May 2015

When I wrote ‘Elfine’ in 1986, I didn’t know Ivan meant John. Ivan is the father of Elfine who is sixteen when she came into his life. My daughter was sixteen when I first lay eyes on her. Ivan is a Russian astronaut who goes on a join mission to the cat planet Felinia and falls in…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: When all is said is done, I am probably over-qualified to be a father and a grandfather. Funny, critics of The Da Vinci Code say the same thing about Jesus. Small world. Before my daughter came into my life I started collecting children’s books. I owned a old copy of…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: In 1986 I decided to become a writer and began ‘Elfine’. Elfine was born on a planet of cat-like humanoids, and was sired by Ivan who descends from famous Vikings. He is a Russian diplomat who travels to Felinia, the planet of felines. On his second trip, he brings his…

This morning I awoke and changed my routine. I turned on my television to get the morning news, instead of my computer, in time to hear Senator Lindsay Graham, blaming the President for all that has gone wrong in Iraq. Acting like the President, this delusional co-terrorist called for 10,000 U.S. troops to go back…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I just discovered this film that may be the West Coast’s answer to Woodstock. Mimi farina got remarried for this event. It was filmed by Baird Bryant who filmed ‘Gimme Shelter’ a film about Altamont that was the Hippie Doomsday. I was Chris Wandel’s roommate when Peter Shapiro dropped in…

Owning a true vision is a blessing and a curse. I have to remind myself of this every day. It has been more then three years since I have seen my grandson, Tyler Hunt, who will carry on this vision he will inherit. Lawrence Chazen is a Trustee for the Big Sur Land Trust. He was…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: “Meet my mortal enemy, Lawrence Chazen. He was Garth Benton’s good buddy and Vic’s private lender. Vic described Chazen as “a top financial advisor for the Getty family.” Chazen was investigated by Andrew Cuomo of HUD for loan sharking, he threatening to take the home from a black grandmother in…

Above is a faint drawing done by Blake titled ‘The Downfall of Fair Rosamond’. I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball: It will lead you in at Heavens gate, Built in Jerusalems wall. (E 231) “The myth of Ariadne may be the primary source for these lines,…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: King Henry may have married Fair Rosamond because she is kin to Rollo who made a blood-pact with the King of Franks, and Henry claimed much of France. Henry had real contacts with the Knight Templars. Not so the Sinclairs – except through Rosamond Clifford! I authored the following in…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: In 1997 I read ‘Fair Rosamond a study of the development of a literary theme’ by Virgil B. Heltzel. This book listed around 160 poems, novels, novelettes, and plays where Rosamond Clifford ‘Rose of the World’ is the subject. In the Templar groups I was evicted from, I claimed I…