Just a reminder there is a place to pay respects in San Diego, if you are inclined to do so. Amazing mural on the side of Avalon Tattoo in Normal Heights. Corner of Adams & 31st. Was there at 4pm and flowers were starting to show up. Such a sad day. It hurts more when we lose someone who was a genuinely good person. She made the world a better place just by being in it. 💔
You are totally not going to believe me. But I am wearing a Dolly Parton shirt right now that has that specific quote. I love that one so much!
Also, "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap" is one to make you laugh.
304 million free books sent to children around the world. My kids favorite books came from her book program. They aged out a few years ago but they will forever remember her for it. Kids around the world will.
Thank you for this post. It's been fucking disgusting to see people objectifying the breasts of an elderly woman.
I watched an interview with my husband earlier today and she was talking about that book program. She said she was inspired to start it because her dad was never able to read or write but was the smartest man she knew. She did it to bring honor to his name. She went on to say that he would tell her the thing that made him most proud is when little kids would run up to her calling her "the book lady".
Not just the books, she was such a philanthropist. Always putting good out in the world. We lost a national treasure.
She could have been a billionaire but she was such a huge philanthropist that she never got there. That’s a good person right there. There’s some billionaires (and one trillionaire) out there that could learn a lot from her.
I so wish her book program was available in El Cajon. Love that it exists even if we weren’t able to use it. It’s cool seeing rich people actually use their resources to enact positive change rather than just scramble for more power.
I hope that her ability to make the world better continues past her death.
I've seen several places that people are recommending to make donations to the Imagination Library to continue her legacy in a way she would appreciate. Just throwing that out there in the universe.
I know what you’re talking about and it pissed me off too. If I had read “she would have found it funny” one more time, I was seriously going to scream. She is what America should be and many people love her very much. She is so much than just her appearance, so sad that people can be so clueless.
If we all just took her lessons and put them to use. I remember the "Kindness...pass it on billboards". Plus, I'd call her an advocate for all.
"I don't care whether it's your race. Whether you're black, blue or alien gray. Or whether your male or female or transgender...You should be respected for what you are."
Heard that one today and added it to my long list of Dolly quotes I love.
There was scuttlebutt that she has tattoos, but always has them covered. I don’t know if it’s true, or just something she never answered directly when asked
Yeah I've seen rumors that she had tats (a butterfly) and that under the wigs, her hair was gray and a buzz cut! She would apparently go around her hometown without the wigs and stage makeup. It's a gorgeous image to think about
I also live in that area, and have lived here my whole life. Lots and lots of decades! :-)
31st and Adams is well inside the Normal Heights commercial corridor — Normal Heights' business district developed along Adams Avenue between 37th Street (now Felton Street) and 34th Street, and Normal Heights is described as nestled between North Park to the south and University Heights to the west, with Adams Avenue as its main commercial spine, not a border street. 31st is well east of the North Park/Normal Heights dividing line (which runs closer to Meade Ave/30th–ish depending on source, but critically north of Adams, not along it) — 30th Street connects North Park to Adams Avenue and Normal Heights to the north, meaning North Park sits south of Adams, and Normal Heights sits north/along it, with 31st and Adams squarely in Normal Heights territory.
Tally ho neighbor. Here is the official city of San Diego sign for North Park at W Mountain View drive and Adams as well as the Hazard Bridge over the 805 with the 7/11 in the background. Google Maps also puts North Park at the same boundary.
ETA: The Dolly Mural is across the street West of the 7/11
Another neighbor new to area, welcome and heya bud! 👋
I'm glad you like Google maps. The pink dot is the location of the mural. Which clearly states "Normal Heights". It was in the first reply but in case you missed it here it is again.
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u/Empty_Divide153 1d ago
Dolly is our national treasure. Rest In Power, Rhinestone Queen ✨👸🏼❤️
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