The Storytelling Center of the Southern Appalachians at Bryson City

The Storytelling Center of the Southern Appalachians at Bryson City Many years ago, I started on a mission...that mission... was to start a storytelling center in Bryson City, North Carolina... -Tim "The Storyteller" Hall

Many years ago, I started on a mission...that mission... was to start a storytelling center in Bryson City, North Carolina, to be located in a restored 1910 bank building... -Tim "The Storyteller" Hall

Tim! Why are you doing radio programs...on the Constitution?...A very simple answer...Many do not know, or understand, w...
09/19/2021

Tim!
Why are you doing radio programs...
on the Constitution?...
A very simple answer...
Many do not know, or understand, what it says...

Let me get to the basics...
234 years ago...
when 39 delegates signed the Constitution
The power to govern...
was given to the people...
and it cannot be revoked...

The rights given to the people...
belong to every American citizen...
and are fundamental freedoms...
guaranteed by the Constitution...

Thus...
we, as citizens
must understand the Constitution...
in order to be able to protect it...
It is, after all...
a government, of the people, by the people...
for the people...
and, we have the responsibility...
of governance of our country...

More this evening on...
"Crossroads" The Radio Program...
Music at 6 PM EDT...
Constitution at 7 PM EDT...
Listen at this link...

www.psalmsofthesouth.com/crossroads.html

PS. I be gettin ready for tonight's radio program!

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai'

On this day...234 years ago...The sun rose on a new nation...There were...no parades...no fireworks...no speeches...but....
09/18/2021

On this day...
234 years ago...
The sun rose on a new nation...

There were...
no parades...
no fireworks...
no speeches...
but...
there was a new nation...
forever to be called...
The United States of America

A Constitutional Federal Republic...
Tis our destiny to keep it....

More tomorrow evening...
on "OUR" Constitution...
tune in to "Crossroads" The Radio Program...
Music at 6 PM...
Telling tales at 7 PM...
Listen at this link...
www.psalmsofthesouth.com/crossroads.html

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

Benjamin Franklin - at 81 years old was...the elder at the Constitutional Convention...2 years formal education...Starte...
09/17/2021

Benjamin Franklin - at 81 years old was...
the elder at the Constitutional Convention...

2 years formal education...
Started a self-education program...
that became a lifetime activity...
Received honorary degrees from...
Harvard, Yale, William and Mary...
St. Andrews in Scotland, Oxford University in England...

Was a printer by trade...
Inventor by desire...
Authored books and articles...
Published the Pennsylvania Gazette...
Published Poor Richards Almanac...
Published first political cartoon - Plain Truth...

Postmaster General for North America
Co-founded Pennsylvania Hospital...
President of Pennsylvania Government (Governor)...

Assisted in drafting the Articles of Confederation...
Elected as delegate to the Second Continental Congress...
Assisted in repealing the Stamp Act...
Helped draft the Declaration of Independence...
Congressional Ambassador to France...
Signed three documents that made America...
Declaration of Independence...
Treaty of Paris...
United States Constitution...

Today, the day he went to Independence Hall...
to sign the Constitution...
He was in ill health...
carried in a sedan chair by four prisoners from Walnut Street jail...
1/2 mile, from his home to Independence Hall...
and...
The Old Man wept when he signed the U. S. Constitution...

He was, and still is, one of a kind...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

It is an honor to use the picture "The Old Man Wept" painted by Del Parson
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Phone - 435-586-5189

Some fascinating facts about...The US Constitution...Our Constitution has 4400 words...It is the oldest...and the shorte...
09/16/2021

Some fascinating facts about...
The US Constitution...

Our Constitution has 4400 words...
It is the oldest...
and the shortest...
written Constitution...
of any major government in the world...

Pennsylvania was misspelled as Pensylvania...

The oldest person to sign the Constitution...
Benjamin Franklin - 81 years old
The youngest to sign the Constitution...
Jonathan Dayton - 26 years old...

George Washington and James Madison...
were the only delegates to sign the Constitution...
that served as President of the United States of America...
under the new U. S. Constitution...

When the U. S. Constitution was signed...
the United States population was 4 million people...

We've come a long way...
Good times...
Not so good times...
But...
We are still here...
and so is the U. S. Constitution...

September 17, 1787...
September 17, 2021
Our Constitution...
conceived and born..
234 years ago...
Let us celebrate...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

The Constitutional Convention...a period of debate...that lasted 100 days...from May to September 1787...Twas called to ...
09/15/2021

The Constitutional Convention...
a period of debate...
that lasted 100 days...
from May to September 1787...

Twas called to revise...
the Articles of Confederation...
but...
many delegates of the 70 appointed to attend...
of which only 55 attended...
had more ambitious goals...

Instead of revision of the Articles of Confederation...
many the delegates attending...
wanted a document that was of their own design...
They wanted a new government...
instead of fixing the one already in place...

