Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, I got to stay up late to see Neil Armstrong take his big step into history. He was on the surface of the moon; I was at the cottage on the shore of Lake Huron on the Bruce peninsula — where I am now as I write this.
Have to agree with colleague David Bianculli of TV Worth Watching that the 1969 moon landing was “the best TV show I ever saw in my life.”Neil Armstrong, who died today at 82, was the biggest star on or off the planet that summer. It was July 20, 1969, and–like every July–I was up at
Meant to post up here a few times this weekend, but, damn, summer finally snuck in under the wire at the completely unplugged cottage by the lake. The view west Sunday night toward Huron Fishing Islands’ Whitefish, Cigar and Lonely from Rutherford’s Point. Simply incredible.