Cathi Rhodes: Blog

More than a few years ago, a woman (who shall remain nameless) told me I should 'hang it up' when it came to my performing my little Patsy Cline show. She meant for me me to move FORWARD with 'something else'... that people are probably done with hearing Patsy's music. WRONG!!! WRONG....So WRONG! My friends had to actually laugh at that comment, because they KNOW just how popular 'my little show' is with audiences everywhere! They said she was jealous, but I never considered that aspect.

Well, ya know, I came back with 'As long as there are people out there who WANT TO HEAR me sing, and KEEP COMING BACK...I'll NEVER 'hang it up!'

Another woman is 'afraid I'll get burnt out on singing Patsy's music .... HA! That'll NEVER happen...I GUARANTEE it!

I also heard a fellow who said people don't want to hear the same thing over and over, but you know, we PACK 'em in....and I THANK ALL of you DEVOTED fans!

Well I guess if I'm good enough for clubs in Erie, The Gateway Clipper Majestic, and [...]

Nature's Gifts

Posted by Smiling Moon at 01:08 AM on March 17, 2010

When I was leaving an unhealthy relationship and searching for a home on my own, I found a vacant house where an old Irish woman once lived with her husband and animals. As I drove up to the house surrounded by many pines, bushes and other welcoming sites, I had tears in my eyes and my heart pounded with the beauty of this serene place in the country.

As I walked around, touching the trees, smelling the air, knowing deep inside me that this was where I was supposed to be, I 'asked' the woman (who had long passed) that if she had any way to see to it that I could live there, to please make it happen, as I had deep respect for this location and all the nature surrounding it. I took two more steps and there, at my feet, was a tiny bird's nest. I took that as a sign that she was telling me, "Here is your home." I bent down and carefully lifted the small nest and held it in my hands as I softly cried tears of joy. I took [...]