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Published January 3, 2019 Blog, Casey's Stories, Uncategorized Comments
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In the fall of 1973 during my second year of law school at the University of Southern California, as was the custom, I interviewed on campus for a summer clerkship with several Los Angeles law firms and was invited back for more extensive interviews to a few of them including the mid-sized corporate firm of […]

THE MOSCOW LETTERS

Published December 30, 2018 Blog Comments
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In August, we shared our experience of acknowledging the passing of ten years since the death of our son, Jimmy, and the ceremony we borrowed from Amor Tolles’ wildly successful book, A Gentleman in Moscow. The Tenth–and no mas A couple of months later, my wife Hilary bravely, courageously, wisely, intuitively…I could go on…reached […]

WHEN IS IT TOO LATE TO SEND A CONDOLENCE CARD?

Published December 5, 2018 Blog, Casey And Friends, Casey's Stories Comments
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WHEN IS IT TOO LATE TO SEND A CONDOLENCE CARD? Of course, the answer is “never.” That was my first thought when I received an email from a Rabbi in New York I have never met. But then, I realized this seemingly random connection had a much deeper and more profound meaning. I will pick […]

SOY CHRISTIAN

Published November 29, 2018 Blog, Casey And Friends Comments
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Soy Christian El 18 de mayo del 2016, mi padre sufrió un masivo derrame cerebral que lo dejó paralizado de la nariz para abajo con la única habilidad remanente de parpadear y mover sus ojos de arriba para abajo. Fue llevado a toda prisa a la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) de un hospital en […]

BRAVEHEART, INBREEDING AND ANOTHER FAMILY SHOULDER RUB WITH A U.S. PRESIDENT

Published November 27, 2018 Blog, Casey's Stories Comments
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Braveheart, Inbreeding and Another Family Shoulder Rub with a U. S. President-The Story of John M. Cameron, Ann Mayes Rutledge and Abraham Lincoln By Vernon Case Gauntt Introduction. It was November 1950, Los Angeles, and the occasion a wedding shower for Joan Louise Westlund and Stanford Ellis Case. Barbara Case Gauntt—Stan’s much beloved older […]

MARY SAWYERS SWAN COOK (1839-1924)

Published November 3, 2018 Blog, Casey's Stories Comments
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MARY SAWYERS SWAN COOK- The true story of a Pioneer Mother of California Introduction From The Willits News, May 4, 1923, A Pioneer Mother of the Golden State Immigration into California, in the early 1850’s, after the first flush and fever of the gold rush had abated, may not have quite the air of romance […]

A TOUCH IN TENNESSEE

Published October 30, 2018 Blog, Casey's Stories Comments
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A TOUCH IN TENNESSEE-AND THAT’S THAT Hilary and I just got back from a week in Nashville and Blackberry Farm (just outside Knoxville) with our great friends, Terri and Bill. Something pretty interesting happened on our second night in Nashville at our hotel. But first, some Backstory. Two weeks earlier Hilary and I were […]

YOU ARE AWESOME

Published September 2, 2018 Blog, Casey And Friends Comments
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Gregg, an old friend of mine—heck, come to think of it, most of my friends are old—shared this little video with our high school classmates. I love the message of the power and beauty of paying someone a compliment, acknowledging something good they have done, telling someone they are appreciated, loved; that they are […]

THE LIGHT BETWEEN US by Laura Lynne Jackson

Published August 30, 2018 Blog, Casey's Stories Comments
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The Light Between Us–More on Shoulder Taps and Entanglement and Other Such Stuff Our souls, ourselves, our experiences, our existence—these are not isolated in any way. The universe is not a place of separateness, it is a place of entanglement. We are connected to others in ways we cannot fathom. Laura Lynne Jackson, The Light […]

THE TENTH

Published August 19, 2018 Blog, Casey And Friends Comments
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It was at Idlehour in 1910 that Mishka first witnessed the Rostov’s long-standing tradition—of gathering on the tenth anniversary of a family member’s death to raise a glass of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles August 9, 2018 was Jimmy’s 10th Angel Date. It was surreal to have it feel like “it’s already […]

Write Me Something Beautiful Authors - Casey and Jimmy Gauntt

Casey Gauntt

is an attorney and senior executive of a major San Diego real estate company. He lives in Solana Beach, California, with his wife, Hilary. Casey grew up in Itasca, Illinois, graduated Lake Park High School in 1968, and received B.S., JD and MBA degrees from the University of Southern California.

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Jimmy Gauntt

was born and raised in Solana Beach and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 2002. A prestigious Trustee Scholar at the University of Southern California, he majored in English and Spanish. He authored six plays, five screenplays, and a multitude of poems and short stories. Beginning in 2010, the USC English Department annually bestows the Jimmy Gauntt Memorial Award—aka “The Jimmy”—to the top graduates in English. Jimmy passed over to the other side in 2008 at age 24.