Penny Rankine-Parsons Livres

With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a seventy-seven-year career in bluegrass and country music. His foundational work in Flatt and Scruggs's Foggy Mountain Boys secured him a place in bluegrass history, while his role in The Nashville Grass made him an essential part of the music's triumphant 1970s revival. Written in close collaboration with Mr. Seckler and those who know him, Foggy Mountain Troubadour is the first full-length biography of an American original. Penny Parsons follows a journey from North Carolina schoolhouses to the Grand Ole Opry stage and the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, from boarding houses to radio studios and traveling five to a car on two-lane roads to make the next show. Throughout, she captures the warm humor, hard choices, and vivid details of a brilliant artist's life as he crisscrosses a nation and a century making music.

DOGS. Speculation is plentiful, but in all likelihood the French Bulldog originated from small Bulldogs brought to France by English lace workers. The Frenchie quickly became popular with both the upper and lower classes, and allegedly Parisian call girls, as well. Frenchies today are exemplary companions, making no apologies for choosing rest over exertion, or cuddle time over training time. The breed's laid-back nature generally blends nicely with families with children, and French Bulldogs typically get along with other dogs (and cats if socialized). The Frenchie is happy to live in an apartment or small house, camp in an RV or hang out on a patio. His exercise requirements are minimal-a nice daily walk will do. He might bark (or he might not if it's naptime.) to alert owners of newcomers, but he's typically too friendly for guard dog duty. Frenchies must live in climate-controlled environments; they're sensitive to hot and cold temperature extremes