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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.
str e a m in g in ,
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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
- t s e r v ic e of the day, and it M o th er’ s
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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
- Honor
Guard C om p an y,
P o o r dear boys, tem p eratu re in the high 80's, sun
b righ t, and the ja ck et of th eir u n iform s- - th eir sum m er uniform m ind you,^__
h ea vy, thick, long sleeved w ool,
l,it said that d is c ip lin e is one
- 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
- n 's''
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
- to thL' Hayv1ood.
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Ther e w e h ad a wonderful
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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
- e r b e fo r e lu n c h .
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^^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
- 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
- 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
- without
the man m y l i f e ,
I s l ipped off a fte r a wh ile and got about 30 m in u tes in the sun,
E lo is e
and H om er T h o rn b e rry , they and th e ir th ree c h ild ren drove by - I m ean
fro m E l P a s o on the way into A u stin ,
of T e x
- be, w hat happens next.
The sun com ing out w as som ehow a w onderful a u g u ry .
s a t n e x t to H a p p y R o c k e f e l l e r .
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It w a s a g o o d s p e e c h - - L y n d o n ' s
w a s - - a n d i t m a k e s y ou f e e l s o g o o d t o d
- 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 .
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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
- 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
- a ck at the b ea ch I sunned on the sand to the b e s t brow n
I'v e had in a lo n g t im e .
b e e n co ld and buffet;
And then took a d e lic io u s nap.
L u n ch es have
s a la d s , sea fo o d , c h e e s e s , and w e s it around
c a s u al l y
- - - 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
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MEMORANDUM
G.XiV\ I C
THE WHITE HOUSE
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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
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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
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the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- a d y in the a i r .
The w inds had quieted enough - - h ead ed for
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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
- , 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.
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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
- c h o p p e r , p i c k up A . W. , a n d
go t o t h e H ayw oo d.'
T h e r e w e got in the b oat.
T h e day w as w aning la te , but the sun
w a s s t i l l b r i g h t an d R o b in and I c l i m b e d up on the top d e c k , w ith a b la n k e
- 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
.WASHINGTON
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
- ; 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
- 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
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y - ' - . THE WHITE HOUSE
S u n d ay, M a r c h 6, 1966
WASHINGTON
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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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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
- a y s d e t r a c t e d f r o m h is dignity.
A l a r g e w o m a n r u s h e d up a n d p in n e d a w h i te o r c h i d on m e .
The
p r i e s t 's s i s t e r gave m e a h an d m ad e sun bonnet - - blue and w hite ch eck ed .
A l l th e l i t t
- 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
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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
- , 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
