June 2015

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: In 1999 I read that Ken Kesey was going to England in search of Merlin. I called my friend, Nancy Hamren, and asked her to talk her friend out of this debacle. I had met Ken on several occasions, and had been on ‘The Bus’ in the Eugene Celebration Parade.…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: The venture that led to the run-in with Belle and her Anarchist friends, began with my attempt to save the homes and cottages on Columbia. Here is a video of me coming down from the hills on 19th. to where I once lived. Kevin was my neighbor. We had a little…

After I posted this on FOE’s planning committee site, I saw that eight people had looked at my post, but not one made a comment, or, gave me a thumbs up. Festival of Eugene I knew then, the jig was up. I had met Krysta face to face in the park. We never lay eyes…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Belle Burch and I would have made great allies in that we were both advocates for the homeless. That’s my yellow Toyota in the pictures taken at OCCUPY Eugene. I love the child wondering about the make your own sign station. Consider Pan’s Labyrinth… “There will be signs!” The gentleman…

La Belle Rose by Jon Gregory Presco Dedicated to my Muse, Belle Burch Poetry is the Truth When I was a gifted youth I do not recall if I studied the artist Sandro Botticelli. When a man I wrote my version of ‘The Birth of Venus’ and did a painting of my muse coming out…

Some good questions: Do the citizens of Eugene know their celebration was taken over by OCCUPY? Did Anand Holtham-Keathley know his son and his girlfriend would go to jail if they trespass in the city managers office? Why didn’t this psychiatric nurse go with Ambrose, Belle, and nine others – to jail? How did OCCUPY…

One just has to wonder whether Krysta Abert is a man after it made this statement; “You are a crazy man, un-medicated who harasses women and quite frankly, I out man you in every way. That being said you are a complete waste of my time, Indeed, you are a waste of anyones time you spend…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: When I first saw photographs of Trayvon, and heard how he was gunned down for what looks like racial reasons, I thought about the two black football players for the Oregon Webfoots (later the Ducks) who were not allowed to go to Florida and compete against the Florida Gators, for…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: “This brouhaha involves the chief executive of the corporation. Whether Denne Sweeney or Dr. Hodges is commander-in-chief has no great impact on the affairs of the organization. The overwhelming majority have no clue what’s going on,” he said. As for an ideological split, Massey said, “I think the vast majority…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: This morning I discovered ‘The Order of the Confederate Rose’ the woman’s branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans that was run by my kindred, Anthony Hodges, until Denne Sweeney and his neo-Confederate radicals took over. Governor Rick Perry met with Sweeney, and gave his blessing, as he did the…