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3rd & 4th July, 2010 Rod McKuen at the Hollywood Autograph Show		Boots & Rod. Photographed by Edward, May 2010. ©2010 By Stanyan Music Group. All Rights Reserved A Thought for Today Haven't been there, haven't done that. Yet. But I’m willing to wear the Tee Shirt. TO BEGIN WITH Happy Birthday America! A little bruised; a little battered we made it through another year. LIBERTY Oh freedom you have come on time for some of us. You have opened heads that birds can fly through. You have rigged the stars in such a way that they are now accessible to every man. The dream is close enough for each of us to grasp and love is but a handclasp off. We missed nothing in all those years we termed of bondage we termed freedom. Or did we? How could we know that comets could be blown apart so easily. - from Another Beautiful Day, 1988 Click on the Stanyan House logo to buy Rod McKuen books, CD's and lots more Click on the heart logo to subscribe to the Rod McKuen mailing list Catch Rod McKuen live! Click on the links below for details of concerts and appearances. ROD McKUEN CONCERTS ROD McKUEN APPEARANCES



		Saturday 3 July Roger Ailes o Alan Autry o Laura Branigan o Betty Buckley o Earl Butz o George M. Cohan o Michael Cole o Tom Cruise o Brigatte Fassbinder o Pete Fountain o Walt Garrison o Thomas Gibson o Roger Horchow o Franz Kafka o Dorothy Kilgallen o Carlos Kleiber o Johnny Lee o Johnny Palmer o Susan Peters o Geraldo Rivera o Ken Russell o George Sanders o Tom Stoppard o Montel Williams Sunday 4 July INDEPENDENCE DAY (USA) Louis Armstrong o Lawrence P. Ashmead o Stephen Boyd o Irving Caesar o Calvin Coolidge o Stephen Foster o Giuseppe Garibaldi o Rube Goldberg o Virginia Graham o Nathanial Hawthorne o Ann Landers o Gertrude Lawrence o Gina Lollobrigida o Louis B. Mayer o Mitch Miller o George Murphy o Jeannie Pierce o Geraldo Rivera o Tokoyo Rose o Eva Marie Saint o Neil Simon o George Steinbrenner o Gloria Stuart o Abigail Van Buren o Dennis Weaver o Bill Withers

		Make it your patriotic duty not to think of love of country and patriotism as a duty. The gladiator doesn't always need a battle, only a clean change of underwear. These days only truth is revolutionary.

COURAGE / for Dan Rather		Courage rises up against the darkest wave. It floats and flies beyond the foam. Part of the watermark of man that includes in no special order, kindness, strength, courtesy and gentleness. It stays somewhere between honesty and love. And is no less a part of what we are or should be than simplicity and straightforwardness continue as the hallmark of artistry and genius. Not to be aware of courage in others and the need for it within your own daily life is to cheat yourself or close yourself from truth. -from Rusting In The Rain, 2004

AND FINALLY

I know you won’t forget to remember the brave men and women of our country and those of our allies in harms way fighting two wars today.

Here’s a Happy Birthday shout out to Pete Fountain and Bill Withers. And another to Larry Ashmead, wherever you are. Sleep warm and please join me again on Monday.

Holmby Hills CA / 1055 PM PDST 2 July 2010

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