♪ ♫ ♫ ♪ Oh, the Lord is good to me
and so I thank the Lord
for bringing me the things I need
the sun and the rain and the appleseed
the Lord is good to me
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen! ♫ ♫ ♪ ♫
this is Johnny Appleseed day, so Singing Owl brings us today's 5 in his honor. part of his bio includes:
September 26, 1774 was his birthday. "Johnny Appleseed" (John Chapman) is one of America's great legends. He was a nurseryman who started out planting trees in western New York and Pennsylvania, but he was among those who were captivated by the movement west across the continent.1. I'll pick a pair of favorite apple dishes: the harder to make apple dumplings wrapped in flaky piecrust and perfectly seasoned with more nutmeg and less cinnamon and also, easier to make apple cobbler, with either from-scratch biscuit or bisquick topping. I especially love heavy cream on the dumplings, vanilla ice cream on the cobbler, but a shot of whole milk is an okay stand-in.
As Johnny traveled west (at that time, the "West" was places like Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois) he planted apple trees and sold trees to settlers. With every apple tree that was planted, the legend grew. A devout Christian, he was known to preach during his travels.
2. back in the Intermountain West (the real west, by even today's standards!) I participated in a ceremonial tree-planting (one of those events that gave us a spot and a soundbyte on the late evening news), but I don't recall the why of it...
3. roaming around the countryside wouldn't exactly be the first choice of adventure for this city-girl, but if God called me to do so, I could preach and pray a little, display some design and get some commissions as well as play a few piano recitals.
4. two on the historical legend front, as well: Johann Sebastian Bach and Martin Luther. We have a lot of factual info about both of them, but there's a ton of hearsay we can't tease out from their realities.
5. when I'm trying to get cheerful, praise songs such as "Shout to the Lord" and related are wonderful; if I feel really despondent, a symphony by Beethoven brings back perspective in a heartbeat.
5 comments:
Great play! I'm feeling like eating and singing after reading people's answers. :-) I loved the little musical notes up top! How did you do that?
eating and singing seems to be a theme for today...
Being able to take your designs on the road would be awesome, and you play the piano? You are one talented lady!
I'm with you on the shot of whole milk on the cobbler. There are some things that simply require the indulgence. Cobbler and skim...c'mon!
thanks for such a beautiful site and way of expressing your thoughts.
Leah Sophia,
Tis a pleasure to visit here...and fun to find someone else who recognizes the page from the Saint John's Bible! The prologue to John is one of my favorite sections of scripture to read so I had to choose that page to show. I had a chance to see a display of pages at the Museum of Biblical Art--I nearly wept and desperately wanted to touch them! Even with knowing full well the why not. Have you been to their website? Cool video and audio clips of the process of creating. Be well!
I'm so glad I stayed to explore your blog because now I know that one of my favourite songs by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed - is a factual historical reference.
And ironically given your point 4 there's a close match in the lyrics to the song in that he also mentions Martin Luther...King.
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