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what we
The curtains
I had a lrea d y taken down and disp o s ed o f and we looked at a lot of possible
o f s a m p le s fo r drapes and s lip c o v e r s , none of which w e r e r e a lly right.
I had rather hoped to turn it into a sun room
- t s e r v ic e of the day, and it M o th er’ s
•P
Day - how could we m is s it.
Then we went to a sm a ll pa rty at P h il P o t te r ’ s, one o f Lyndon’ s fa v o r it e
re p o r te r s of the B a ltim o re Sun and s e v e r a l o f his ed ito rs
- of the land.
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T he sk y i s b r ig h t blue and the sun golden and the tem p eratu re in the 70 s,
’r isin g to about 80 ,iri m
And th ere' s that in toxicatin g fe e lin g of Spring - -
the w in e -lik e q u a lity in the a ir . ; But
- back to W ashington, doing
m y duty, taking c a r e of Susan, staying h ere doing what I w anted to d o - w ork in g, w alking, lying in the sun.
Lyndon had se ttle d it, a s he d oes
‘
m a n y th in g s, by sa y in g , "I am not going to h ave you
- to thL' Hayv1ood.
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Ther e w e h ad a wonderful
"--
1964
Saturd.-._y, Julv 18th (continued}
day of boating in the hot, hot sun.
We had brought homemade bread and
some wonderful peaches, and A. W. had picked up somt: delici ous ba rbecue
- be accomplished here, i.t can be 3.ccomplishe:d everywhere.
I was r
- but the sun breaking
out ju st as the p r o ce ed in g s w ent on.
c
The B ish op of C orpus C h r isti, H is
E x c e lle n c y T hom as D ru ry m ade a p o etic in^vocation and then Stu U d all
in trod u ced the g u e s ts --G e o r g e H artzog, the D
- e r b e fo r e lu n c h .
TV .
^^the sun p r o m is in g to be w a rm
We w a tch ed A r th u r G o ld b e rg on
N o t u n til one o 'c lo c k did I g e t d r e s s e d and th en w e had m o r e
b r id g e and t i l th e w h ile g o in g down th e
- orrow w ill b e b e tte r , to o ." It ta k es so
lit t le to m ak e h er happy, it a lm o s t m ak es m e a sh am ed that w e
d on ’t g iv e that litt le m o r e o ften .
B a c k at the h o u se w e la y around the p ool, had b r e a k fa st,
sunned
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lettera 'ani ·a telegram there tor me. I regrettel the lelay
that had elapae4 1n my gait1:ng tis stuff ut coultn't help
wh t '• lrea 7 appenecl.
••o• eallei the Oh bar f Com eroe
this .morning, albeit Sun• , ane got them lo open u ...nd giv.•
h
two m
- d e v e r y b o d y .
Sun is h is n a tu r a l b e n e fa c to r , and Lyndon lo o k e d r e a s s u r in g ly
b r o w n a n d h e a lth y .
^
,
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
W ASHINOTON
T h u r sd a y , O cto b er 14,. 1965
Page 3
I le f t
- o lo r s , o r a n g e -is h , y e llo w s, g r e e n s - the sun flo w e r s s tic k p a r tic u la r ly in
m y m in d .
I didn't r e a liz e what a trem en d ou s range he had.
One o f the
sa d d est things w a s a painting o f h is own sh o e s
- in to th e M o u r sun d s and th e H ea th s and
th e R ub ys and th e M elv in W in ters and th e D on T h o m a s e s w ho w e r e
a r r iv in g in a c a r a v a n s o it wound up b y tw o c a r lo a d s o f u s s e ttin g
out to m e e t L yndon on th e
- k .
T h e sun h a d b e e n b e g u n
to c o m e o ut in th e la te a fte rn o o n , a n d it w a s w a rm in g up a lit t l e .
h a d gone s w im m in g a tim e o r tw o.
Lyndon
T h e b u b b le, so o ffe n s iv e fro m th e h ighw ay.
c
- m e .
And then in the e a r ly m orn in g sun, w e w ent out
b y the pool - - Lyndon in the h am m ock .
I sa t b e s id e him and m ade
plans - - a p o s s ib le m e e tin g of th ose p eop le who cou ld do som eth in g
about a cq u irin g
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I ^”1/^
MEMORANDUM
G.XiV\ I C
THE WHITE HOUSE
U
^
WASHINGTO N :
T u e sd a y , July 2 0 , 1965 ._—
T he m onth I p r o m ise d m y s e lf that I w ould be le is u r e ly and lie in
the sun and p lay b rid g e .
But som eh ow th ere a re
- e e lin g I h ad p a r k e d t h i s t i t l e lik e a h eavy c o a t i n t h e c l o s e t
a n d s t a r t e d w a lk in g lig h tly in t h e T e x a s sun . T hen w e w e n t to F o r t W o r th
'
to t h e M u s e u m of t h e S o u th w est to b
- a d y in the a i r .
