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Close to Nowhere
By Linda Jones Mish-mash • I misread a name the other day here at work — I got Pearl Bailey, instead of Pearl Something Else. Not to my surprise, hardly anyone up here remembered Pearl Bailey. Of
course, Kris, my son, did. He’s used to me talking about the “oldies.”
He may not enjoy it any more than my granddaughters, but at least he
endures politely. The granddaughters don’t! Pearl
Bailey was one of those fascinating vaudeville era singers and
actresses. Perhaps her most memorable song is “Won’t You Come Home Bill
Bailey.” Ironically, her brother was named Bill Bailey. •
“Say goodnight, Gracie.” Remember George Burns? At the end of his
television show, he’d always end by telling his wife, Gracie Allen, to
“Say goodnight, Gracie.” She did not reply “Goodnight Gracie,” as
legend has it — just “Goodnight.” • We were at
the TWW Ranch last weekend for Mere’s friend Grace’s birthday party
(she is officially 15 now!). Grace cantored up to the round pen rail on
her horse Apollo and said that he was tired, so she was going to put
him up. I said, “Say goodnight, Gracie.” She looked at me with that
look that teenagers have when the very old adult says something that
confirms their brain has turned to mush. None of
the teenagers standing around or sitting on horses nearby had a clue as
to what I was talking about either — I asked them! Worse, not a single, solitary one of them knew who George Burns was. How sad. • I hope you voted Tuesday. I’m guessing that some of us were pleased at the results and some of us weren’t. My
one single vote may not count for a whole lot. But, added with yours,
we elected Mississippi politicians and we’ll hope they will do what is
best, not only for Marshall County and Mississippi but for for the
United States as a whole. I am extremely glad
this campaign is over though. I wonder what it’s going to take to
convince politicians that throwing mud on the competition hurts
everyone. And is really, really annoying! One more political phone call
was going to drive me over the edge! • We got a sad email press release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about a Bay Springs salamander. The
species was found only in a single spring in Jasper County. Despite
several searches, the species has not been seen since 1964. So, the Bay
Springs salamander is no longer on the endangered species list — it has
moved to the extinct list. How sad...
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