Ol' Man on a Mountain Weekly Passage and Yiddish Word of the Week

Dear Friends of Watauga River,

I want to share good news about Ol' Man On A Mountain. A neighbor in my town hosted a book signing party last Sunday at their home. 50 people, all of whom had an interest in the beauty of Appalachia attended. We sold 31 copies of Ol Man. Also, I did a signing at our local Farmers Market and donated all proceeds to the Winter Park Day Nursery, a marvelous school http://winterparkdaynursery.org which is predominantly for children whose family income is below national poverty line. Finally, there is a probability of Terry Teacher, critic for The Wall Street Journal, writing a review. He just did one on Nicholas Nickolby, the ongoing production of the Theater that I Founded. Wow!

Weekly Passage:

"Shelly Sue’s was located just up the mountain and in front of Sugar Creek Mountain Church, where we’d been invited to revisit immediately after we’d witnessed the river baptism. And in emergencies Shelly Sue’s was the place to get help with no questions asked. To us, used to the supermarkets and Sam’s Club of urban America and to our local super-convenient 7-11, where indifference or an obligatory smile were more the order of the day than cordiality, Shelby Sue’s was a gift in its sincere goodwill. Need to use the phone? Fine. Don’t worry yourself about it. Long distance? Don’t worry. Pay me later. Cash a check?" “So long it’s good. Heck, I know where you live.”
 
"At Shelly Sue’s you could find pretty much anything you needed, as long as the emphasis was need and not want. Further, if she didn’t have the item, she would get on the phone to ask another small general store a few miles up the road to ask if they did. Such courtesy to save you a trip and gasoline was just part of the right way to do business."
 
Yiddish Word of the Week:

"Mameloshn"rhymes with Mama caution. Literally, Mother tongue, but it is used to mean," tell the bold truth or Cut the cr...p. Or Lay it on the line.

Best wishes to all!

Sincerely,
 
Stu Omans
Prof. Emeritus, Univ. Of Central Florida
Ol' Man On A Mountain