for Saturday 10th this month.  All Acoustic music, and entertainment.  Most of the artist are from Nashville, they from Athens GA........a big time treat, food and sides are old school BBQ. Heck the place is more a shack than as dinner.........I'm THRILLED..........seen Randell many times, never seen the guitar player Tommy, but got all their stuff, starting with album, 5 Aside from the early 70's.  Musicians and the best of word-smiths
Tommy Talton, who also has played shows this year with other Capricorn alumni like Randall Bramblett and Bonnie Bramlett, says his days at the label were extremely memorable, especially the night the late Duane Allman dropped by the studio and added his slide guitar to the band's song "Please Be With Me."
"It was like somebody's living room, but it just happened to be a recording studio," he says. "People were always dropping in to our sessions and we'd drop in for other sessions ourselves, either just to stop by and listen, or to make a contribution to what was being recorded."
"Please Be With Me" has turned up on an episode of the NBC comedy "My Name is Earl," which pleases Talton, although awaits the ultimate payoff.
"Scott wrote that song, and he's been in contact with his publishing company about the performance royalties, but he hasn't heard anything yet about getting a check," says Talton, who adds he's not seen the "Earl" show in which the song was featured. "It's always fun to find mailbox money."
Still as active as ever in his profession, Talton muses on the twists and turns experienced and endured by musicians.
"My life is different from most," he says. "One day I'll be on the roof cleaning the gutters and the next day I'm in a limo riding to the Beacon Theatre. But it's cool with me - I sure have learned a lot.".

Postscript………………….It, was PERFECT!!!