I am sitting here on the most beautiful, sunny early spring day, looking out at my million dollar view and listening to the album 'Precious Lord' by Aretha Franklin, and let me tell you, life is extraordinarily GOOD. In fact, I cannot imagine anywhere I'd rather be right now than right here. So tell ya what, more later....because right now I am gonna just do like Ram Dass and BE HERE NOW, chilluns.
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ReplyDeleteGood for you!
ReplyDeleteSometimes... that is the best place to be. :-)
ReplyDeleteYay! You has a happy!
ReplyDeleteGood on ya, luv!
ReplyDeleteright...
ReplyDeleteOh man, I love those moments. I wish I could keep them in bubbles so I can visit when it's not so awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks for paying it forward. R
ReplyDeleteI am (quite) happy for you.
ReplyDeleteI trust that you will descend from your state of transcendent bliss every now and then to get cross and swear a bit in order to amuse us.
Rama Lama Ding Dong.
ReplyDeletein the moment, sugar...i keep missing mine xooxoxox
ReplyDeleteSounds great, good for you. Wending my way to iTunes now for aforementioned Aretha album.
ReplyDeleteNot at all a bad way to spend some time. Hope you have some peace and relaxation.
ReplyDelete*dons saffron robe and encircles the Charming Rural Idyll singing and slapping tambourine...*
ReplyDeleteHare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
Ignore MJ bouncing around there and enjoy the sunshine.
ReplyDelete*Unfurls blanket, lights frankincense*
ReplyDelete... come here faerie ...
*produces bottle of absinthe from picknick basket*
-10. Yeah, I'm chillun. Things have shrunken into warmer climes.
ReplyDeleteYou still sound surprised that you can be content. I hope that you stop waiting for the other shoe to drop and keep enjoying your good fortune...
ReplyDeletewith the caveat that the only constant in Life is change..
but that also includes GOOD change :)
*re-enters...this time with drum*
ReplyDeleteHare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
*turns drum solo from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" up to ELEVEN!*
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea and great times and great music...
ReplyDeleteDrum solo may never end ... after drum solo, bass solo ... argh
ReplyDeleteMiss Scarlet and I require your help over at Beast's place.
ReplyDeleteHe's only gone and published a photo of his urine sample!
*returns, this time with bagpipes, playing The Atholl Highlanders*
ReplyDelete*watches with interest as kilts rise*
An encore, you say?
ReplyDeleteWhy certainly.
*performs Johann Sebastian Bach's
Toccata & Fugue in d minor ORGAN SOLO*
*bows to wild applause*
***Targets MJ with Bazooka***
ReplyDeleteAre Canucks always this noisy
That's not very Zen of you, Beast.
ReplyDelete*chokes Beast with his own meditation beads*
Yeah Beast, lotta noise when MJ has her Organ Solo.
ReplyDeleteSo what have you planted/trimmed/moved in your garden this glorious spring, in between spring showers that is.
ReplyDeleteAretha through singin' now.
that's long enough being happy, now get back down to earth and entertain your sad public!
ReplyDeleteCome on, MJ is gone - you can come out now: It's safe!
ReplyDeleteThe popular comment layout is common, so it is easily recognized scanning to post a comment. If the comment section is in a different format, then I am going to spend more time trying to decipher what everything means.
ReplyDeletestudy abroad
Where you gone
ReplyDelete***peeps out from behind sofa***
I get nervous when your not in plain sight
The cows got her.....again.
ReplyDeleteOr one of her concoctions went terribly wrong ...
ReplyDeleteoooooohhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm
ReplyDelete:)
I thought you've been doing that for two years.
ReplyDeleteI have two theories as to where Miss Nations is .
ReplyDeleteA two month gap is indicative of frenzied Gravy Making , regular readers of this blog have previously marvelled at a Nations perfect gravy quest . My other theory involves flying holy infants , dugongs , more dugongs , a bottle of Opie's butt gas and a naked flame......which could equally result in dugong flavoured gravy I suppose .
Please post your Whatever Happened to First Nations theorums and hypotheses below......
If I promise to stop playing the bagpipes, will you come back?
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced you're face down on the floor, licking the remains of a batch of your famous Alice B. Toklas fudge.
