I have been telling my story of serving as Doris Day’s personal secretary in the 1970s since my book Day at a Time: An Indiana Girl’s Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood and Beyond came out. It’s available on this… Read More »Not all stories about Doris Day are public information. . .
Ever since my book Day at a Time – An Indiana Girl’s Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood & Beyond came out in late 2007, I have had the opportunity to share my sentimental journey as Doris Day’s secretary with… Read More »A “Sentimental Journey Tea” to honor Doris Day and her secretary-author
Doris was talking in her usual generous and sharing way with two of us young admirers there in the 1970s at Bailey’s Bakery in Beverly Hills. It was a couple of years before I would become her personal secretary. We… Read More »Doris Day at Bailey’s Bakery on Christian Science: More
I have been a fan of Doris Day since I was about 10 years old after seeing her in “Calamity Jane” at a theater in Indianapolis. As I got into my teens I began reading and buying movie magazines to… Read More »My Brief Encounter with Christian Science: Author of Day at a Time: An Indiana Girl’s Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood and Beyond blogs
Everyone here in Indy has Race Fever, with the 500 Mile Race celebrating its 100 year anniversary . It is consuming so much of the local news. I recently came across a photo from the mid-80s of me with famed Indy… Read More »A piece of Doris Day History bites the dust.
Ever since my first trip to California on August 15, 1965, I knew instinctively I wanted to move to Los Angeles and be with some newly acquired friends affectionately known as “The Day Gang.” Forty-eight years ago, on Monday, March… Read More »The “Day Gang,” Doris’s California fan club in the 1970s, welcomes a Hoosier fan with stars in her eyes
Mary Ann Barothy, author of Day at a Time: An Indiana Girl’s Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood and Beyond Closer magazine is a popular weekly “star” magazine which vows to take you “closer to the stars you love,”… Read More »I’m on the cover of a fan magazine??
Recently I came across an article on the internet entitled “Kathryn Kuhlman: Healing Evangelist Ministered to Millions.” Known for her electric personality, unique style of dress and for speaking in a deliberate voice, Kuhlman captivated audiences and frequently called out healings… Read More »DORIS DAY, BILLY DE WOLFE AND KATHRYN KUHLMAN
Happy Spring to everyone—at last. When a person writes a book, that author never knows where the book will lead. I wrote DAY AT A TIME – An Indiana Girl’s Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood and Beyond, in 2007… Read More »“QUE SERA, SERA”— From Book Author to Host of THE DORIS DAY HOUR
A Valentine’s story from the author of Day at a Time: An Indiana Girl’s Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood and Beyond Mary Anne Barothy Valentine’s Day is almost here, and this is the perfect time to blog about the… Read More »Double dating with Doris Day!