The w inds had quieted enough - - h ead ed for
V
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: S t. T h o m a s. And sh e a r r iv e d about sun down,, w ea ry and fu ll of funny lon g
s t o r ie s about th e tw o fu ll days that it had taken h er to get from the Ranch
- n s t a ir s , B e s s and N o b le a s s u r e d m e th at th e sun w ou ld so o n b e o u t,
I
aim lik e a m i s e r co u n tin g m y lit t le s ta c k o f h o u r s , p a in fu lly a w a r e th at
h a lf o f th e m 'a r e gone but g lo a tin g o
- in g pool.
And h e r e on o u r own f r o n t p o r c h b y c h a n c e we found i t - - p r o te c t e d
on t h r e e s id e s - - a n d it w a s n ip p y w e a t h e r but b r ig h t , gold a n d w a r m
b y the sun.
We h a d a d e lic io u s lu n ch
- as all.
i n a n d t h e r e w a s a p r o m i s e of F a l l i n th e a i r .
A co o l fro n t h a d blow n
It w a s a s h e e r l y b e a u tif u l
day - - a b it o v e r c a s t a t f i r s t a n d then the sun c a m e out s p a r k l i n g .
i t w
- , a little c o n c e rn e d th a t it
I d o n 't w a n t a n y b o d y to know a b o u t t h e m . "
h e r e i s th e b l a c k b e a s t of d e p r e s s i o n b a c k i n o u r l i v e s .
F r i d a y , S a t u r d a y , Sun d a y , M o n d a y h a d go
- h - - the l a s t p e r s o n w a s i n a n d
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINOTON
S u n d a y , O c t o b e r 31, 1965
Page 2
th e p la n e t a x i e d o f f , f o r m e t h i s w a s a d a y to w a lk .
g lo rio u s.
The sun w as
A n d
- e q u e n tly i f it is co o l e v e n w r a p p e d up
in a b la n k e t a g a i n s t the w in d an d s p r a y a n d w a tc h the sun s e t.
f
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
F r i d a y , Ju n e 3, '1906
WASHINGTON
Page 5
T h e B is h o p s jo
- r n o o n a b o u t 4:30.
We h a d j u s t h a d p ad s put u p t h e r e fo r sun b a th in g
a n d fo r i n c r e a s i n g the c a p a c ity .
A nd h e w a s soon jo in e d b y J o e F o w l e r
a n d Abe a n d s e v e r a l g u e s ts
- ; and the E d S in g ers
o f C orpus C h r isti, who’s ^ w o rk in g on an a r t g a lle r y for C orp u s, to be b u ilt •
by P h ilip Johnson.
And from the p r e s s , the P r ic e D ays of the B a ltim o re Sun; and the Hugh
P a tte r so n s o f L ittle R
- sa id , " I 'd go on, and I 'd sta y .
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
f v
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, M a rch 27, 1968
get som e sun, have a good tim e , "
.
Page 2
So L iz and I w o rk ed p u t a p o ss ib le
trip i/\it looks lik e we m ig h t go
- h a r d and t h e o t h e r 140 o r
so g u e s t s t h a t he w ould s h o r t l y send to Europe a
Commission t o d i s c u s s j o i n t e x p l o r a t i o n s i n s p a c e ,
f.-It
le a d in g to p rob es o f the sun and J u p ite r
- -
y - ' - . THE WHITE HOUSE
S u n d ay, M a r c h 6, 1966
WASHINGTON
i
'
A nd n ow , L yndon h ad gone out to g e t the la s t sun w ith A .
K r im s , and D ia n a .
h o u se.
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W .
a n d the
A nd I, h u ngry fo r e x e r c i s e , w
- MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
Sun d a y , J u n e 2 5 ,
1967
Page 1
It w a s o n e o f the s t r a n g e s t d a y s I 'v e s p e n t a s F i r s t L a d y .
It
b e g a n v e r y e a r l y a t th e R a n c h - - 6 :3 0 - - c o f f e e
- HOUSE
WASHINOTOH
Sun day, Ju ly 23,
coyote.
1967
Page 7
T h e y o u n g c i t y g i r l w a s l i s t e n i n g to i t w h i l e s h e w a s b e i n g
c o u r t e d b y the d e t e r m i n e d young f a r m e r - - " s o d b u s t e r " th e y c
-
We w e r e n ’t going to do
a n y th in g e x c e p t s t a y a t h o m e a r o u n d the pool a n d e n jo y th e sun.'* Go on# b a c k
to San A nto n io an d k ic k up y o u r h e e l s .
A p p a r e n tl y he h a d b e e n s u c c e s s f u l
- , w hen Lyndon and I had ,
h ea rd o f the R u ssia n s' f ir s t sh a tterin g trip in s p a c e .
; O nce m o r e , Lyndon u se d th is ch an ce for a p e a c e o ffe n s iv e .
D
" F ro m that p e r s p e c tiv e , w h ere the sun sh in es in a ll
- and th er e w o u ld be a m a n r id in g shotgu n - - w h ic h the G o v e rn o r
e x p la in e d to m e^"on top".
c a lic o and sun b o n n e ts .
And th ere w e r e s e v e r a l o ld e r la d ie s in q u ite a u th e n tic
A nd a ll the tim e th ere
