It was sad for me as we left the historic Coolidge neighborhood in Plymouth Notch, Vermont on the morning of July 11, 2017. I had enjoyed our visit with Calvin Coolidge; I was proud to stand in some of the…
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50: THE MYSTERY OF MR. LEE
When everyone was awake at the Plano home of the Johnson’s, I was taken from my resting place on the dresser and carefully positioned into the camera bag. My photographer tried to be extra careful with me as the damaged…
49: WACO’S WACKOS ENDURE MAGNOLIA MAYHEM
When my photographer woke up on the morning of Friday July 29, 2016, he took me off the upstairs bedroom dresser where I had stood the entire night and he placed me into the camera bag for our journey into…
48: WHERE THE CRICKETS ONCE CHIRPED
It was roughly 100 miles from Buddy Holly’s doorstep in Lubbock, Texas to the Petty recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico. I heard David Bigham tell my photographer that when the Crickets were scheduled to record at the studio, Buddy’s…
25: ALONE WITH KENNEDY AT ARLINGTON
The morning of Saturday July 19, 2014 began with a loud “H*ly Sh!t” and was immediately followed by an equally loud ‘SMACK’. I was startled and all I could do was shake my head as I had no idea what…
22: “SAVE FERRIS” ON JEFFERSON’S DAY OFF
Once we left Woodstock, we headed straight for the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Illinois where we began what would become a pilgrimage; a pilgrimage to “Save Ferris”. Ferris Bueller that is. After a 43-mile drive, we arrived at Glenbrook North…
10: IT’S MILLARD TIME!
After a three-month hiatus following my Texas trip, I was back on the road on Friday June 20, 2014 headed for upstate New York. From my home in Michigan, the quickest route to New York was a short cut through…
9: JFK SLEPT HERE
I had visited the hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead and I stood on the spot where he was shot; but as my sightseeing window was closing fast on that trip, I asked Kim Johnson for one last favor: Please…
8: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
On November 9, 1984 a motion picture was released called A Nightmare on Elm Street that featured a burnt killer named Freddie Krueger who slashed kids in their sleep with his bladed leather glove. That movie took place in the…
5: HEARTBREAK AT GARFIELD’S LAWNFIELD
The weather was perfect as we made the 12-mile jaunt from the motel to downtown Niles, Ohio. My chauffeur’s GPS took us right to the site – the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial. As soon as I was pulled from my…