My name is Jewel. Jewel Kilcher. (Yes, Jewel is my real given name). I am 5'6”. I have green eyes, like my grandmother Ruth. Ruth was an aspiring opera singer who left pre-war Germany, got on a ship headed to Alaska to marry a man she hardly knew because she felt her future children must be born somewhere free.
She married Yule Kilcher, who was a young idealist who hiked across the Alaskan glaciers by foot, with a ladder on his back, which he used to bridge crevasses in the ice so he could walk over them. He was looking for adventure and new land, away from the Nazi movement. Alaska was still not a state in the late 40's, so he was given (as all takers were) 600 acres of land for free if he promised to homestead it. He sent word back to his homeland of Switzerland, where many friends expressed wanting to move, that he had found a good piece of land. But none came, except Ruth.
I got my love of language from Yule. He studied the origins of languages. Ruth taught all her 8 children (she gave birth to most of them alone in a dirt floored log cabin!) to sing and play instruments. I was raised outdoors on the same homestead my family settled around all the music of my family.
We lived far from town. We had to walk 2 miles just to get to the saddle barn I was raised in... No running water, no heat- we had a coal stove and an outhouse and we mainly lived off of what we could kill or can. We picked berries and made jam. We caught fish to freeze and had gardens and cattle to live on. I rode horses every day in the summer beneath the Alaskan midnight sun. I loved it there.
I never asked for anything from my network of artists and friends. I'm not selling any CD's or asking you to come to my concerts, or making you click on a stupid link to nowhere.... Please do me 1 favor>>Vote for my Dad's song as the official song for the city of St. Petersburg Florida "Carry Me Back" http://www.stpete.org/song/song_form.cfm. He is a legendary bass player performer, and has earned his dues with the 60's The Tropics, 70's Tom Petty, 80's Fortress, and now touring (or should I say "groovin" on a Sunday afternoon) with other legends like himself in the Rascals. give a listen, and vote for my Pops. It's song choice A, Charlie Souza & the New Tropics. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND COME ON DOWN TO ST. PETERSBURG TO SAY HELLO!
i am a contestant on style magazine, i need all of ya help, please vote for me go to www.orlandostylemag.com/vote.php, i am number 9, thanks so much i'll appreciated,
and thanks for the add, tell your friends to vote, and ya can vote as much as you can,
I just bought your "Lullaby" album, it's AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL!!!! You have the voice of an ANGEL!! Your music is so healing!!!! THANK YOU!!! Your Fan, CINDIE
Just say "NO" to the drugs (vaccines) created to kill you off, dumb you down, and cripple your mind, body and soul~ Stand with your fellow man for truth and love~ Not deciet and hate~ Stand for what you believe in. Try your best to understand all people, and appreciate all diverse gifts offered by each culture, religion, and person. Know your spirit. Be a friend. Smile. Be kind. Be well. Children are the best gift in life for they understand the meaning of simplicity. Finding joy in the little things. In nature, in eachother. Love one another~ :)'s
The turkey shot out of the oven and rocketed into the air, it knocked every plate off the table and partly demolished a chair.
It ricocheted into a corner and burst with a deafening boom, then splattered all over the kitchen, completely obscuring the room.
It stuck to the walls and the windows, it totally coated the floor, there was turkey attached to the ceiling, where there'd never been turkey before.
It blanketed every appliance, it smeared every saucer and bowl, there wasn't a way I could stop it, that turkey was out of control.
I scraped and I scrubbed with displeasure, and thought with chagrin as I mopped, that I'd never again stuff a turkey with popcorn that hadn't been popped.
Hey blonde angel, I heard you use to live in San Diego. Its beautiful here, do you ever do concerts here? Your message was sent last week. I love servicing women of honor and courage and beauty...