August 2011

I debated whether or not to keep this blog free of the prophetic posts that filled my google blogs that were taken down for unknown reasons. As a theologian I have been warning my fellow Americans and the world about the rise of the Christian-right, the South, and Neo-Nazis. Both my father and brother were…

This morning I talked with my sister Vicki for thee hours on the phone. Our conversation began with I telling her about the movie THE HELP that will premeire tomorrow. We then talked about our black nanny, Lena, who was like our second mother – even our real mother. In recalling how Lena used to…

The bones of female were found in an old Oddfellows Hall. Inside was a black wooden box. Curious, Wallace tugged it from its dark resting place. A white shroud appeared. Then leathery ribs. Then white candles. “It was like a Dracula movie,” Wallace said. “The top of the skull was covered, but you could see…

The French Huguenot cemetery in Berlin lies next to the Dorthean cemetary where the Family Stuttmeisters are buried. However, there is some confusion. The Rosamond family sprang from the Huguenots. When Vicki Presco was asked if she wanted her mother buried next to her father, she exclaimed; “Heavens no! They will fight!” The Berlin Wall…

I found a video of the Dorotheenstadt cemetery this morning. The Stuttmeister family are placed at the entrance. Millions of Berliners have walked past their grave. They appear to be kin to Dorothea von Holstein Glücksburg, Second Wife of the Elector Frederick William, the “Great Elector”, or, they adopted their names in order to honor…

A curator for the Oakland Museum called me yesterday and asked me to e-mail him the photograph of my kinfolk having a picnic in the Oakland Hills. I had just returned from Dot Dotsons in Eugene where Jo framed a enlargement of this historic event in a antique frame I purchased. She did a splendid…

Two weeks ago, my daughter Heather and I discussed what will become of my remains when I die. As my Trustee she has power of attorney. She told me her mother was a member of the Neptune Society and will be cremated by them, her ashes spread upon the surface of the sea. As fate…