Toklas was one ugly bird.
ReplyDeleteI still treasure that bag of pubic hair shavings you sent me...
ReplyDeleteGertrude Stein was pretty much a double-bagger, too.
ReplyDeleteYou know, it's planting and mating season. Not necessarily in that order. Think that has something to do with it? Should someone bring up toilet planters again? That seems to bring her out of the woodwork.
Hm Sparrow, you think she has "work" to do in her garden shed? I never was so sure about all this gardening, after all it is permafrost soil there. I stick to my first idea, she did some concoctions in the dark winter and something went wrong. Like some synapses snapped and now they all are roaming the tundra.
ReplyDeleteUm, there is the grandmother scenario as well, she morphed into a Steford Granny and is now being ubfer nanny, ja?
ReplyDeleteWith grey hair and round spectacles, granny nanny knows best.
ReplyDelete"No, my dear, its gin."
Maybe she finally snapped and killed the rat neighbors, and is currently busy smoking them into jerky in her shed. With a "special" kind of smoke.
ReplyDeleteAre you and Mr Coppens up to something together????
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, Mr Beastie has been flaunting his bits and pieces all over the place... and needs to be trussed up with some snappy elastic gussets. Could you do the honours?
And I, well I need some inspiration, and who better to ask?
Sx
WV: Pubmadam
Fried gussets, carefully clip out any metal bits, pre-heat microwave for two minutes, (go ahead heat the water for coffee as well). Stir in chopped gussets, season with salt and pepper. Pour into bowl, add chopped fresh mushrooms, a packet of pins and some Alka Seltzer. Serve with hard rolls, you will need them for the pins.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy! Retro
I will see if this works on Mr Beastie... it sounds his sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteI will report back my findings.
Sx
Okay people I am declaring a blog circle. Everyone keep posting silliness until She-ra comes back to life and reads all this shit...next!! Sexcapades, recipes, you name it!
ReplyDeleteOkay then, sounds like a plan!
ReplyDeleteSx
Recipes?
ReplyDeleteThe Franconian Knoedel is the best Knoedel in the world! And it takes a lot to prepare one. Especially golden stones one has to dig out by night unseen and unheared.
I'm going to Google that and see what pops up. R
ReplyDeleteDumplings
ReplyDeleteAlso Known As: Klösse, Knödel
Dumplings are a favorite food throughout Germany. They are known as Klösse in Western and Northern Germany, and Knödel in South-Eastern Germany. Dumplings are made out of a dough (ingredients vary depending on the type of dumpling), most often formed into a ball-shape, then boiled or steamed in salt water. In Germany, there is a dumpling for every meal - they can be served as a main meal, as a side dish, as part of a soup, or served sweet for dessert. Some varieties are also filled with foods such as bread cubes, fruits, or meats.
I think I will beskippen the liver knoedel. shudder. Retro
Mago said: "Especially golden stones one has to dig out by night unseen and unheared."
ReplyDeleteMy dad had one of those, it was unfortunately not only heard but seen when passed, as he showed it around after.
So, anyone for strip poker? Or is it still too cold? My nipples are always my "tell," dammit.
Where are your nipples pointing to?
ReplyDeleteAnd its not true - dumplings are not for every meal. Oh and my liver knoedel bloody please.
Mago said: "Where are your nipples pointing to?"
ReplyDeleteDown, mainly. Gravity's a bitch when you've got... how did the Spouse Sparrow put it? "Big ol' African titties with nipples like JCB starter buttons." Such a romantic man, the Spouse Sparrow. Maybe I should put on a bra?
I'm not very good at this whole sexing up the Internet thing, am I?
Depends on the point of view. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat are JCB starter buttons? I am absolutely blank when it comes to technically things and crafts.
But I am a good cook.
By the way reading our fabulous host's profile I see her age given with 49: Is it possible that her vanishing has something to do with a birthday?
ReplyDeleteDo you think she has alzheimers?
ReplyDeleteMAybe its a case of blognapping. Sometimes they vanish. Nations, KAZ, savannah - but hers was a lighter case, after a week she returned ...
