Friday, June 19, 2009

Jack~Fishing


Hi Jack! You sure are cute, ya know it?

Pioneer Woman



Ewing Galloway


As the last rays of sun sink past the horizon, the lone cowboy, a silhouette against a quickly dimming sky, slowly returns home in “Cowboy and Sunset”. Expressively preserving the beauty of a vanishing Western landscape, this photo proudly depicts the rugged, tradition-bound breed of men who live and work on it. From Ewing Galloway’s collection of striking, historical photographs, “Cowboy and Sunset” will stunningly complement Western décor.

Fredrick Remington


Love Her

Cindy Walker


A view of the tombstone of songwriter Cindy Walker in the Mexia cemetery in Mexia, Texas, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007. Mexia considers Walker, an award-winning country song writer who died last year at 88, to be their most famous resident, not celebrity Anna Nicole Smith.

solitude

Mike

Hearth

Charles Goodnight Statue

Cindy Walker


Singer, Songwriter. What a face! Se wrote a song called bubbles in my beer which I need to find because what a great title. And she wrote you don't know me with Eddy Arnold which is a classic. Bing Crosby discovered her. And Willie has covered some of her tunes. A song called it's all your fault, which again I think is a really brilliant song title.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Lonesome Dove Museum

http://alkek.library.txstate.edu/swwc/ld/ldexhibit.html

Buy the book of photographs

http://alkek.library.txstate.edu/spec-coll/ldbook.htm

SAN ANTONIO!

S.A. hosting 'Lonesome Dove's' 20th with stars galore
By
Jeanne Jakle
on Jan 13, 09 03:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

LonesomeDoveposter.jpgCalling all "Lonesome Dove" fans! Here's something that could even beat, as Gus McCrae might put it, a good poke or swift kick to a pig:

San Antonio will be the setting for a meaty, star-studded, two-day celebration of the 20th anniversary of one of TV's most beloved and successful miniseries, "Lonesome Dove."

Among those expected to attend: the man who started it all, Pulitizer Prize-winning novelist Larry McMurtry, along with the man who turned the epic book into an Emmy-winning miniseries, Bill Wittliff.

In addition, principal cast members of the 1989 mini are expected to be on hand: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Anjelica Huston, Diane Lane, Chris Cooper, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder and Glenne Headley.
Every dollar raised will benefit the extraordinary Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos.
The celebration is a while off (Oct. 2 and 3), but you may want to mark your calendars, notify your relatives and save your pennies.
Events planned include a gala party, dinner and "Lonesome Dove" symposium in Trinity University's Laurie Auditorium that will consist of two separate panel discussions with actors from the miniseries.
There may even be a San Antonio Symphony concert built around "Lonesome Dove's" haunting and majestic music.
According to the event's contact, Beverly Fondren, several of the events, including the stellar panel discussions, will be open to the public and reasonably priced.
She also said the celebration is in real need of generous supporters and underwriters. For information on how to get involved, call Beverly at (512) 245-9058 or e-mail her at b.fondren@txstate.edu.
Another heads-up: A three-year traveling exhibition of "Lonesome Dove" photographs by Wittliff is being organized in conjunction with the anniversary celebration. Many of these wistful and dramatic images, such as this one of Duvall, robertduvall.jpgwill be on display at the Witte Museum from October through March 2010.The Wittliff Collections were founded by Texas native Wittliff and his wife, Sally. They are dedicated to furthering and preserving the very best of Texas and Southwestern culture.
Among the collections' holdings are the near-complete production archives for TV's "Lonesome Dove." These include original costumes, props, set designs, screenplay drafts and film dailies representing every printed take made on set.
For more information, go to www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu.