June 2012

After the Oakland Firestorm of 1991, Michael Harkins and I went to look at the burned out ruins of the Stackpole home. I met Michael when he was fifteen. Nancy Hamren, Keith Purvis, and myself, were invited by James Harkins to his father’s home on Skyline Blvd in 1965. Jeffery Harkins was about twelve. I…

I do not have to subscribe to or reject to any conclusions folks like Dan Brown exploited, because not one of these authors are Biblical scholars like myself. This is why they point to obscure artistic symbols and faint Biblical passages as proof there is a hidden bloodline that tried, or, has changed the world,…

After living in West Los Angeles for two years I became homesick for the Bay Area. In the summer of 64 I did a large painting, about, 40 X 60 inches. It was inspired by the duck hunting shacks in the mud flats to your right when you get on the Bay Bridge from Emeryville.…

Last night I read at Tsunami Books. No one told me it was going to be an erotic poetry slam. I brought Laura’s Glance and explained to the large audience that when I was growing up, when a couple got wet in black and white movies, it meant they were going to have sex. If…

“The principal tenants held dear by Odd Fellows are friendship, love, and truth (FLT). The principal Odd Fellows emblem is the three links, standing for the virtues of Friendship, Love, and Truth. The duties enjoined upon Odd Fellows are to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.” To hire…

William August Janke, the son of Carl August Janke of Belmont, lived in a Victorian house at 320 Haight St. a a block and a half from Fillmore St. Carl founded what may be the oldest theme park in America that catered to members of the Odd Fellows who lived in San Francisco. Carl Janke…

There is a contest to determine which is the oldest house in San Francisco. The two Tanforan cottages in the Mission district were considered the oldest, but, the Treat house is a recent contender. “Tanforan cottages, you have met your match. Mission Loc@l reports on the discovery what is perhaps the oldest house in San…

I met Elmer ‘Big Bones’ Remmer when I was fifteen. He and his wife (or girlfriend) looked like Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, they both having white hair. They walked into our home on San Sebastian Avenue, our benefactor wanting to meet the children of their employee. Rosemary ( a made woman?) was working for…

When I was around fifteen Rosemary began telling me Victor Presco was a “made man”. Around this time my mother was working for Big Bones Remmer. Vicki said Rosemary told her she was editing film, she cutting and splicing erotic scenes. This would make Rosemary a pioneer in the porno industry, and a porno star,…

Above is a photo of my favorite bar in Oakland ‘The Hut’. I almost got shot here. I was talking to some young punk who claimed his father was the Mafia, and, so was he. He tried to muscle me, impress me as we sat at a table. I told him he was full of…