ReplyDeleteI had feared that the blog limit for replies was 60 as I had posted two entries that did not appear. Well, Hell, now that we are out of first gear,the library is OPEN.
ReplyDeleteAll is well, she's just hermitting... helping me (SSA) and the Man remodel our new casa, and then her and Biker got inspired to do up their own kitchen (which is faaaab). FN is not lost, just enjoying plentiful grandbaby snuggles and such. Things like this are quite distracting.
ReplyDelete"Grandbaby snuggles" - tz!
ReplyDeleteHappy snuggeling then!
Doesn't she realize that WE need a snuggle?
ReplyDeletePlease post pictures of all the grandbabies and the new kitchen. I love HGTV and kitchen remodels.
ReplyDeleteMy kitchen is a galley kitchen with two doors, one window, tin covered doors and cutsey painted on flowers, all in shade of blue..oh and the counter top if poorly grouted small bathroom tile that is peeling off in places down to the original laminated butcher block look. Ugly! Retro
My kitchen's a hole in the ground ...
ReplyDeleteoh outdoor grilling, cool! R
ReplyDeleteThanks Miss SSA for the update :-)
ReplyDelete*waving at mago*
ReplyDeleteso, where the fuck is ms. nations? xoxoxoxoxo
Savannah
ReplyDeleteShe's selfishly snuggeling
greeting great grandbaby groans
remorselesly remodelling relatives' houses homes - And kitchens.
She's busy. That's what secret agent pants/SSA told in the comment before me.
Thank you SSA for the update, I am glad that good things are happening in Southern Canada.
ReplyDeleteNow who has a SIMPLE yet tasty recipe for mole' ? Retro
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ReplyDeleteEvery Mole' recipe I have ever read seems to have 20 ingredients, delicious I might add and keep the peanuts out of mine, please.
ReplyDeletedamn, see wht happens when i don't read all the comments, sugar! then congratulations and happy remodeling and come visit when y'all can, ms. nations! xooxoxoxo
ReplyDelete@mago...thank you, darlin! xooxox
okay next game until Firsty returns is give definition for security words:
ReplyDeleteDoriden -- Wild flower that grows only near rusted railroad tracks.
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stoquer - something technical, artifical, a way to fix something in a space base.
ReplyDeletePOLOBST: French pronunciation of the pleural of Polish Lobsters. Could happen.
ReplyDeletenessiv - Scottish for ungeheuerlich.
ReplyDeleteBLANG: One of the tenses of Bling as in bling, blang, blung.
ReplyDeleteunicki - the opposite of icki; Armenian for a kind of rash
ReplyDeleteapergic -- purgative made from apricots. Bleach.
ReplyDeletebrofast - 19th century brand-name for a steamer, sterilizer.
ReplyDeletejowmangy-- childrens game made into a movie starring.
ReplyDeletelatope - early 19th century mathematical device
ReplyDeletecalitus -- medical term for smelly feet.
ReplyDeletedineum - ancient latin for bribe
ReplyDeleteEaresso -- irrigant used to clean ears, made from very strong coffee, works very well, wakes up the ears as well.
ReplyDeleteGoodness not sure what everyone talking about but all that talk of urine samples has made me really need a wee. Big hug to you - BIG BIG hug XXX
ReplyDeleteconskiw - town in White Russia, known vor the local specialty conskiwtschij
ReplyDeletesounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteCHIESTH: American local dialectic in the midwest where a single vowel is pronounced as TWO vowels and ends with a lisp. Chiesth is printed correctly as CHEST.
Retro
anesuj - witty japanese remark or injection, old fashioned.
ReplyDeleteDespeech - refuting an argument that no one has made.
ReplyDeleteSeruices - Bottled sweat of brow
sectingy - Object owned by coven
PININ: Italian sandwich made of sardines.
ReplyDeletesurte - a) a kind of belt to fix plates of salt ona camles for transportation
ReplyDeleteb) drupe of the near East
ona camles = on a camel
ReplyDeleteSorry.
CRUDGEN: English shorthand for Curmudgeon i.e.; grouchy.
