“Yodel-ay-hee-hooo!” sang my mother in the car. She had a natural talent for it, learned it as a camp counselor, and once she got going, she’d spin the yodel part like this:           Yooooo—de-yo-de-yo-de-yo-de-yo-de-lay-hee-hoooo! After The Sound of Music movie came out, and Julie Andrews sang “The Lonely Goatherd,” it was Continue reading