One of the featured panelists is my double cousin, Rusty Mitchum. His father was one of my mother's brothers, and one of the funniest men I ever met. He had the Texas knack of telling a story that got better every time he told it and no matter how many times you heard it. Rusty's mother was one of my father's sisters, and she was a talented writer. Rusty inherited their gifts. The paragraph below the photo is taken from the program for the writer's conference in Tyler this weekend.
Rusty emails me his column each week. Hiss wife and I have been encouraging him to publish a volume of his best columns. They are worth preserving and sharing.
Rusty emails me his column each week. Hiss wife and I have been encouraging him to publish a volume of his best columns. They are worth preserving and sharing.
Rusty Mitchum
Rusty Mitchum is a long time friend of ours and the writer of a
humorous column for several periodicals. He also is an accomplished
musician and song writer. Always popular at festivals and events around
Texas, Rusty is quite a character. Do yourself a favor and make sure
you make time to meet him and pick his brain on how he comes up with the
hilarious columns he writes!
5 comments:
They grow em talented in your family, Michael!!!
My younger brother, Ted, has published articles of a professional nature in the environmental field. I don't know if Rusty's sister has ever published anything. At any rate, the four of us inherited genes from both the Dodd and Mitchum lines. We like to think it is a winning combination! In all humility, of course.
I would like to meet him indeed
When I sent Rusty a note congratulating him on his participation in this event, he wrote back that it was nothing to brag about. "They wanted a humor writer and got me instead."
Thanks Cuz. Now I've hit the big time; bein' on your blog and all. Holler the next time your down. We'll go out and eat again.
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