Unca Darrell

OCTOBER 5 / Never been to Giverny to see . . .

. . . Monet's house, gardens, and lily pond?

Lucky you. Now you can glimpse Mr. Monet's digs through the lens of Unca D's Kodak. Go here.

MAY 20 / While we're in Clovis, let's have a burger at . . .

. . . Foxy Drive-In.

It's the same restaurant, but not location, where Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty, and the boys ordered burgers and fries to fuel their overnight recording sessions at Mr. Petty's nearby studio. The drive-in served its first burger in 1956. Mr. Holly's recordings were made the next year. A son of the original owners now runs the place. More pictures here.  

   



 

MAY 19 / Today's vicarious photo expedition: the Norman & Vi Petty . . .

. . . Rock 'n' Roll Museum in Clovis, New Mexico.

Well worth a trip.

APRIL 23 / Why Peggy Noonan burst into tears

Because . . . 2016.

I watched [television reports of pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators, "Hillary Clinton yelling"] dumbly, tiredly. Then for no reason . . .

MAY 19 / Unca D has gone in the YouTube bidness

HERE IS MY first video, shot Sunday, May 3, at Maranatha United Methodist Church in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It was a special service of remembrance for the liberation of western Czechoslovakia by Patton's Third Army on May 6, 1945.

 

The YouTube video has higher resolution than this copy. See the original at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAcT3ASVJEE.

DECEMBER 2 / Hello, Moldova

Dear friends,

DECEMBER may see one or two more political posts from Unca D, but the rest will be about Moldova. More precisely, about a Christian mission trip to Moldova to take 4000 pair of warm shoes and boots to orphans and institutionalized adults in that country. We will depart on December 12 and return on December 20, about forty of us. And here's the deal: You can go with us, through pictures and videos. Check back -- before, during, and after the trip -- for images you will see nowhere else, of a small country caught between Europe and Russia, still trying to find its way out of communism.

You can see the first video here. It is is an interview by Kim Weir, host of "Sunday Night Live!" on KSBJ, November 23. The guest is Dr. Dearing L. Garner, who will lead the mission trip. He heads the sponsoring organization, Children's Emergency Relief International (CERII).

 

OCTOBER 10 / Unca D rocks out in Buddy Holly's old . . .

. . . recording studio. 

The guitar is a Starcaster, Fender's own . . .  

MAY 16 / Unca D is back in-country after . . .

. . . a delightful stint in Sicily, following my dad's footsteps through one of the eleven countries he visited in World War II. His tour guide was George S. Patton, Jr., who permitted little time for sightseeing. Lady Di and I have made up for it. Pictures are being posted here, with many more to come.

JANUARY 24 / Last week Bill White pictured Rick Perry . . .

. . . the failed presidential candidate, as a wastral son who burns through his inheritance, then returns home to a grand reception.

My faith tells the story of a prodigal son who squanders his capital and sleeps with the pigs, yet is greet warmly when he returns home as a wise and better person.

(Bill White, "Perry needs to regain credibiliity with his Texas constituency," Houston Chronicle, January ___, 2012). Mr. White implicitly offers himself . . .

NOVEMBER 14 / Making syrup and music at Cousin Floyd's place

UNCA D and Lady Di attended a syrup-making in Hardin County last week. What a hoot. The full gallery is here. You can get a quick peek below.