ReplyDeleteRetro
irtch - Irish kind of dwarf who is easily pissed or annoyed, synonym for "bad luck"
ReplyDeleteREMONS: er...at the risk of being politically incorrect. Japanese lemons. Sorry, couldn't resist.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Mago and I mostly have kept the FN blog roll going whilst she shreds kitchens. Maybe she will post pictures of her award winning designs. Hmmm? R
ReplyDeleteOh and the word verification on this post is "mating" hey who decided using real words was Kosher. Retro
Naw, I believe there will be no pictures never. Maybe all these kitchens are just desinformation. In fact she's Kim Yong Ill and tours China.
ReplyDeleteashlyci - North-Korean berry
SEE?
which pairs nicely with Colyish, a South Korean whipped cream but has zero calorie count, not much help to the ashlyci.
ReplyDeleteBut goes well with pizes - North Korean pizza made from hay, clay and nothing.
ReplyDeleteI am laughing, LAUGHING I tell you, okay you win.
ReplyDeleteATERBI: A town in Scotland where NOTHING every falls from the sky.
ingth - Aterbian sound or colloquial of unknown origin and difficult meaning. Cf. Aldingdon: "Ingth" and its possible meanings, Edinburg 1892
ReplyDeleteMINESQU: Very strange Romanian dish make entirely of pigs ears, fried then served with a dipping sauce of Chowchesqu.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY MOTHERS DAY, Hope you got breakfast in bed or taken out to a sumptuous eating out experience. I'm making tamales, the old fashioned way. My mother would occasionally serve tamales from the can, we had to peel off the disgusting paper from around the tamales and whine about grossness. But we were hungry kids and would eventually eat what ever was in front of us. Retro.
ReplyDeleteHappy day, you mother!
ReplyDeleteWV: PREDGE. I snicker, I snort, Predge is a Japanese furniture cleaner. I crack me up. Retro
ReplyDeleterecdomet - code word (less fearinducing) nurses, health carers and medics use for suppository: And a pair of recdomets, the big ones.
ReplyDeleteSHEABBLA: Swedish Rock Band from the 70's. They were all female and specialized in singing in tongues harmonically.
ReplyDeletescardon - Portugues for cardbhoard.
ReplyDeleteCLOWN: Fer real...um..ah...er...
ReplyDeleteItalian for pastries filled with Seltzer water.
eudly - Middle High German for "Eule", kind of night bird, owl.
ReplyDeleteRAFRANDA: This is known the well known convention held each year in the island for the Reggae concert, mon.
ReplyDeletevedlemoc - Aztec ritual.
ReplyDeleteClogica : C logica -- programmer language that makes absolutely no sense what ever...but it works if you install it backwards.
ReplyDeletedicsa - old Polish swear word not to be used in gentrified society.
ReplyDeletePlatcho : Sneeze caught in elbow per the Surgeon General USA.
ReplyDeletesessli - Swiss short form for Sessellift / chair lift
ReplyDeleteoutsh: Very quiet owie.
ReplyDeletemenium - recreational drug in 19th century China
ReplyDeleteUNHURYSE: The act of not Huryse. Basque derivitive verb meaning DO NOT SLOW DOWN.
ReplyDeletelockhe - norsk God, mean trick departement
ReplyDeleteVIGIT: Visit and Figit. Makes a very uncomfortable experience.
ReplyDeleteematab - Ancient Egyptian nobleman whosa grave was found 1921; model for "The Mummy".
ReplyDeleteInexple: French cognate meaning easily understood.
ReplyDeleteTo all readers of Mutleythe dogsdayout
ReplyDeleteI am so terribly sorry to break this news:
Rob, the author here on blogger of mutley the dog, and my beloved partner in life died peacefully in his sleep in the early hours last Friday, the 21st of May.
I would have preferred to email readers privately. That would have been best, I know. So sorry. Simply it is this - I am heart-broken.
At some near time I will post properly, as Rob would wish - a celebration!
Regards
Kate
Come on FN, Mutley is dead. MJ is in tears, xl also looks a bit emotional, the rest of the gang feels like crap. KAZ is last heared of weeks ago, she vanished in a hospital or something, Old Knudsen has seemingly stopped writing - the world has changed since you started your grandbaby cuddle marathon.
ReplyDeletebercu - Argentinian for "Prosit!"
