Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was a favorite of Larry’s and mine. Listen to it here. Larry and I were both fans and, when Otis died tragically at age 26, we mourned his early death. We weren’t the only ones, as the song’s popularity skyrocketed it to the top of the Billboard charts. I’m certainly not the only one in my family with a gift for storytelling. Larry identified with Redding’s “Dock of the Bay” and I remember him telling me about it. One of his favorite … [Read more...]
Honoring Our Fathers
1st Lt. James L. Hull (Larry) December 28, 1945 - February 19, 1971 I dedicated my book Where the Water Meets the Sand to my daughter Laura and her father, Larry. Laura doesn’t remember Larry because he deployed to Vietnam during the summer of 1970, and on February 19, 1971, his plane crashed and he was killed while on a combat mission. Twelve days later, Laura turned two years old. Many years later, when his remains were finally repatriated to American soil and he was buried at … [Read more...]
