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Rod on Maui, August 2003.
Photo by John Scoggins.
©2003 by Stanyan Entertainment.
A Thought for Today
A kiss can heal a wound but not a
fracture.
A CANCELLATION & THREE APPEARANCES.
As those of you who read The Flight Plan regularly know I’ve been tucked
away in the desert outside of Palm Springs for the last couple of weeks
completing a new book, Rusting in the Rain.
Rusting in the Rain was started years ago and put aside for one reason or
another several times over the years. Finally at my new manager (and old
friend), Chuck Ashman’s urging I was talked into completing it in time for
The Book Fair in Austin. I was scheduled to appear there, give a talk and
have a book signing on the 8th of November.
I did a lot of writing on ‘Rusting’ during my first week in Hawaii, while
my friend on the trip, Tom Truhe, left me alone as he completed reading
four biographies and autobiographies. Tom is the perfect friend and
traveling companion. He gets on with his life, I get on with mine and we
come together for plenty of fun even if I’m on a working vacation.
We both fell in love with Maui and if things go as they should Tom and I
will team up for a real vacation on that enchanted island next summer.
Fade out, fade in, after completing the run of Patricia Watson’s Soul
Mates I returned to the mainland and decided to head for the desert to
complete the book. Again I did a lot of writing but still ended up not
completing it to my own satisfaction. Time was running out in terms of
getting ‘Rusting’ to the printers in time to have finished books for
Austin. Remember, I was invited there to introduce the book.
Fortunately for me Chuck is a writer himself and he knows what the process
entails. I didn’t have to tell him that making a choice between publishing
something I wasn’t completely happy with in order to meet the Austin
deadline and taking a little more time to make it right was no contest.
My appearance in Austin has been cancelled, but all is not lost. Rusting
in the Rain will still be published before Christmas. I have about another
weeks work on it.
My apologies to those of you who had made plans to come to Austin; I’ll
make it up to you. On to some good news.
LIZA, STEPHANIE & TONY
Two weekend’s in a row I’ll be doing charity benefits in Los Angeles and
then I’m off to Branson to be part of a complimentary concert for Veterans
with Tony Orlando on Veteran’s Day Tuesday Morning November 11th in
Branson, Mo.
Before Branson comes an all star salute to songwriters Kander & Ebb
(Chicago, Cabaret etc.) I’m singing “My Coloring Book.” That takes place
on Saturday October 25th and it marks Liza’s return to performing (AC).
The following Saturday Night I join Clint Eastwood and another cast of
major performers in “From Broadway to Hollywood.” My friend Stephanie
Powers on behalf of The William Holden Wildlife Fund has engineered this
one. I’ve chosen to perform one of my all-time favorite Lerner & Lowe
compositions, “There But for You Go I” from Brigadoon.
On Monday and Tuesday I’ll give you the full details with links on how and
where to get tickets, cast lists, etc.
LITTLE TOWNS & PRETTY PLACES
An unexpected dividend came about while I have been hunting down various
incomplete manuscripts of Rusting in the Rain. I discovered two books I
had done extensive work on that I had forgotten all about. “Little Towns &
Pretty Places” and “The Comfort of Cities” were meant to be paperbacks
that comprised old and new poetry.
Each book was divided into about 15 chapters and I wrote a few paragraphs
of prose to introduce each section. None of this material has been
published before so for the next thirty weeks every Thursday and Friday
I’ll be introducing that prose along with one of the poems planed for the
books.
Sleep warm.
RM 10/102003 10:15 PM PDT
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