Water, Water Everywhere

Hooker Falls
Yesterday I awoke to a beautiful morning and an anxious dog. So Benito and I got in the car and headed to the DuPont State Forest to see three waterfalls in a matter of a couple of hours. Benito was smiling the whole time except for having to sit in the back...which he hates to do. However, all was forgiven when he was allowed to smell new smells and see some waterfalls.

There were kayakers actually going over Hooker Falls! Benito and I thought they were nuts. Didn't we Benito? Triple Falls

Benito and I came home and collapsed. Me watching Oprah.
He agrees. A perfect day. He would've loved to have
seen a squirrel or something, but I think he was content to
dream. If you haven't seen these falls...go! What a great hike!







High Falls

Good night, Wendy

Wendy Wasserstein has passed away. A strong voice in the theatre. She gave us sparkling women with dimensions and curves and with real problems. Their conflicts were everyone's conflicts. Not just women's. The striving to live a good life: alone or with someone. The ruminations on family. Living an intelligent life without shame. She showed us women who struggled with choices. Men who struggled with women who struggled. She'll be missed.

She also had skill, talent and a great laugh. Everything a playwright should have.

She said one time when she was in rehearsals for the Heidi Chronicles that she was fretting about the production. Full of anxitety. The director turned to her and said go home and write a play. She realized that was exactly what she should be doing and wrote "The Sisters Rosensweig".

I'll miss her plays and her laugh.

I'll miss her voice. Good night, Wendy. *click on picture for Chicago Sun-Times obit

Doing the Charleston

Over MLK weekend Hunt and I went to visit his sister Terese and her family on the beautiful Isle of Palms. One of the islands in Charleston Harbor. Her home overlooks the Intercoastal Water Way and Goat Island. Here people live without city services and take their kids to school in boats.

Full of history, neighboring Sullivan's Island was where the slaves and the pestillence houses existed. Edgar Allan Poe was stationed at Fort Moultrie. I walked around and thought about him: drunk, crazed, young and foolish. Fort Moultrie was also where General set out to occupy Fort Sumpter under the cover of night. Also, the crew of the Hundley cast off from here. Their confederate submarine sunk off the coast with all its crew lost. They have recently raised it and it's on display in Charleston.

We walked Fort Sumter and from their you can see where the 54th Massachusetts took its last steps. This is the subject of the movie GLORY with Denzel Washington. I wasn't a bit disappointed. The fort is where the civil war began and it's haunting.

We also walked the Battery and Rainbow Row. The houses here date back to the Revolution. If you saw Mel Gibson's THE PATRIOT, you might recognize this part of Charleston.

My favorite part of the trip? The crab cakes! Oh, my...Especially at 82 Queen Street. The best crab cake in Charleston! Click on the courtyard picture for the recipe.

Thanks to Terese and her family for making our stay comfortable and entertaining!

The Hike

This is Moore Cove falls. You can walk behind this falls and hike up to some smaller and higher falls.


Yesterday it got up to 60 degrees! In January. A beautiful, warm, bluebird, winter's day. So I decided to go for a hike with Benito and Hunt. We went to see some of the waterfalls on HWY 276 in Transylvania County on the way to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

This is Looking Glass falls. You can pull off the road and park and walk to the bottom. Much higher than pictured here.

Benito is such a good hiker and climber for a dog. He had no problem going up to the higher falls. A good climber. I slipped on some mud a bit coming down. Benito and Hunt didn't have a bit of trouble.

This is sliding rock falls. A popular place in the summer as pictured here. When we went there wasn't a soul there and we sat at the bottom on the little dock.

Then we went to the Carl Sandburg NHS(Coonemara) in Flat Rock. Benito enjoys the goats and shakes all over when he sees them.

Then we went and ate Chinese Food. THE END.

More pictures from Loggerheads

Tim Kirkman with Bonnie Hunt and another actress from the movie.

Above is the character, Mark, whom the film revolves around.


Bonnie Hunt stars in Loggerheads. Shot in Asheville. Joanne Pankow is here playing a bartender. Joanne is a lovely local actress that you've probably seen in lots of movies. She knows one of my favorite actresses, Celia Weston.

I've promised some more photos from the movie Loggerheads! Here they are! Tess Harper and Chris Sarandon are two more stars from the movie.

Tim Kirkman folks. Director of "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me" and "Dear Jesse". Native North Carolinian and resident of New York and LA.