Love the feel of the peanut butter even when it’s in the roof of my mouth; Never mind the absolute nutrition.

I can eat spoonfuls of peanut butter but I don’t.  Remember “Meet Joe Black” the movie; Joe Black [Brad Pitt] a death angel comes to take William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) but decided to stay awhile and tasted peanut butter for the first time.  Throughout the movie eats spoonful after spoonful.

Gone are the days of peanut butter and jam/jelly sandwiches to work, play or school. Warning! Warning! Can you not hear the robot from the movie “Lost in Space” flailing his arms Warning, Warning NO Peanut Butter here!

Peanut butter for me depicts the believe in the simple things at least to those who aren’t allergic. Certainly not simple for those who have a deathly allergic reaction…that’s a topic for another time.

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1976 video if you Believe in peanut butter clap your hands [sound quality is poor]

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‘Believe’ that’s a great word -
Aren’t you sick of people saying ‘that can’t be done’ and a million other like-sayings. Where is the word  ‘Believe‘ in these scenarios.

Believe in yourself and honestly believe anything is possible; doesn’t it just put a bounce in your toes?

Believe – Soundtrack for The Polar Express!

Believe in what you feel inside,
Give your dreams the wings to fly.
You have everything you need, if you just believe.

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Believe in yourself; God does!

Hey there; You should realize that you have value and that you can make a difference in the world. God knows the number of the hairs on your head makes your value outstanding. If God values you then surely you should believe in that value thereby believing in yourself.  We are a priceless treasure, the object of God’s infinite love.

If you fail at something don’t blow a gasket, find out why, revisit and you’ll probably succeed. I’ve blown a gasket or two and it’s pointless, staying calm has a greater success rate of actual Success.

Nurture the ground on which you live first by giving to others, serving others, caring for others.

Don’t give up on your dreams.

There is more genius in you than you know – keep trying new things, venture out of your comfort zone and boy the talents, the treasures you will discover, so get out there and pursue excellence.

Believe you can live on the higher plain and welcome and chalk up the small successes. Believe in yourself and you will be able to achieve beyond your wildest imagination and expectation.  Now I’m not talking about the absurd…  I will never be an astronaut but some people can be.

I Truly Believe you will be pleasantly surprised.

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Quotes I am Pondering Today!

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The most important thing is God’s blessing and if you believe in God and you believe in yourself,
you have nothing to worry about.
M. Al-Fayed

Thank you for reading my bLogG!

The Atlanta Constitution
25 Mar 1884, pg 2

Alapaha is now engaged in the pleasures of the turf. In a recent race — half mile heat – between Mr. W. N. Fiveash’s bay pony and Mr. Hart Gidden’s black horse, the bay came under the string two lengths ahead. The next race was between Dr. Fogles’s sorrel horse and Mr. Henley’s sorrel mare. The horse was beaten by a neck. Then, Mr. Giddens still believing in his black, a race was arranged between the black and Dr. Fogle’s sorrel. The sorrel was again the winner. The last race of the evening was between Fogle’s sorrel horse and Henley’s sorrel mare. Henley’s mare came under the string ahead, but it was claimed that if a good start had been obtained the horse would have won. The races were quite exciting and proved that Alapaha contains some good horseflesh.

Hardeman Giddens, born MAR 1844 in Lowndes (nka Berrien) County, Georgia , was a son of Jacob Giddens and Sarah Ann “Annie” Sirmans.  The 1860 Census shows he was a resident of Berrien County at the time, Berrien having been cut out of Lowndes in 1856.

During the Civil War, Hardeman Giddens joined the 29th Georgia Regiment, Company D,  the Berrien Minutemen, enlisting for  12 months. He mustered in at Sapelo Island, GA on 4 November 1861 as a private in Captain John C. Lamb’s Company D (later Company K) .  Records show in 1862 he was on duty at Camp Young, near Savannah, GA.   In October he was  on extra duty there as a mail carrier. He was documented on payroll record rolls for  April 1862, December 1862, and January – March 1863 at a rate of 25 cents.  In September 1863, Hardeman Giddens was at the Battle of Chickamauga. His war experience and amazing good fortune in battle were the subject of a previous post:  Civil War Bullet Dodger Hardeman Giddens Finally Catches One in 1887

Georgia 29th Infantry, monument at Chickamauga battle field.

After the war, Hardeman Giddens returned to Berrien County, GA.  On the day before Valentines Day, February 13,  1870 he married Martha J. Gaskins.  She was a daughter of Harmon Gaskins & Malissa Rowland Rouse,  born on February 16,  1838 in Lowdnes Co, GA.   Martha had been widowed twice.  Her first husband was Thomas N. Connell, who died in the Civil War; her second was William Parrish.

After marriage, the Giddens made their home in the 1148th Georgia Militia District, where Hardeman was farming land valued at $225 dollars. His father Jacob Giddens, age 68, lived in Hardy’s household and assisted with farm labor.

In the census of 1880, Hardeman Giddens was enumerated in Georgia Militia District 1148 with his wife Martha, and sons James and Lyman.

In 1900, Hardeman Giddens and  Martha, now his wife of 30 years, were living on the family farm near Ray City, GA. The Giddens owned the farm free and clear, and their two sons, Lyman and William, lived with them and helped their father work the farm.  It seems Martha Giddens must have had a hard life. She birthed 9 children, only four of whom were living in 1900.

Martha J. Gaskins died in Berrien Co, GA on 26 February 1910 at age 72. The 1910 Census shows in that year Hardeman Giddens was living with his eldest son, Lyman F. Giddens, who was a prominent citizen, barber, and (later) mayor of Ray City, GA.    Hardeman Giddens died later that year on October 2, 1910 and was buried in the Harmon Gaskins Family Cemetery, Berrien County, Georgia.

Related Posts:

• Hardeman Giddens and the Big Fishing Frolic
• Civil War Bullet Dodger Hardeman Giddens Finally Catches One in 1887
• Mayor Lyman F. Giddens Brings Electric Plant to Ray City ~ 1922
• Boys Lost in the Swamp
• Early Berrien Settlers Traded at Centerville, Georgia
• DAN CUPID WINS OUT AFTER FOURTY YEARS
• Me and Mrs. Jones: Harmon Gaskins Had A Thing Going On – Twice
• More Forensics of Fiction (on the old hotel at Alapha by Cynthia Shearer)
• Fogle-Shockley Hotel, 1886, Alapaha (Vanishing South Georgia photographs by Brian Brown)

COACHING THOUGHT: How grateful do you feel for the people who surround you? For the life you’ve lived thus far?

Coach Katie Mattson • Momentum Coaching

As promised yesterday, here are a couple tracks showing what 70s-era guitarist Alan Parker and keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw got up to in their sound library careers, not playing second banana in an also-ran wizard-prog band.  I put the de Wolfe library's best-of collection, Bite Hard, on the mp3 player today, and I felt like a total badass walking home with Alan Parker and William Parrish's "The Hawk" as my personal soundtrack:

02 The Hawk – Alan Parker

Alan Parker

Not on the mp3 player but just as badass (well, maybe not quite) is Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett's "Auto-Pilot" from their Themes International Music library album Synthesizer and Percussion:

06 Auto-Pilot

Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett

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