Well said.
ReplyDeleteSidsbey: Town in Australia, it's on the map!
vacha - town in Eastern Germany, its on the map but you don't want to be there. (Believe me.)
ReplyDeleterearci - opposit to frontci, as differnt from middleci; aboveci and belowci are uncommon; backci is slang and should not be used in civilized conversation.
ReplyDeleteTURBU: English modification to Italian sports cars, allows it to make U turns in midst of London traffic.
ReplyDeletepures - medieval Roamn sect in Southern France accused of heresie and burnt at the stake round Avignong, middle of the 13th century
ReplyDeleteDUIES: Plural of DUI and that, my friend, is a BAD thing.
ReplyDeleteantrave - name for a classical architectural piece, mostly in connection with Architrav and Eierstab, cf. Volutengiebel
ReplyDeleteDERYSISI: Little known early Saint Derysisi, just a few miles from Assisi and the tenets of the Saint were that of sarcasm with the sacraments. He had a few followers actually. R
ReplyDeleterevaten - kind of papers traded at the stock market, of such a difficult and complicated nature that even people actually holding them do not know what it is about.
ReplyDeletePARZOHNE: Italian table top game, part parcheesi and part provolone.
ReplyDeletekingsh - Indonesian slang for a kind of organic burger, marketed similar to BurgerKing
ReplyDeletemy word today was
ReplyDeleteININQUEQ: Er...ummm....think, think....Inupiat for "The whale got away!".
preepigh - found together with homo heidelbergensis, very early form of house swine
ReplyDeleteSMOUSCEN: Latest craze to hit the American Pet market. Mice with pink hair and they smooch...a lot.
ReplyDeletesiniters - unsuccessfull Jazz era swing group of the 30s known for their absolutely uninspired songs, tunes and shows "Siniters, yay."
ReplyDeleteSERSFR: Mattress made in Nordic country consists largely of moss and tiny pine cones.
ReplyDeletecorizess - Manilan sweet snack made from snake and rice
ReplyDeleteUNTER: German verb, a cognate in English, means "under" As in "unter diem schlosse" (Under the castle) Source Sherlock Holms film.
ReplyDeleteruckwa - opposite to fatwa, the order of an Islamic judge to love and embrace something or someone
ReplyDeleteARIONICA: Top baby name for 2015. Can be for either sex but female name favored. What ever happened to Dick and Jane? I ax youse?
ReplyDeleteunmoxig - Bavarian dialect describing beer foam in a certain state of decay, contra is moxig
ReplyDeleteLOGOLAY: Lego lands new toy division that specializes in brand names.
ReplyDeletetrizz - fashionable drink of the 1930s, invented in Cafe Europa by Hemingway on 16th of March 1932 (trizz-day)
ReplyDeleteCLONSEM: New social service provided for people who have mislaid their personalities.
ReplyDeletetrablyo - figure of 17th century comedia del'arte around the Adria, kind of Kaspar or Hans Wurst, today only found as sock puppet
ReplyDeleteRESSESSE: Obscure artform found now in Italian open air markets, consists of intricately carved noodles...then painted to resemble religious figures.
ReplyDeletefantiste - French, 18th. cent., person who makes a living by being a fan-atic follower of something; business model successfully exported into the Muslim world after 1945
ReplyDeleteSupsy: This is pure street colloquilism from a drunk, he is greeting everyone with, "S'up! (hic)" and he is therefore supsy.
ReplyDeleteSupsy: This is pure street colloquilism from a drunk, he is greeting everyone with, "S'up! (hic)" and he is therefore supsy.
ReplyDeletehylacroc - experimental crossbreet between treefrog and crocodile, also known as crocfrog, frogcroc or cforg; some individuals escaped the labs and jumpmunch their way through crocland
ReplyDeleteThosi: Swazi (with click before S) for boiled rice. Usually flavored with additions of extract of palm heart and chopped beets. It is an acquired taste.
ReplyDeleteinings - something with cricket nobody outside the UK understands
ReplyDelete___________________
Newsflash for FN:
MJ's Infomaniac is closed.
No joke.
Mughtr: South American/Germanic slang term for a race horse that runs well in wet conditions.
