So I became friends on facebook with Jean Jadhon, the CBS affiliate Roanoke WDBJ 7 news anchor, through a mutual friend. Jean posted one day (about time I signed on), asking if anyone had heard of, or tried eating local honey as a way to fight spring pollen allergies. I had just started this, after hearing about it through local bee keepers, Raymond and Linda Rice. Short story made even shorter, Jean asked if she could come out with her cameraman and film a short segment about my efforts. She did (a very nice, friendly person) and we recorded me playing and singing "A Song For The Life" to talk about my music passion and how allergies can lead you to sound like Willie! The editing was superb, as I was a little nervous during the interview. I have attached a link to their website, where the video is up for a while. Just another episode in my charmed existance of making new friends by being open and friendly...learned that from my folks!
PS- The honey seems to be helping this spring!
See ya soon,
Jodie
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-allergy-suffers-find-sweet-relief-20110415,0,3029698.story
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The Pencil
This is my first blog. I am looking upon this as a diary, of sorts. I have made most of my living using a simple pencil, and paper, (ok, so NOW it's a computer mostly) so this info I found today in my Writers Almanac from Garrison Keeler, was quite interesting. As a child I was always entertained by simply having a pencil and paper to doodle on. Then I learned to design furniture, write songs, and take good notes using these same basic tools. Life does not HAVE to be so complicated...
Writers Almanac Mar 30, 2011...
Writers Almanac Mar 30, 2011...
On this day in 1858, Hymen Lipman of Philadelphia patented the first pencil to have an attached eraser. The eraser-tipped pencil is still something of an American phenomenon; most European pencils are still eraserless. The humble pencil has a long and storied history, going back to the Roman stylus, which was sometimes made of lead, and why we still call the business end of the pencil the "lead," even though it's been made of nontoxic graphite since 1564.
Pencils were first mass-produced in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1662, and the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century really allowed the manufacture to flourish. Before he became known for Walden and "Civil Disobedience," Henry David Thoreau and his father were famous for manufacturing the hardest, blackest pencils in the United States. Edison was fond of short pencils that fit neatly into a vest pocket, readily accessible for the jotting down of ideas. John Steinbeck loved the pencil and started every day with 24 freshly sharpened ones; it's said that he went through 300 pencils in writing East of Eden (1952), and used 60 a day on The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and Cannery Row (1945).
Our common pencils are hexagonal to keep them from rolling off the table, and they're yellow because the best graphite came from China, and yellow is traditionally associated with Chinese royalty. A single pencil can draw a line 35 miles long, or write around 45,000 words. And if you make a mistake, thanks to Hymen Lipman, you've probably got an eraser handy.
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See ya soon,
Jodie
Pencils were first mass-produced in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1662, and the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century really allowed the manufacture to flourish. Before he became known for Walden and "Civil Disobedience," Henry David Thoreau and his father were famous for manufacturing the hardest, blackest pencils in the United States. Edison was fond of short pencils that fit neatly into a vest pocket, readily accessible for the jotting down of ideas. John Steinbeck loved the pencil and started every day with 24 freshly sharpened ones; it's said that he went through 300 pencils in writing East of Eden (1952), and used 60 a day on The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and Cannery Row (1945).
Our common pencils are hexagonal to keep them from rolling off the table, and they're yellow because the best graphite came from China, and yellow is traditionally associated with Chinese royalty. A single pencil can draw a line 35 miles long, or write around 45,000 words. And if you make a mistake, thanks to Hymen Lipman, you've probably got an eraser handy.
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See ya soon,
Jodie
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