When Tom’s alarm went off at 5:30am on Monday September 11, 2023, the two of us took a moment to reflect on that horrific day in 2001. Even though I hadn’t yet been created in a Chinese factory when the…
Month: October 2023
261: I MUST’VE BEEN NUTS WHEN I GOT CLOSE TO DAKOTA THUNDER – THE WORLD’S LARGEST BUFFALO
“A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I’d see the Fiesta where kids once danced; and maybe I’d be happy for a…
260: SADIE TOOK US BACK TO THE FUTURE AT THE LARAMAR BALLROOM
When Tom’s alarm rang at 5:45am on September 9, 2023, it was easy to tell he had a bounce in his step and a song or two in his heart. Even though there were no Presidential sites on our day’s…
259: FLASHBACKS DURING MY VISIT TO HOOVERVILLE
From an opening in the camera case situated on the back seat of the Family Truckster, I watched the world go by as Vicki drove my photographer and me from Davenport to West Branch, Iowa. And during that entire time,…
258: A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN DAVENPORT WITH BARACK, BUSH, AND THE BOY ON A BRIDGE
When Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Friday September 8, 2023, I knew it was a lot later than my photographer’s original plan of a 3am wakeup call had we not left home a day earlier. Tom and his wife,…
257: ‘WAVE ON’ FOR BUDDY’S BIRTHDAY AT A LAKE MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE
Buddy Holly likely would’ve turned 87 years old on Thursday September 7, 2023 had he not been a passenger on the Beechcraft Bonanza airplane that crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959. And I couldn’t think of a better…
256: CELEBRATING MY BIG ONE-OH AT SPIEGEL GROVE WITH TOM, BOB, RUD, AND LUCY
Flashback to 2013 when I spent my first moments at a Presidential site as my photographer, his wife Vicki, and I embarked on an eight-day trip that began at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio. While our visit to the home…