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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
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1965
. SUNDAY. APRIL 18
E a s te r Sunday, A p r il 18.
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Unhappily I aw oke ea r ly w ith th e sun
I had slep t in th e little back room b eca u se Lyndon s le e p s
so litt le th e s e nights
- 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
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m a n y th in g s, by sa y in g , "I am not going to h ave you
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r a n ch v a p a r t of the Bruckner ra n ch .
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D r e s s e d in b lu e je a n s an d b o o ts and sun h a t, I s e t out on th is c a r e f r e e
e x p e d itio n .
a g u id e .
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B ut it tu rn ed out that I had to go b a c k and g e
- had the top down.
the w ind b r isk and I w as p arb oilin g.
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The sun w a s b righ t and
We w en t by the h o u se and counted the
p r e s s and then d ro v e on to the L ew is R anch.
I began to g e t r e s t l e s s thinking
of D o lly B
- lm and equable and gen tle m anner.
We rod e fo r about th ree h o u rs, picking up V irg in ia about 12:00,
w ith the top down, Lyndon in h is red b e r e t - - the O ctober sun a ctu a lly
hot - - and our talk ranged the w id e, w ide w orld .
Dean
- 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.
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- - - w h ile I su n n e d a n d r e a d on the b ig b o a t.
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J e s s e , who l o a t h e s the sun , a n d w ith good r e a s o n , b u t who is
f a i th f u l to the end, w e n t a lo n g w ith th e m in the f a s t b o a t j u s t a s th o u g h
he
- 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
- 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
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to t h e M u s e u m of t h e S o u th w est to b
- 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
- f o od^ . . A n d th e n
to d a n c e .
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T H E W H IT E H O U S E
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Sun d a y , D e c e m b e r 4 , 1966
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/ V So i t h a d b e e n
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WASHINOTOH
Sun day, Ju ly 23,
coyote.
1967
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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
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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
