Monthly Archives: May 2014

When I first met Belle Burch in Ken Kesey Square, I told her about the poet Joaquin Miller who co-founded the Bohemian Club. “There’s such a thing?” she asked with glee! “Yes!” When Belle called me, and I told her … Continue reading →

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When Rena came out of that darkened doorway at 3:00 A.M. she did her best not to ask me to help her. Severely abused children often make a vow they will never cry for help,…

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In looking at the evidence, I have concluded Rena and I spent Christmas Day utterly alone. Well, not quite. Rena was composing her letter to me, thus I was with her. And, she was with…

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Eliza Spalding was the first white woman to cross the Rockies on what would be know as the Oregon Trail, that was explored and mapped by my kindred, John Fremont, who married Jessie Benton, the…

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I am going to do three things today… 1. Stretch and gesso a large canvas in order to do a portrait of my late sister 2. Contact my friend Joy about scanning the photos of…

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When I read the name “Rosemond” on the envelope of the letter Rena sent me, I wept for three minutes for many reasons. One being, I had a happy ending for my book I have…

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Note how much this poem by a woman is like my letter to Rena. Do women have make muses? Muses inspire. Rena agreed to inspire me. I never suggested we be lovers in my letter.…

The VA has been “gaming the system”. The question is, did the top people do this so they could collect their bonuses – MONEY! Jon Presco The e-mail outlined ways employees could manipulate the system to hide the fact that … Continue reading →

On May 1 of last year I was contacted by an executive producer of CBS News who had read my post about my late friend, Hollis Williams. Hollis did not complain that much about the treatment at the VA, but … Continue reading →

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In 1970, Rena told me about the time the Principle of Grand Island Senior High, brought her into his office and accused her of being too beautiful to be an Islander, and, he would have…