Some friends have been encouraging me to post some older portraits that are not yet on my website.  A couple of years ago I was invited by Golf Pro Ken Raynor to photograph the George H.W. Bush Cape Arundel Celebrity Golf Classic at Cape Arundel Golf Course in Kennebunkport, Maine.  The Classic benefits Gary’s House of Mercy Hospital.  The celebrities golfing at the tournament were former NHL defenseman Eric Weinrich and 5 time Olympic Gold Medalist Bonnie Blair. I talked with both Bonnie and Eric and they both agreed to let me do a portrait of them to use for a future photography exhibit.  Eric is now Assistant Coach of the Portland Pirates AHL team and shown here is Ken Raynor giving a tour to Bonnie Blair.

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Today I went to Jackie Gleason’s Mausoleum at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery with my friend Ashley.  Ash told me he had been wanting to visit Jackie‘s grave since moving here 13 years ago but Jackie is buried way out near the everglades on the west side of Miami and Ashley doesn’t drive.  So I offered to drive and I’m glad I did because I have fond memories of my Dad watching Jackie on TV when I was a kid and laughing late at night.  I wasn’t expecting much because of how far out the cemetery is but was pleasantly surprised to find a beautiful, quiet, walled and well landscaped area.  Also surprising was how classy Jackie’s mausoleum is–all marble, tastefully done and rather simple.  The only wording anywhere on the entire mausoleum besides his name and dates was the following favorite saying on the front and back steps: “AND AWAY WE GO”  Definitely worth a little side-trip if you are a Gleason fan.  And I was surprised at how few people actually visit his grave–the secretary at the cemetery office said he gets visitors only about once a month.  So, he’s probably lonely–go visit him.