October 2015

  • Marilyn Reed – Queen of BoHo Chic

    Marilyn was a friend of my family since she was fifteen. They saw the drawings of my first muse that I did at two coffee shops. They did not see the clay bust my First Love did of me – before we met! She admired me from a distance. She would stay in the girl’s…

  • Come to Maurick Castle

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: This is a calling. I bid all my enemies and members of my family to end their fight with me and come to Maurick Castle – figuratively speaking! Here is the history associated with this castle. http://www.inyourpocket.com/s-Hertogenbosch/History Here is the Rosemondt cote of arms. The Duke of the Woods is…

  • Pre-Raphaelite Models and Muses

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I am a Pre-Raphaelite scholar, and artist. Christine Rosamond Benton is a Pre-Raphaelite artist, because I introduced these artists to her, and they were a great influence on her work. Rena Victoria Easton is Pre-Raphaelite Model and Muse. When the artist Rosamond saw the painting I did of Rena, she…

  • The Rougemont-Rosemont Link

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I found a genealogy that cautiously links the Rougemont with the Rosemont of Bois-De-Luc. With Lehamn Rosamond’s little book, this link can be made. When the Habsburgs came to rule Rougemont, they spelled in Roozmont. Roosmont in another spelling for Rosemont/Roesmont. “As a WEAPON this conducts line Roesmont: on a…

  • The Wolf & The Swan

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Now the Rose of the World steps through the Arch of Heavenly Glory and restores the world to the Creative and the Just! My kindred belonged to several Guilds in Switzerland and Holland. Gottschalk Rosemont signed his name with a fully open rose instead of a budding rose, which tells…

  • Rena Easton The Fatal Girl

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I now have to admit I’ve wanted a relationship with a Femme Fatale most of my life. I got one – in spades! Rena is the archetype of the Femme Fatale. This is why she is filled with fear, for she has played wicked games and fear retribution. But, I…

  • I Had To Let You Know

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: There is evidence some folks are reading my blog and using my input. Here is a car commercial that employs the theme I built around my muse, Rena Easton. Jon Presco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCcbkNkQmGc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQ-Bk63Hs8 “What You Won’t Do For Love” was written by Caldwell, Bobby/kettner, Alfons. What you won’t do I…

  • Rena ‘Bad-ass’ Easton

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: The year Rena and I met, a movie came out about Hell’s Angels fighting in Vietnam. “Nam’s Angels is a 1970 action film, that was filmed in the Philippines. This film was directed by Jack Starrett. This film was originally released with the title The Losers.” I am tempted to…

  • Hell’s Angels vs. Night Wolves

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: I was thirteen when I first saw Hell’s Angel’s motorcycles parked in front of Kaspar’s Hotdogs at 2551 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland. The legendary ‘Tiny’ lived nearby, and would patronize this little mom and pop establishment with about three other bikers. Putin wanted his biker buddies to have a place…

  • Hell’s Angels and the Beat Counterculture

    Originally posted on Rosamond Press: In 1967, I attended the first Human Be-in with my childhood friend, Nancy Van Brasch, who later became a Merry Prankster and good friend of the Kesey family. The Hell’s Angels guarded the sound equipment offstage. The Beat Poet, Michael McClure, was a good friend of the famous Hell’s Angel,…