08/26/2026
Goooooood afternoon my beautiful biscuits! I’ve just dropped off at Steam 'N Barrel Mercantile! The old grain bin has been replenished with some of y’all’s favorites! Come see my favorite folks, and get everything you need for a successful hunting season! By the way, you can also purchase your hunting and fishing licenses at the mercantile! 🦌 🦃 🎣
I had planned on bringing back another favorite sourdough cookie this week, but with the queen of country 🦋 passing yesterday, I thought I would make something she might have liked instead. I’m not all that interested in celebrities to be honest with y’all. The majority aren’t exactly folks I’d aspire to emulate, nor admire. Dolly was a rare exception. She never had anything bad to say about anybody, and nobody had anything bad to say about her. She lived her life as close as I can figure that Jesus would have us live. She was uncommonly kind, generous to a fault, loved children and encouraged them to read. All while having an incredible sense of humor, and seemingly endless talent. She was humble, she was kind and I would argue that she was truly America’s sweetheart. Dolly was everything we should all aspire to be, and she was without doubt one of God’s most beautiful creatures and some of his best work.
I remember watching one of her interviews with my niece (whom loved Dolly and admired her greatly) several years ago, and aside from her hilarious banter, one of the things that made me smile was just how down to earth she was. The interviewer asked what her favorite foods were. She laughed and said she’d never met a potato she didn’t like, and that one of her favorite desserts was banana 🍌 pudding. I remember thinking how refreshing it was for a celebrity to choose something humble that average Joes everywhere could appreciate in equal measure, and I recognized the truth in her eyes when she wandered back in times and wistfully replied “My mama’s was the best.” I made my sourdough banana 🍌 pudding cookies in honor of her memory, and the way she made my niece and I smile during that interview. She was unapologetically herself in a world that so often demands constant apology for not conforming to its expectations. I greatly admired her, and she is one of the very few celebrities that I’m truly saddened to hear of her passing. She was a light in this sometimes very dark world we live in today, and I’m sorry to see her go.
I always tell y’all to be kind, give grace and stay beautiful at the end of my posts. Today is no exception, but I’d like to add: be more like Dolly. She embodied all of the above, but she went the extra mile for her fellow man too. She wasn’t afraid to love folks exactly as they are, and she wished kindness upon everyone, even folks she’d yet to meet. Go out of your way to make someone smile this week, it’ll make the world a more beautiful place…just like Dolly did. 🌈 🦋
Y’all know what I’m going to say, but I’ll say it just the same: be kind, give grace, and stay beautiful my sweet biscuits. ❤️