ReplyDeletesoalicur - something a goddam censor should made to swallow that makes him braf his brains out!
ReplyDeleteNice effort, very informative, this will help me to complete my task.
ReplyDeleteaustralia flowers
flower australia
florist australia
EXENNA: Xena Warrior Princess retired and became...Exenna....
ReplyDeleterocia - tiny flower producing a well-tasting poison, related to amb-rocia
ReplyDeleteUntle: present tense gruntle.
ReplyDeletefrejyz - chekoslovakian slang term for cigarettes (not verified)
ReplyDeleteI miss your posts FN. I hope all is well and you are still zen...
ReplyDeletesecrogy: Food item, made with secret ingredients, very popular food challenge on Hungarian Food Networksky. R
ReplyDeletecolisp - something nasty and infective we better not mention here
ReplyDeleteAdjurkes: NIck name for media whores who cannot sell enough product placement advertisements.
ReplyDeleteslono - unique term of the L.A. area meaning something like "no", "yes", and all in between
ReplyDeleteCuring: Hmmm, this is a REAL word! Part of the conjugation of the verb cure. In an alternate universe this may well mean the opposite ie; cursing, ouchies, etc.
ReplyDeleteimenti - Italian for mentos drops, many mentos drops
ReplyDeleteCesiabbe: Ethiopian rock band.
ReplyDeletescrudge - Sacramento garage band covering "Nirwana", no success
ReplyDeleteRothari: Member of the sea cucumber family, many legged, usually travels in a south easterly direction. Almost hunted to extinction, delicious fried.
ReplyDeleteproused - having had too much of A la recherche du temps perdu
ReplyDeleteSPLIAN: Past tense of splain. As in "Lucy, you got some splainin' to do!".
ReplyDeletefulayst - follower of fulayism, a Fortian sect based on the techings of John Fulay of Sleepy Hollow (Mas.)
ReplyDeletePSYNONES: Psy (mind) Nones (null) Greek/Latin definition for people who have NO psychic powers what so ever. Often employed on Psychic Hot lines.
ReplyDeleteI admire the Fulayism def. (smile)
John Fulay is a relative to Mr. Lawson (here).
ReplyDeletebansew - Viking crocheting, mainly by axes
OFFSK: opposite onsk. Really.
ReplyDeletethlyzi - river in Anatolia, known in history because Richard Lionheart fell in, speaking the famous words: Rotten Rriver Thlyzi!
ReplyDeleteAEMISIRS: Aesop had a brother who told tales, they were not entertaining, they were disjointed, had no punch line, nothing? Poor old Aemis just faded away into well deserved obscurity.
ReplyDeletemilksl - smallest known milk particel
ReplyDeleteAPPLAUSE, clap de han's hoot hoot, woot woot. Loved Milksl is there a very small mustache attached as well? R
ReplyDeletecocktudg: Ukranian chicken fighting with attitude. Chickens are armed with smoked paprika tied in packets to their legs. The champion at long last goes into the pot soaked in wine and hey wait a minute! That sounds like coc au vin! Hmph.
ReplyDeleteThe existence of the milksl was foretold by Einstein on the evening of 26th Seprtember 1905 after 2 bottles of Rheinwein. Considering his mustache ...
ReplyDeletesulty - what the sultan is
Graddia: Slang for grateful to the sultan.
ReplyDeletehytome - self explaining (!)
ReplyDeleteGlabe: Jerry Lewis said this a lot in his films, "Hey, Lady, your glabe is falling on the ground."
ReplyDeleteingsica - one of the two seasons in Ingland, the other being ingweta
ReplyDeleteCAFTEES: Caftan made of T-shirt material,tye dye is optional, and should be considered illegal.
ReplyDeletehalev - kabbalistic sign for the unknown letter; see Borges
ReplyDeleteMalis: Pleural of one from Mali without apostrophe.
ReplyDeletewirnes - small Scotish island up Notzh, where German submarines were refilled during WWII
ReplyDeleteNotzh = North !
ReplyDeletePRIAL: Contraction for pre-trial pronounced "prawl" see Library of Congress notations of a Liberal Southern Jurist.
ReplyDelete