Dear Rowan,

It’s a chilly, rainy day in December 2020. I’m beginning my deep dive into research on the Barrymore family legacy and have found a rather interesting book based on Lionel Barrymore's tales of his cat Becky. Lionel himself did the illustrations. Benson Wheeler committed the tales to paper in honor of Lionel Barrymore, one of the greatest actors in the world.

One of the main goals for the Dear Rowan podcast is to leave life lessons, words of wisdom, reasons for hopefulness and even a cautionary tale from time to time. All of these based in the history of Cinemas Golden Age.

With this in mind there is a chapter “Canto One” in point of fact, which is very much in line with my parenting philosophy. That is to encourage you to reach for the stars, chase your dreams, put in the work and focus your efforts to achieve any goal you set your mind to.

With all my Love and Admiration,

Papa

P.S. 

C.J. This one's for you.