Article archive / September 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 1. Source pages: 16.
Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty and I, Susie Marie PhD of South River Stories, have a few things in common. We both have businesses in rural Louisiana, he in the north, I in the south and, thanks to his son Willie and my friend Eric, we both have TV shows. His has grown into a huge success, mine is a winner yet to be born.
I like that Phil turned away from a professional football career to stay focused on his true passion, ducks. I left a promising psychology career to go back to school to pursue my passion, music. Voice was my declared "instrument," but I was more interested in composing my own music and analyzing the music of others.
I probably will have to wait for the afterlife to be an opera composer. That is my top-of-the-mountain, nirvana, dream-come-true job. I pray that in heaven I will be free to compose for hours, then ride my horse for miles, compose and ride, ride and compose, day after night after day after night after day, through eternity.
Meanwhile, back on earth, as I work on this show about the people, places, crops, and critters that make living in the country so wonderful, I hear music everywhere. The featured guests on my fall special, frogs, have their own enchanting sounds and songs, and I plan to sing about frogs on my show, and comment on the frog songs of others.
Know what? I think I may need to talk with Phil about those Duck Commander duck calls, because I'm hearing a frog and duck duet, maybe even a dramatic opera. After all, ducks have been known to eat frogs.
I'm planning on eating some frogs, too, after I go on my first frog hunt and grab on my South River Stories fall TV special, and fry them up on the outdoor fire pit. The last time I had any fun with dead frogs was when I was dissecting them in biology class. Cutting them up for my supper is going to be a lot better kind of fun. No formaldehyde!
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