August 2015

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I’ve had five brother-in-laws, and, did not get along with any of them. The person whom I felt was my real brother-in-law, was Michael Dundon, because he was in love with my late sister. Michael treated me like family – to this very day. Yesterday I attended the Dundon Family…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Mazerati Sunset Rena and I sat on our hillside watching the western sky turn into a rainbow, and then beheld the first stars appear in the thalo blue richness of the sky. This was to be our last night on our mountain before we descend to the land of mortals…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I just called the Oregon Historic Society and tried to find out why some folks are saying the ‘My Oregon – You’re Oregon’ exhibit is “controversial”. I suspect it is because it doesn’t include any white-washed romantic notions from Christians, and promotes Rock and Roll via posters and guitars. Then…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Susan Benton Boilleau died in Paris. She gave birth to seven children of which there is no history, but for the artist, Philip Boilleau. Her husband, Charles Henri Philippe GAULDRÉE-BOILLEAU, was arrested for some railroad scheme involving his brother-in-law, John Fremont, why may have been blamed for Boilleau’s downfall. Jon…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: According to Jimmy Rosamond, the late actress, Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, is my kin. There are other actresses of Irish descent that constitutes what one historian said about Jessie Benton, he calling her the ‘Mother of the Race of Southern California’. Liz and Jessie are in the Preston Family tree. Garth…

Around 1980 there appeared an article in the Oakland Tribune about the mystery walls in the East Bay Hills. Michael Harkins and I went an saw them. Here is a very good article on this enigma, this confounding riddle that defies logic. I believe I have come up with the only theory that makes sense. The American…

At the suggestion of Betty at ‘Hearts For Hospice’ I attended the second annual Springfield Chalk Festival. Because of the conversation I had with Betty at the Friday Art Walk, where I got opinions about the Simpson mural, I have renewed my vision that the city where I dwell is going to have a better…

  After giving Megyn what she asked for, Trump has his eye on ‘Rump of Palin’ as they prepare to romp in the political hay. Here is the short version. “Hotcha! Hotcha! Gotcha!” Jon https://www.facebook.com/GazzoMusic/videos/10153111814478711/ Fox News and Megyn Kelly are parting ways, at least for now, after the latter got into a spat with…

The $28,000 project will be painted by Old City Artists of Los Angeles. I considered getting involved in preventing the Ken Kesey mural from being a disaster, but, I give up. Seven years ago, I used to belong to the Emerald Art Association, but, got put out on a rail when I suggested the City of…

Reagan pretended to be a Prig, but he was not. It was all an act that he polished on the priggish stage the House on Un-American Activities provided grown-up Boy Scouts who want a Hippie Scalp to complete their righteous collection. My grandfather’s friend, Dashiel Hammett was forced to testify at the Baptist Witch Hunt, as…