They elected a President of the Convention...
George Washington...
and it was under his guidance...
and direction...
that allows us, to this day...
to have our...
Constitutional Republic known as...
The United States of America...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

pic from History.com - Hulton Archive/Getty Images

The Beginning...1750 - 1760...The catalyst that began the revolution..."NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!"Twas a sayin...
09/12/2021

The Beginning...
1750 - 1760...
The catalyst that began the revolution...
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!"

Twas a saying of the colonists...
If they were to be taxed as British citizens...
They wanted a voice in Parliament...
When the request was ignored...
small confrontations occurred...
Many years before Lexington and Concord...

Along with many other disagreements...
this one item became the incendiary...
the burning ember...
initiating the firestorm...
that 37 years later...
would ultimately end...
in the establishment of a new nation...
with its bedrock document being...
the United States Constitution...

More this evening on "Crossroads" The Radio Program...
Music for your listening pleasure at 6 PM...
Telling of the story begins at 7 PM...
Here is the link to listen...

www.psalmsofthesouth.com/crossroads.html

I hope that you will join me...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

September 17, 1787The men of the Constitutional Convention...74 selected to attend...55 participated...39 signed...estab...
09/11/2021

September 17, 1787
The men of the Constitutional Convention...
74 selected to attend...
55 participated...
39 signed...
establishing a new nation...
establishing a new form of government...
establishing...
a Republic...
The youngest was 26...
The oldest was 81...
Penned by Jacob Shallus...

Benjamin Franklin commented...
on his acceptance of the Constitution...
"because I expect no better... and...
because I am not sure that it is not the best".

I believe...
It is the best...

More about the Constitution on...

"Crossroads" The Radio Program...
Tomorrow evening...
Music begins at 6 PM
I begin telling the story at 7 PM
@
www.psalmsofthesouth.com/crossroads.html

Hope you will join me...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

The EagleLord knows I am peaceful when I'm left aloneI've always been an eagle, been awhile since I have flownMy claws a...
09/11/2021

The Eagle

Lord knows I am peaceful when I'm left alone
I've always been an eagle, been awhile since I have flown
My claws are sharp as ever, so is my eagle eye
Somethings gonna go tonight, when the eagle flies

Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame
Just because I've been idle don't mean that I am tame
You've jeopardized my freedom, my natural place to roost
I can fly if I have to, if they turn the eagle loose

So lay all your doubts aside, when you go to bed tonight
My feathers have been ruffled and I'm ready for a fight
Just because I took awhile to fly don't mean that I don't care
When you feel the shadow crossing, the eagle's in the air

Songwriters: Hank Cochran / Mack Vickery / Red Lane
The Eagle lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

A lady asked Dr. Benjamin Franklin...as he was leaving Independence Hall...on September 17, 1787..."Well Doctor! What ha...
09/10/2021

A lady asked Dr. Benjamin Franklin...
as he was leaving Independence Hall...
on September 17, 1787...
"Well Doctor! What have we got...
a republic or a monarchy?"...
to which Doctor Franklin replied...
"A republic, madam! If you can keep it."

It is said...
that the ladies name was...
Elizabeth Willing Powell...
a vital part of the founding era...
of the United States...

Our country is a Republic...
Not a democracy...
Not a monarchy...
Not an aristocracy...
Not a theocracy...
or any other form of government...

We are a REPUBLIC...
If we can keep it...

More on this weeks radio program...
Sunday Evening...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

Image is from the billofrightsinstitute.org

Constitution Day 9-17-2021...Constitution signed - September 17, 1787Constitution Ratified - February 1888Bill of Rights...
09/09/2021

Constitution Day 9-17-2021...
Constitution signed - September 17, 1787
Constitution Ratified - February 1888
Bill of Rights - Approved and ratified - December 1791

Twas an arduous accomplishment...
taking 4 years...
but it became an example to follow...
160 other countries throughout the world...
have used the U. S. Constitution...
as the basis for their own constitution...

Our Constitution has withstood...
the test of time...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

Constitution Day...September 17, 1787...The day the Constitution was signed...at Independence Hall...in Philadelphia...B...
09/08/2021

Constitution Day...
September 17, 1787...
The day the Constitution was signed...
at Independence Hall...
in Philadelphia...

Beginning this Sunday...
September 12...
and ending on Sunday...
September 19...
on...
"Crossroads" The Radio Program...
a celebration will take place...

I will tell...
of the arguments...
of the confidences...
of the behind the scenes meetings...
of the conspiracies...
during the creation of our...
United States Constitution...

I love to tell the story of our Grand Republic...
And, there is no better story...
than the one that I will present...
over the next two Sundays...

I hope you will join me...
It's gonna be a good'n...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

Many times...as I saunter through the wilderness...I come upon old home places...some are complete, restored...some are ...
09/07/2021

Many times...
as I saunter through the wilderness...
I come upon old home places...
some are complete, restored...
some are deteriorated relics...
others are nothing more than...
timbers and rock foundations...

Most who find places as these...
make this statement...
"Oh! It would be great if these walls could speak!"...

My thoughts when that statement is made...

Hush!...
For tis only in the silence...
that the walls will speak to you...
Be silent...
Listen...

Shalom...
Tim "Seanachai"

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