Clay Russell – Page 10 – On interesting people, places, food and things

I never liked soup, and in my thirties I made it my mission to find out why. What was it about soup? What…

Hollywood Park, our neighborhood, lay about 12 miles from downtown on the extreme northern edge of the city. Hollywood Park in 1970 was…

I was 25 when I took my first vacation by myself. I lived in Chicago at the time and thought it would be…

There are people who are good with names and there are people who are not. I am one of those people who are…

Last night’s dream has me perplexed but no more than usual; I’m surprised by neither the content of my dreams nor their occurrence…

It’s been hot in southwest Mississippi lately. It’s been hot in southwest Mississippi for approximately the last 22,000 years but I’m concerned with…

What I am about to share is not by way of confession because I am not ashamed of it. It simply is a…

I live far away from Jim Russell geographically but we trade emails a lot and we talk now and then and I think…

On December 23, 1989 Mama and I had dinner at Chasen’s in Beverly Hills. It doesn’t exist anymore but was quite the Hollywood…

If you know me you might know that I own 200 Sinatra records. You might know that during high school I bought a…