Monthly Archives: November 2011

It was my kinfolk, John Fremont, that gave Nebraska its name. ‘The Pathfinder’ was the first to explore the Nowhere State from where Rena Christiansen hail. This is why you see a covered wagon on the route 66 sign above. … Continue reading →

“Creative directors naturally want their ads to be unique. But reality often intervenes. “They all want to go to Nowhere, Nebraska,” says car shooter Mickey McGuire, who dominated car advertising in the 1950s and ’60s. But human models are scarce, … Continue reading →

After sleeping in a tent in the backyard of a friend for a few days, I purchased a 1950 Dodge Coronet, and off Rena and I did ride to the top of Mount Tamalpias. We drove along the quiet road … Continue reading →

Before there were Hippies, there were Folksingers in Washington Square Park in New York. In 1965, I lived in the Village and went to hear the Muse that began a new American Revolution. There is a ballad to be sung … Continue reading →

Christine Rosamond Presco married Garth Benton, the cousin of the Regional Artist, Thomas Hart Benton, who painted the Ozark folk Royal Rosamond wrote about. In this union is joined all that Folklore that Al Capp made famous, plus the Dukes … Continue reading →

In looking at my Rosamond kinfolk’s names, and the list of books my grandfather, the humorist, authored, I realized I was beholding Al Capp’s Hillbilly people – the Real McCoys. Was Royal aware of the Lil Abner comic strip that … Continue reading →

In the fall of 1986, Sherri and I went to Grandma and Grandpa Nichols house to visit. Sherri had a family tree project for school that she needed to do. She was in first grade, so really it was a … Continue reading →

Royal was my mother’s father. He wrote several novels. He is a self-publisher. He owned Gem Publishing which I hereby revive under my banner Rosamond Press. John Presco President: Royal Rosamond Press Co. braskewitz@yahoo.com Title Ozark moonshiners Humor of the … Continue reading →

It was the season for figs when Jesus cursed the fig tree. I have solved many riddles, and come the Truth. Repent! John the Nazarite The Jubilee Messiah of the Poor, the Fatherless, the Alien, the Widow, and the Enslaved … Continue reading →

Barnabas 7:11 But what meaneth it, that they place the wool in the midst of the thorns? It is a type of Jesus set forth for the Church, since whosoever should desire to take away the scarlet wool it behoved … Continue reading →