Looking for Lyndon #1: An Obsession Begins

Few presidents would ever know more triumph, few suffer such a swift and tragic fall. -LBJ. American Experience I wasn’t always obsessed with Lyndon Baines Johnson.  This particular itch began several years ago. I was at home, nursing a cold, when I decided to watch a documentary about Lyndon Johnson. On the couch, sniffly, and… Continue reading Looking for Lyndon #1: An Obsession Begins

In an open letter to Mary Lincoln,

“Why are you calling out to me like this? You know that I am interested in the First Ladies primarily as the wives and hostesses of the presidents. I am not interested in them, you all, particularly as individuals. But you threaten my resolve. You are trying to suck me in? You had me Googling […]

Herbert Hoover, Here I Come…

Above, my friends, is one heck of a Herbert Hoover collage. Even a president aficionado (as I was called when I visited the Theodore Roosevelt Inauguration site), was taken aback by all of that Hooverness. This weekend I’ll be meeting a friend at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. I am so thrilled that… Continue reading Herbert Hoover, Here I Come…