Not a seagull, don't-cha-know, not a cockatoo, but not ruling out that I could have a great white heron or snowy egret somewhere in the garden too. I could very easily cut out from wood or cement board a dove in flight. But for my life which is avian loving, it is more appropriate than SUN. Which do you think is better? I have several plaques and figurines with white doves, this has always appealed to me for various reasons. Just call it one of these two: WHITE DOVE OR WHITE BIRD No 'Cottage' after it at all, just WHITE DOVE.or. And then I was browsing through the Little and Lewis (Bainbridge Island WA artists and gardeners) website and saw they had a lovely white dove in flight for sale, and it would go so nicely in our landscape, and I have about decided. It was also the album that followed the trail of our reuniting after 50 years apart, and the song describes 'When the White Bird flies, from your heart to mine.' and for this lovely song, we had a porcelain white dove and rose atop our wedding cake instead of the traditional bride and groom. And the album by Bette Midler called BETTE OF ROSES was important in my life since the day my son died. So I thought, what is the most significant symbol of my life with my DH soon to be celebrating our FIFTH anniversary. They said anything goes as long as it has meaning to YOU. And in this book, folks were naming their homes things like ROSECROFT, CHILI PEPPER (the house was painted red outside), etc. And, I was reading a book about the building of pocket neighborhoods, where they all named their homes, and realized that I don't HAVE to add 'cottage' or whatever other word to the name I choose. It also implies a do-it-yourself operation, so good in more ways than one. What are some other words they used for Moonshine? Shinney? White Lightning? So far though, I think Bootleg is the least pretentious. I think you are on the right track with Bootleg. I think it has a double meaning for the racing and for the moonshine running activities. Anyway, Thunder Road is part of the Moonshiner mentality, the beginning of the stock car generation, the present NASCAR elite from NC.
GLADYS TABER MOVIE
Hey, Jay, do you remember the old Robert Mitchum movie about the NC moonshiners? It was remade not many years ago, and I think Mitchum's son was in it the second go-round.