Saturday, November 15, 2025
Quite some time ago I took note of the fact that my father's hometown (yesterday's post) was just a stone's throw from Lynchburg, Tennessee, location of the Jack Daniels' Distillery, so I vo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:36AM[SHARE]Friday, November 14, 2025
Today's new Travalanche posts for November 14, 2025 are about inventor and painter Robert Fulton, and a look at my dad's hometown in middle Tennessee. Earlier Travalanche posts for November …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:36PM[SHARE]Proceeding ahead from yesterday's post… As intended, this particular stop was to be the Jewel in the Crown of the experience, and will likely also be the longest post in the series. Nearly…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:32PM[SHARE]This post is an outgrowth of my recent one on Benjamin West. In putting that one together I learned the surprising fact that Robert Fulton (1765-1865), whom many of us have known about since…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 13, 2025
Today's new Travalanche posts for November 13, 2025 are about Robert Sterling (the tv version of Topper), and a look at Tallulah Bankhead's hometown (and my great-grandfather's), Huntsville,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:32PM[SHARE]To pick up where we left off " the next stop in our Odyssey was Hunstville, Alabama, just a couple of hours south of Nashville. "The Rocket City"? you may well ask, based on the sign above. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:18PM[SHARE]We have taken a trip to the silver mines this morning, discovering a lode of unsuspected ore in the life and career of Robert Sterling (William S. Hart, 1917-2006). I say "unsuspected" becau…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Today's new Travalanche posts for November 12, 2025 are about character actor Liam Dunn and and the culture of the Southern frontier as transmitted through the museums of Nashville. Earlier …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:32PM[SHARE]Here's a mind-blower and no mistake: character actor Liam Dunn (1916-1976) was only 59 years old at the time of his death! During his heyday, the last ten years of his life, audiences surely…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PM[SHARE]Part Two of our extended series on our recent heritage trip, as well as Part Two of our visit to Nashville. The hijinx we reported in yesterday's post about Nashville music and nightlife was…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Today's new Travalanche posts for November 11, 2025 are about Rob Riggle (and his connection to both Veteran's Day and September 11), Millicent Patrick (Creature from the Black Lagoon), "mys…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:36PM[SHARE]As promised yesterday, we embark on a chronicle of our Southern Sojourn, which commenced in the beating heart of Tennessee, its capital Nashville. (Do I sound like James Fitzpatrick's Travel…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:36PM[SHARE]I was led to this story by an unusual route. I really liked a song that was used on the wonderful Hulu series Dying for Sex, which came out earlier this year. The song was "The Earth Won't H…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AM[SHARE]November 11 is Veteran's Day; it also happens to be the book release date for a memoir by a vet, Rob Riggle's Grit, Spit, and Never Quit: A Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life. Riggle is also …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AM[SHARE]An extraordinary Hollywood movie professional has been enjoying a belated if posthumous day in the sun, and her life is so remarkable it fills me with delight simply to report it. Milicent P…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AM[SHARE]Monday, November 10, 2025
Today's new Travalanche post for November 10, 2025 is the start of a new series on my recent travels throughout the South. Earlier Travalanche posts for November 9 (in no particular order) i…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:54PM[SHARE]Forgive an old soldier, won't ye? I just passed a milestone birthday two days ago, one so significant and potentially traumatic that I'm on day ten of self-coddling. This impending series of…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 9, 2025
Today (November 9) is the closing day of Asheville's centennial celebration of a seminal series of recording sessions that took place in that city during August 1925, which featured such pio…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:06PM[SHARE]Today's new Travalanche posts for November 9, 2025 are about Earlier Travalanche posts for November 9 (in no particular order) include ones on the Gentry Brothers Circus and some seminal 192…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:06PM[SHARE]November 9 was the natal day of circus impresario Henry B. Gentry (1864-1940). Gentry was a farm boy who lived with his large family on a spread outside Bloomington, Indiana. When the Van Am…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 8, 2025
Today's new Travalanche post for November 8, 2025 is about British actress Angela Scoular. Earlier Travalanche posts for November 8 (in no particular order) include ones on: Some Famous and …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:18PM[SHARE]Angela Scoular (1945-2011) turned 20 the day I was born; it's hard not to feel a bond with someone when there's a correspondence like that. As it turns out, that period was to be the peak of…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:36AM[SHARE]Friday, November 7, 2025
Today's new Travalanche post for November 7, 2025 is about Joni Mitchell and a can of worms she opened. Earlier Travalanche posts for November 7 (in no particular order) include ones on: It'…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AM[SHARE]Joni Mitchell (b. 1943) was born on November 7. Unlike some of my friends (all of them singers, and all of them female) I know very little of Joni Mitchell's music apart from her hit singles…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 6, 2025
Today's new Travalanche post for November 6, 2025 is about rock musician, movie actor, and murderer Bobby Beausoleil. Earlier Travalanche posts for November 6 (in no particular order) includ…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:54AM[SHARE]November 6 is the birthday of murderous Manson Family member Bobby Beausoleil (b. 1947). I'm not here to celebrate the man's life, by any means, but I just wanted to point out some areas whe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Today's new Travalanche post for November 5, 2025 is about silent movie child star Baby Marie. Earlier Travalanche posts for November 5 (in no particular order) include ones on: Hats Off wit…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AM[SHARE]Thus far we have told you of Baby Peggy, Baby Leroy, and even Baby Rose Marie on this all-encompassing universal Ur blog! Today we tell a tale of yet ANOTHER baby! Can there be more babies? …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Today's new Travalanche post for November 4, 2025 is about Ralph Spence (The Gorilla). Earlier Travalanche posts for November 4 (in no particular order) include ones on: Will Rogers Joe Fris…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:06PM[SHARE]Little is known about the origins of Ralph Spence (1890-1949), but by the mid '20s he had earned a reputation as Hollywood's most highly paid and best known title writer, and was highly valu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:31AM[SHARE]Monday, November 3, 2025
Today's new Travalanche post for November 3, 2025 is about the life and death of Hungarian Jewish silent comedian Charles Puffy. Earlier Travalanche posts for November 3 (in no particular or…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PM[SHARE] 
