The Mark Twain Cave Gift Shop ordered "I have friends in low
places" T-shirts. When they came in I was the first to have one
because Garth Brooks is one of my all time favorites. I dug down through
the pile and pick up a second shirt only much larger of course. I was
secretly hoping I could get it and a letter to him (and not a fan club
office that he would never see) and I did! The shirt laid on my desk
for several weeks and finally someone came into my office and ask me what I was
going to do with that shirt and I told him. He said he knew his home
address! Very skeptical, I sent it to the address. About 4-5 days
he called the cave as my letter was written on letterhead stationery.
We had the best conversation at least 5 minutes and talked about a variety of
things. He was home at that time because his youngest daughter has just
graduated from high school. So in a short thank you note I sent my cell
phone number as he visits his brother who lives about 2.5 hours from
here. I told him if he ever brought the family up to Mark Twain Cave I
did not want to be at the bank or post office and miss him. You never
know.
So now I have my nerve up and sent a letter to Jay Leno. It
has recently been announced that he has won the Mark Twain Prize for Humor and
will be honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He will be
speaking at a small college in St. Louis and I have invited him to come here to
get a little background on Mark Twain. Again, you never know.
Linda
Coleberd
Mark
Twain Cave
Missouri
