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Quick Q and A with Sally Rogers

Quick Q and A with Sally Rogers

Sally Rogers is a woman of many talents. She’s a singer-songwriter, a music educator, a collector of stories, and as though that’s not enough—she is a painter and a quiltmaker. Sally’s website is sprinkled with all kinds of quotes from the media, teachers, parents, and audience members. Imagine being the recipient of this message: “Whenever I wonder why I should keep living, I listen to your…

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[quotesandthat]

Be careful what you get good at doin’ ’cause you’ll be doin’ it for the rest of your life.

Jo Carson

[thoucanstquoteme]

Be careful what you get good at doin’ ’cause you’ll be doin’ it for the rest of your life.

Jo Carson

[100pitchersofhoney]

“I Am Asking You to Come Back Home”

by Jo Carson

I am asking you to come back home before you lose the chance of seein' me alive. You already missed your daddy. You missed you uncle Howard. You missed Luciel. I kept them and I buried them. You showed up for the funerals. Funerals are the easy part. You even missed that dog you left. I dug him a hole and put him in it. It was a Sunday morning, but dead animals don't wait no better than dead people. My mamma used to say she could feel herself runnin' short of the breath of life. So can I. And I am blessed tired of buryin' things I love. Somebody else can do that job to me. You'll be back here then; you come for funerals. I'd rather you come back now and got my stories. I've got whole lives of stories that belong to to you. I could fill you up with stories, stories I ain't told nobody yet, stories with your name, your blood in them. Ain't nobody gonna hear them if you don't and you ain't gonna hear them unless you get back home. When I am dead, it will not matter how hard you press your ear to the ground.

[100pitchersofhoney]

"I Am Asking You to Come Back Home"

by Jo Carson

I am asking you to come back home before you lose the chance of seein’ me alive. You already missed your daddy. You missed you uncle Howard. You missed Luciel. I kept them and I buried them. You showed up for the funerals. Funerals are the easy part. You even missed that dog you left. I dug him a hole and put him in it. It was a Sunday morning, but dead animals don’t wait no better than dead people. My mamma used to say she could feel herself runnin’ short of the breath of life. So can I. And I am blessed tired of buryin’ things I love. Somebody else can do that job to me. You’ll be back here then; you come for funerals. I’d rather you come back now and got my stories. I’ve got whole lives of stories that belong to to you. I could fill you up with stories, stories I ain’t told nobody yet, stories with your name, your blood in them. Ain’t nobody gonna hear them if you don’t and you ain’t gonna hear them unless you get back home. When I am dead, it will not matter how hard you press your ear to the ground.

[seemsdykely]

i am asking you to come back home, jo carson

I am asking you to come back home

I am asking you to come back home Before you lose the chance of seein’ me alive You already missed your Daddy You already missed you Uncle Howard You missed Luciel. I kept them and I buried them. You showed up for the funerals. Funerals are the easy part. You even missed that dog you left. I dug him a hole and put him into it. It was a Sunday morning, but dead animals don’t wait no better than dead people. My mamma used to say she could feel herself runnin’ short of the breath of life. So can I. And I am blessed tired of burying the things I love. Somebody else can do that job to me. You’ll be back then; you come for funerals. I’d rather you came back now and got my stories. I’ve got whole lives of stories that belong to you. I could fill you up with stories; stories I aint told nobody yet, stories with your name, your blood in them. Aint nobody gonna hear them if you don’t and you aint gonna hear them unless you get back home. When I am dead, it will not matter how hard you press your ear to the ground.

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Be careful what you get good at doin' 'cause you'll be doin' it for the rest of your life.

Jo Carson, as quoted by Gabrielle Hamilton