On the Edge

Tuesday Reads

A jockey did double duty by not just riding his mount, but also acting as an outrider and catching a horse who lost its rider.

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Trump has a plan for the midterms, and it is best to be warned about it in advance.

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Obituary: This is interesting: Actor Jon Cypher actually spent his final years near where I live, in Central Point, Oregon. This is where he died last Monday, August 3. He was 94 years old and had been a successful actor in movies and especially television for many years. I remember from years ago when he had a regular role in the soap As the World Turns. He played Dr. Alexander Keith on the show, but he was on there more than three times. AI is wrong here. He played the role in 1978-1979. As I recall, he was the love interest of Valerie Conway, played by Judith McConnell.

The Hollywood Reporter:

Cypher was a virtual unknown when he was cast as the prince alongside rising British star Andrews in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s original musical adaptation of Cinderella. The lavish production, which aired live and in color on CBS in March 1957, attracted more than 107 million viewers, with more than 60 percent of U.S. households tuning in.

Cypher, however, is probably best known for his run as the calculating, bureaucratic Daniels on Hill Street Blues. On 71 episodes of the acclaimed NBC hit from 1981-87, Daniels frequently clashed with Daniel J. Travanti’s Capt. Frank Furillo, prioritizing politics and budgets over doing the right thing.

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Jon is going to be buried today in the Ashland wilderness through one of those "compost" type burials. He will be buried at the Willow Witt Ranch, which is located near Grizzly Peak. It is a very pretty area. You can find the link to the Forest Conservation Burial Ground site here.

It appears he lived in a retirement center at the Twin Creeks subdivision in Central Point. At least that is what is showing in an online search. He was married to scientist Carol Rosin since 1986.

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Lake of the Woods Pictures

The other day, I went with a small group and escaped the smoke in the valley and went to Lake of the Woods, located between Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon. A few pictures:

Some Reads for Sunday

Obit: Singer and actress Abbe Lane, 93, died this past April but her death wasn't announced until this weekend. She died from natural causes. Her real name was Abigail Francine Lassman.

Snip:

In 1952, she married Cuban bandleader Xavier Cugat at the age of 16 (he was 49 years old at the time). Lane, who spoke four languages, fronted his Latin music orchestra until their divorce in 1964. She went on to remarry theatrical agent Perry Leff shortly after, and the couple had two sons, Steven and Andrew. Perry died in 2020.

Along with her work on-screen, Lane also made headlines for her suggestive comments about fellow Hollywood actresses, including her now iconic, “Jayne Mansfield may turn boys into men, but I take them from there.”

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Oregon Caves Pictures

A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Oregon Caves National Monument, located near Cave Junction in southern Oregon. It was the first time I have been there since the centennial of its designation in 2009. Here are a few pictures of that trip: