Bob and I awoke on the morning of Tuesday, April 1 (he wished me happy birthday) in Kerrville, Texas at the Whitten Inn. This was not our intended destination, but because we had taken the wrong turning in San Antonio, this is where we parked ourselves and I immediately plotted our substitute course. It started with our continental breakfast at the Whitten which included waffles shaped like the state of Texas. From there we headed to Fredericksburg… Read the rest of this entry »
Lyndon Johnson and Me
May 4th, 2008
Lyndon Johnson presided over our country as the 36th President during one of the tumultuous and historical significant periods of United States history. Becoming President just as the nation was rocked by the assassination of John F. Kennedy, life as America knew it immediately began to change. As for civil reform, it’s possible no President did more than LBJ. His Great Society programs which included voting rights, Medicaid, foodstamps, education aid, environmental protection, consumer protection, public radio and telelvision, and the Civil Rights Act, have left an impact that resonates even today. And his commitment to the space program ensured that we would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Read the rest of this entry »
Hume Cronyn
May 3rd, 2008
Two of Hume Cronyn’s earliest roles were in Alfred Hitchcock films, Shadow of Doubt in 1943 (in which he nearly stole every scene in which he appeared) and Lifeboat in 1944. He went on to work of the screenplay adapatations for two additional films with the Master of Suspense, Rope and Under Capricorn. His celebrated career went on for nearly sixty years, culminating in the magnificent Marvin’s Room (with my buddy Robert DeNiro), in which he again stole the show – without uttering a single word. Read the rest of this entry »
Protected: The Rest of April 2008
May 1st, 2008Born on a Mountaintop in Tennessee
April 29th, 2008
After Chris and I got ready and gathered all of our belongings in virtual darkness early the morning of Sunday, March 16, 2008, we left Ryan and Becki’s house in Pooler and bid farewell to our three-day Savannah, Georgia getaway. The ride home was fairly uneventful after stopping for breakfast at McDonalds, the car lighter that charged the iPod transmitter dock died, and Chris realized that he had left with one of Becki’s bags in his trunk. That is until we made our way into Tennessee… Read the rest of this entry »