Hi Gang:

Remember an old TV show called “This Was The Week That Was?”

For me, THIS week has been the week that IS. And it’s still got a few more days to go.

On Monday, I received word from the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia that I have been selected as one of the top 50 graduates of that school out of a pool of over 22,000 students. They are going to honor us in November with a fancy ceremony down in Athens.

Later that same day, I learned that the Academy of Country Music has instituted a lifetime achievement award for songwriters to be known as the Poet’s Award, and the first ones are going to be given to me and the late Fred Rose.

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