I love Ernest Hemingway, and his novel The Sun Also Rises is one of my favorites. In the original manuscript, he referred to the narrator Jake Barnes as "Hem."
I mention this because I bought a new album I like a lot, by a band called Hem. It's kind of vintage country music, very mellow, and the lady singer has an ethereal, sweet voice.
I think Hem got their name from Papa Hem. At least, I hope they did, because that would be really, really cool.
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Oh Brett Ashley-Perkins, I accidentally deleted your charming post! I'm a dumb newbie blogger. Hopefully I've learned my lesson. I clicked on an icon that looked like a Doric column to me, unfortunately it was a trash can.
Please post again, I offer a million apologies.
Ha ha ha, I recovered Brett Ashley-Perkin's comment from my email. Here is is, spelling uncorrected:
Ernest and Jake Barnes had wanter to start a band and could not agree on a name. "Ernie's Oh you kids" or "Barn". My great grandmother wanted them to call it "Hem".
Brett Ashley-Perkins
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