April 2013

The estate given by the nation to Marlborough for the new palace was the manor of Woodstock, sometimes called the Palace of Woodstock, which had been a royal demesne, in reality little more than a deer park. Legend has obscured the manor’s origins. King Henry I enclosed the park to contain the deer. Henry II…

Queen Eleanore the wife of King Henry, whom Wace presented his Roman de Rou, saw herself as Penthesilea who worshiped the goddess Artemus, the Greek Diana. Penthesilea sided with the Trojans ad was killed by Achilles. Eleanore rode about on a white horse as Penthesilea bidding folks to go on Crusade. Eleanore went on Crusade…

I just got off the phone with Wendy, a student at the University of Nebraska who works in the gift shop of museum in Morrill Hall which I had googled. I asked Wendy how long the life-size statue off the mammoth had been in front of the museum. “I don’t remember it being there as…

I think I have a winner with this sentence; “Charles is my avatar that I will employ against my enemies as I promenade through their mundane minds, full of fake love for the chiffon Jesus, and a six pack of beer.” Jon The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Where “WWW” means “Wretched Writers Welcome” Home Contest Winners…

In the Roman de Brut by Wace, Brutus of Troy falls asleep before a statue of the goddess Diana in her abandoned temple and has a dream of the island he is destined to settle. This land is Britian. On the grounds of Blenhiem Palace there is a temple for the goddess Diana where Winston…

Happy Birthday my Grandson! Tyler Hunt is eight years of age today. The name Brutus means “foolish”. This is key, for Brutus of Troy is depcited by Wace in his Roman de Brut, as the primary founder of the British Empire. Here is an old post. Tyler is three years old. Wagner’s spelling of Parsifal…

Today I hired a new attorney to help me with my crisis over the new monies due me from the Rice Trust that could render me homeless. But, alas I have someone on my team – and I might be going to Europe! Hurrah! As for the Toyota I tried to give to Michael Dundon…

It’s official! Hollis Lee Williams is my adopted Veteran Son! Hurrah! Above is Hollis’ genealogy, and I believe his parents, Freeman Williams, and Ethel Berry. Welcome to the most exciting genealogy on the internet! Well done! Is that a photo of Hollis on the wall? John Presco Proud Step-Father

Today at 1:30 P.M. I will be seeing an attorney in order to DISINHERIT my daughter, Heather Hanson, and make Jennifer Dundon, my Heir. I do this because my daughter is stupid, and Jennifer is a Historian. I can’t take our amazing family history with me, and my daughter hates my history. I have very…

I am kin to Sir James Montgomery of Rosemount via Hon. Mary Stewart the daughter of William Stewart. Perhaps the actress, Flora Anne Selina Montgomery, got her name from a flower…….the rose? I have been shunned, made out to be mad, by my kindred because I dare dally with a floral name when it comes…